Defenders grab whatever they can, including his face mask, to bring down Edward Little’s Maxx Bell during the Lobster Bowl on Saturday. (Brewster Burns photo) SACO — It happened slowly, but the East used its speed to its advantage in the 29th Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic on Saturday. The East broke open a one-score […]
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Telstar school spirit at Molly Ockett Day
A float by Maine Line Products turns a corner near the town common as a float by Savage Auto passes behind it in the Molly Ockett Day parade in Bethel on Saturday. The theme was “50th Anniversary of Telstar & 250th Year of the Founding of Bethel.” The town of Newry won the float contest […]
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Muddy fun at Kingfield festival
Teams, including the Carrabassett Valley Mud Rats, play mud football at the annual Kingfield Festival Days on West Kingfield Road in Kingfield on Saturday. Championship games will be played Sunday, July 22. (Valerie Tucker photo)
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Garage, cars destroyed in Harrison fire
Travis Cummings looks out at what was once a three-bay garage where he works on friends’ vehicles. He was restoring an ’88 Oldsmobile where his father, Nelson Cummings, who owns the property, once operated a car repair business. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) HARRISON — A late-night fire destroyed a garage and four cars at 178 Plains Road […]
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Classic cars displayed at Paris Hill Founders Day
Joe Simeone, background, came from Massachusetts on Saturday morning to check out the cars on display at the 40th annual Founders Day & Classic Car Exhibit on Paris Hill in Paris. This 1934 Packard Super 8 Convertible Sedan was driven to the event by a private collector who came to show off his vintage automobile. […]
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Freeman man dies in motorcycle crash
FREEMAN TOWNSHIP — A local man was killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday afternoon, according to a news release from Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. Flint York, 56, was traveling north on his 2005 Harley-Davidson on West Freeman Road at 4:26 p.m. when he failed to negotiate a corner and ran off the west side […]
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Hornbergers compete with and against each other
Mia Hornberger left, and her mother Prudence is a force on the golf course. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) TURNER — Prudence Hornberger and her 13-year-old daughter Mia play a lot of golf together. This month is a reflection of that. The two competed at the New England Women’s Amateur that was held at the Woodlands in […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Bogs demand hunters' utmost respect
For me, Maine bogs have always held an allure. It may be the deer hunter in me. The buck of my dreams is always seen in a bog, ghosting its way silently on the mossy ground, weaving slowly between gnarled old cedar trees and grey, weathered deadfall. There is a dusting of snow underfoot. The […]
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Court dismisses Brunswick land-use lawsuit
BRUNSWICK — Maine’s highest court ordered dismissal of a lawsuit that claimed the Town Council violated its charter by not holding a public hearing on use of land at Mere Point. The court said the question is moot because the town has already sold the land. A Superior Court ruling last August affirmed the Brunswick […]
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Strong board grapples with sex-offender housing limits
STRONG — Selectmen are facing a request from townspeople to prohibit registered sex offenders from living in specific areas of town. The request was made after a group of people alerted town officials that a resident at Valley Brook housing on Main Street is a lifetime registrant on the Sex Offender Registry. The housing complex […]