Last Sunday’s paper contained an obituary that sent me to the bookshelves in my office. Although many Maine skiers have read the words of Morten Lund, I suspect few know that he was from Maine. He grew up in Augusta and learned to ski at an early age. I used to think I was the […]
2018
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web
Outdoors in Maine: Tom Hennessey made art of the outdoors
Sporting artist and writer died earlier this month.
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Posted inGirls Basketball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
Girls’ basketball: Richmond beats Lisbon for first win of season
Richmond guard Caitlin Kendrick (25) looks to the basket as Lisbon’s Mallory Fairbanks defends. (Times Record photo by Bob Conn) LISBON — There have been times this season where the Richmond and Lisbon girls’ basketball teams were on the cusp of winning that first game, only to suffer another loss. On Saturday, the winless Bobcats […]
Posted inGirls Basketball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
Girls’ basketball: Rangeley stifles Forest Hills
Rangeley Lakes Regional School’s Toni Almeraz (24) dives to save the ball against Forest Hill High School at Cony High School in Augusta on Saturday. (Morning Sentinel photo by Michael G. Seamans) AUGUSTA — Defensive pressure has always been the calling card of Rangeley coach Heidi Deery and the Lakers, Saturday’s win against Forest Hills […]
Posted inBoys Basketball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
Boys’ basketball: Parker Desjardins leads Forest Hills to rout of Rangeley
Rangeley Lakes Regional School’s Nolan Boone (11) battles for a rebound with Forest Hills High School’s Brandon Gilboe (5) at Cony High School in Augusta on Saturday. (Morning Sentinel photo by Michael G. Seamans) AUGUSTA — It doesn’t really matter where Parker Desjardins plays, as long as the basket is 10 feet off the floor […]
Posted inNews
Maine State Police to step up enforcement of ‘move over’ law
The crackdown comes after two state police cruisers were rear-ended while in breakdown lanes of the Maine Turnpike.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston police track down suspect after crash
LEWISTON – Police tracked down a suspect in the woods off Pond Road early Saturday after a vehicle was reported to have crashed into a house around midnight. Police used a tracking dog to zero in on the suspect who was last seen running into the woods near the powerlines after crashing the car near […]
Posted inObituaries
Normand L. Marcoux
LEWISTON – Normand L. Marcoux, 79, of 250 Bates St., Lewiston, died at his home on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Born in Lewiston, on June 6, 1939, he was the son of Adrien and Jeannette Cote Marcoux. Educated in Lewiston Schools, he was a graduate of St. Dominic High School, class of ’58. At age […]
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Coast Guard crews in Maine to be paid Monday after all, despite shutdown
After a last-minute intervention by Sen. Susan Collins, employees of the Coast Guard, including hundreds in Maine, will receive their pre-shutdown pay Monday on schedule. Previously, the employees had been told they would not be getting their second paycheck of the month because of the partial shutdown of the federal government. A spokesman for Collins […]
Posted inEncore, sj-web
Santa, romance and horror? ‘Bird Box’ bucks holiday trend
NEW YORK (AP) — For so long, movies around the holidays have been merry and bright. Lately, more and more seem murderous and designed to fright. Take this winter, where, of course, sugary options abounded, such as “Mary Poppins Returns” on the big screen and “A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding” on TV. Then there’s […]