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Mom charged with choking 6th-grade player during girls' basketball game

SEATTLE (AP) — A suburban Seattle mother has been charged with felony assault following an attack last year on a sixth-grade girl at a basketball game between two Catholic schools. Authorities say 38-year-old Monique Altheimer of Kent got onto the basketball court during a December game in Seattle and choked the child who had fought […]

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Posted inGirls Basketball, sj-web, Varsity Maine

Lewiston’s Victoria Harris leaves her mark on the program

Lynn Girouard has watched the game several times since it was played Feb. 14. Victoria Harris’ performance in that one-point Class AA North quarterfinal loss to rival Edward Little is still difficult for the Lewiston girls’ basketball coach to comprehend. Nor can athletic director Jason Fuller and assistant coach Josh LaPrell. Thirty-six points. Nineteen rebounds. […]

Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Matters of record, Rumford Falls Times, sj-web, The Bethel Citizen, The Franklin Journal, The Rangeley Highlander

Births

Central Maine Medical Center Sawyer Richard Bean, a boy to Richard Bean and Amber Virgin of Lewiston, Oct. 7. Siblings, Raeleigh, Jaedynn, Khloie, Madison, Zakary, Ava; grandparents, Garry and Valerie Marston, Mexico, Richard Bean III, Dixfield; great-grandparent, Georgette Holmquist, Mexico. St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center Milo Pierre Lebrun, a boy to Brandon and Michelle Lebrun […]

Posted inLetters

How’s this for a wall?

Here is a stupid idea — let’s build a 30-foot wall around Mexico, Maine. All we have to do is negotiate land easement rights with Roxbury, Carthage, Dixfield, Peru and Rumford. Of course, it would be necessary to cross Routes 2, 142, 17 and 120. A bigger challenge would be the construction of the wall […]

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Miller named director at Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust

RANGELEY — Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust announces that David Miller of Portland and Rangeley has been named as the new executive director. He will be responsible for working with the board of directors to develop and implement a long-term strategic plan. In addition, he will oversee day-to-day operations, development, financial management and engaging with membership. Miller […]