Leavitt boys beat Brunswick on the road to keep unbeaten start to season alive.
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Junior hockey notebook: Thunder hitting stride as playoffs near
The Twin City Thunder are getting hot at the right time. They extended their regular-season win streak to five Friday night against the South Shore Kings, and are currently 16-14-2 with a month left in the USPHL regular season. The Thunder holding the sixth and final playoff spot in the New England division and have […]
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Numbers, quality of play on the rise in Unified basketball
Winthrop’s Samantha Neumann (11) holds hands with teammate Lukas Thompson (32) as they run back on defense against Massabesic at the Unified basketball tournament at Thomas College on Saturday. (Morning Sentinel photo by Michael G. Seamans) WATERVILLE — Zack Meko was an eighth-grader when he watched the Massabesic Unified basketball team play its games last […]
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Coaches’ group supports eight-man, flag football options
Former Maine head football coach Jack Cosgrove watches the action during a game against New Hampshire at Alfond Stadium in Orono in Nov. 2014. (AP file photo) An organization of prominent football coaches in Maine has thrown its support behind eight-man high school football. “To our group, eight-man football is better than no-man football, and […]
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Boys’ basketball: Monmouth wears out Madison
Mustangs scores game’s first 22 points on way to blow out.
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Boys’ basketball: Edward Little rallies past Oxford Hills late
Red Eddies trail majority of game but come through down the stretch.
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Maine Tourmaline Necklace worn by governor for the first time
BETHEL —”The Maine Tourmaline Necklace,” crafted with Oxford County gems in the 1970s by Bethel native Addison Saunders, has been worn over the years by the first ladies of Maine, often at inaugural events. On Jan. 3, it was worn for the first time by a governor. Janet Mills, the first female governor of Maine, wore […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Judy Camuso seems like a good choice as IF&W commissioner
Maine’s first female governor, Janet Mills, picked Judy Camuso to replace Chandler Woodcock as our new commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. If confirmed by the state legislature, Camuso will be IF&W’s first female commissioner. Before her gubernatorial appointment, the 48-year old Camuso served as IF&W’s director of wildlife. In terms […]
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On Skiing: Knowledge is the key to staying safe on the slopes
I received an email about National Ski Safety Week and naturally checked it out. I learned that it now encompasses the entire month of January. With 20 years of ski patrolling on my resume, I obviously have some knowledge and thoughts on this topic, and I have written on it in these pages. As much […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 19
100 years ago: 1919 A little group of YMCA workers met Friday morning at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce headquarters for the discussion of plans pertinent to the program for boys’ work, which will be in force when the new and enlarged program for YMCA work throughout Maine is put into practice. 50 years ago: […]