Buckfield Board of Selectmen Sept. 18, 2018 Buckfield Municipal Center Bridge award What happened: Selectmen voted unanimously to accept the $423,000 bid from C.H. Stevenson Inc. for the Shed Hollow Road bridge project. The culvert in Darnit Brook washed out during the October 2017 storm and the road has been closed since. What it means: The […]
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Walking for health
Erin Bryant of Norway, left, and Julie Merrill of West Paris walk the halls and stairs at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris on Tuesday as part of Stephens Memorial Hospital’s Walking for the Health of it! program. It’s designed to give adults in the community a free, safe place to exercise, especially during […]
H.S. roundup: Syphers, Edward Little field hockey shut out rival Lewiston
AUBURN — Olivia Roth scored in the first half to lead Edward Little to a 3-0 shutout over Lewiston in field hockey action Thursday. The Red Eddies (3-0) put two more markers on the board in the second half with tallies from Emma Allen, on a penalty stroke, and Miranda Chadbourne. Goalie Ashley Cronkhite made […]
H.S. soccer roundup: Roy's goal lifts St. Dom's boys to double-overtime win over Traip
AUBURN — Alex Roy scored the winning goal in the second overtime to give St. Dominic Academy a home boys’ soccer win over Traip on Tuesday. St. Dom’s (2-1-1) took the lead in the first half when a free kick from Jack Ouellette was tipped in by a Traip player for an own goal. In […]
Superintendent: Resource officer at Buckfield High School a possibility
RUMFORD — Superintendent Deb Alden said Monday she is meeting with a representative of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday because he might have a resource officer lined up for Buckfield Junior-Senior High School. If a resource officer is hired for the school, he or she would be hired from the Oxford County Sheriff’s […]
H.S. roundup: Wyatt Hathaway leads Leavitt football to blowout win over Yarmouth
YARMOUTH — Sophomore quarterback Wyatt Hathaway was prolific on offense, leading Leavitt to a 46-8 triumph over Yarmouth in football action Friday evening. Hathaway went 7-for-17, throwing for 161 yards and three touchdowns for the Hornets (2-0). He also accounted for six carries for 101 yards and a touchdown. Cole Morin caught for two touchdowns, […]
H.S. roundup: Hwida Nawass lifts Poland field hockey over Lake Region in overtime
NAPLES — Hwida Nawass scored the winning goal on a penalty stroke with 4:42 left in overtime to lift the Knights (1-1) to a 4-3 win over the Lakers (0-2) on Tuesday. Lake Region led 2-0 at halftime on goals from Paige Davis and Kaitlyn Plummer, but Nawass scored at the 24:54 mark of the […]
Buckfield celebrates community
BUCKFIELD — Hundreds of people lined the sidewalks and lawns in Buckfield village Monday morning as the annual Labor Day parade kicked off Community Day. Vendors, musicians, displays and activities for children were set up in the field behind the Town Hall after the parade. There was also a fundraiser for The Barbara Bush Children’s […]
WATCH: A sideways look at the first night of high school football
This ended up not being our best effort, but we couldn’t put the first Friday night of 2018 to bed without breaking down the action. Things quickly got sideways, and stayed that way, as Sun Journal sports reporters Randy Whitehouse, Wil Kramlich and Adam Robinson discussed the games involving tri-county area teams.
H.S. football: Vikings spoil Devils' grand opening
Oxford Hills’ linebacker Parker LaFrance dives for a pass and just tipped it enough to prevent Lewiston’s Lucas Nichols from making a catch during the first half of Friday night’s football game in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — From the first coin flip at the new Don Roux Field, Oxford Hills made its intentions […]