The Maine Renegades Peewee 1 AAA team finished their Valley League parity round with a pair of wins. The first game of the day was a 2-0 victory over Casco Bay AAA2. Brandon Michaud broke the scoreless game open late in the second period with a breakaway goal. Thomas Levasseur added an insurance goal in […]
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Artists, musicians and businesses come together for Dempsey Challenge Community Celebration
LEWISTON — More than 150 works by area artists illustrating a theme of hope, healing and survival. Live performances by local musicians and groups. Lewiston-Auburn restaurants and businesses offering special promotions. These are all part of the inaugural Dempsey Challenge Community Celebration to take place from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, the day before the […]
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River Valley observing Domestic Violence Awareness Month
RUMFORD — October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the Oxford County Domestic Violence Task Force is sponsoring some community events. The task force is also asking that the color purple be displayed throughout communities as a show of support for victims, survivors and advocates, Stacy Carter, Rumford police chief, said in a news release […]
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Bowling: Sparetime league results
LEWISTON — Sparetime Recreation bowling league results for the weke ending Sept. 9: Public Service: Scratch Game, 265 Mike Peaco 259 Mike Moreau 247 Brain Caine. Scratch Series, 656 Bill Therrien 646 Chuck Clavet 640 John Johansen. Sparetime Ladies: Scratch Game, 211 Janessa Williams 198 Anita Morin 197 Michelle Gardner 191 Brenda Guimond 191 Joan […]
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Local Briefs: Attitash to host mountain biking event
BARTLETT, N.H. – For the second year, Attitash Mountain Resort is scheduled to host the POC Eastern States Cup downhill mountain biking series New Hampshire State Championship on Sunday, Sept. 16. The Eastern States Cup (ESC) is a USA Cycling (USAC) Regional Championship Series with events being held in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and New […]
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Maine ranks 13th in kid’s health, education
Maine ranks 13 among 50 states in overall child well-being, according to the 2012 Kids Count report recently released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a private charitable organization dedicated to helping disadvantaged children. The ranking is determined by indicators including economic well-being, education, health and family and community life. “Maine’s higher rankings in the […]
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Bangor’s first ‘cash mob’ hits Sweetest Thing Weddings
BANGOR — When Audrey Slade, Chris Rudolph and Emma Pope-Welch heard about last week’s burglary at Sweetest Thing Weddings on Columbia Street, they knew they had to do something to help their friends, owners Amber Small and Kathryn Ravenscraft, get back on their feet. According to Small, someone made off with $4,000 worth of cash […]
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Group tries to keep island community viable through affordable housing project
ISLESBORO — Rick Rogers is a recent transplant to this Penobscot Bay island community, but he understands its challenges. “We’re trying to keep these places from turning into retirement communities,” he said Tuesday. When young people leave, when a school closes, when middle- and working-class families no longer can afford housing, “it’s over,” said Rogers, […]
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Androscoggin Bank presents grants
LEWISTON — Androscoggin Bank recently announced the recipients of four Impact Grants as a part of the Bank’s MainStreet Foundation grant program. The grants total $14,000 and benefit at-risk youth throughout Maine and New England. MainStreet Foundation grants are provided for local organizations that support the projects, programs and initiatives that foster the development of […]
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Region 9 board sends budget to voters
MEXICO — The Region 9 School of Applied Technology board unanimously approved drafts of the secondary and adult education 2012-13 budgets Wednesday night. They show 2.5 percent and 4 percent increases, respectively. The Finance Committee’s proposal eliminates a full-time English teaching position, which means each vocational course must now include some activities for which students […]