Lake Region senior Melissa Bonenfant (10) celebrates with her teammates after their 42-34 win over Freeport in the Class B South regional final. (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — If there’s been one constant through the years for Lake Region’s success in girls’ basketball, it’s been defense — an in-your-face, full-court-pressure, nothing-comes-easy defense. That defense […]
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Thos. Moser, L.L.Bean collaborate on luxury fly-tying desk
AUBURN — On Friday, high-end furniture maker Thos. Moser and outdoor retailer L.L.Bean announced a collaboration: the creation of a Limited Edition Fly-Tying Desk, handmade from American black cherry with 20-plus dovetailed drawers. How much? $12,500, plus $750 shipping, making it the most expensive item on llbean.com. And how limited? Just five, and two have […]
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Freeport topples Wells in B South quarterfinal
PORTLAND — As a freshman, Johanna Bogue Marlow played on a Freeport girls’ basketball team that won two games. Three years later, Bogue Marlow and her teammates are to heading to where the Falcons haven’t been in more than four decades – the regional semifinals. Tuesday morning at the Portland Expo, Bogue Marlow stole a […]
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B South boys' quarterfinal: Top-seeded Wells survives Freeport
PORTLAND — Poor free throw shooting by top-seeded Wells through most of Saturday’s Class B South boys’ basketball quarterfinal kept No. 8 Freeport in the game. Wells, which had lost to Freeport by 15 points just 11 days earlier, knew it was tempting fate, so it put its fate in t he hands of forwards […]
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In Freeport, Homage rises from ashes of Corsican Cafe
FREEPORT — Almost two years after fire destroyed the popular Corsican Cafe and Chowder House at 9 Mechanic St., a team of three local chefs have revamped and reopened the space. Homage Restaurant opened Thursday, Feb. 8. The new building includes two floors of seating for up to 87 customers. It is open Tuesday through […]
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B South boys' basketball playoff preview: Region is wide open
Players to watch: Sr. F Cam Cousins, Wells; Jr. G Matt Sherburne, Wells; Sr. G Finn Bowe, Cape Elizabeth; Jr. C Andrew Hartel, Cape Elizabeth; Sr. F Nolan Hagerty, Yarmouth; Jr. G Noah Eckersley-Ray, Yarmouth; Sr. G Brett Frey, Spruce Mountain; Sr. G Mason Shink, Spruce Mountain; Sr. G Josiah Rottari, Gray-New Gloucester; Jr. […]
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Class B South girls' basketball capsule preview: Gray-NG has company at the top
Players to watch: Jr. G Bri Jordan, Gray-New Gloucester; So. P Jordan Grant, Gray-New Gloucester; Sr. G Nathalie Theriault, Poland; Sr. F Jessica Seeley, Poland; Sr. G Alexandra Goodman, Freeport; Sr. F Jessica Driscoll, Freeport; Fr. G Shauna Hancock, Lake Region; Sr. G Chandler True, Lake Region; Sr. F. Lauren Jakobs, Lake Region; So. G […]
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No. 8 Freeport holds off No. 9 Lisbon in B South prelim game
Lisbon High School’s DJ Douglass, right, gets a hand on the ball controlled by Freeport High School’s Eriksen Shea during their game in Freeport on Tuesday. FREEPORT — Although the two school districts neighbor each other, Freeport and Lisbon High School teams rarely meet in athletic events. They met Tuesday night for a Class B […]
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Robert W. Washburn Jr.
BATH — Robert W. Washburn Jr., 73, passed away peacefully, with his loving family by his side, on Friday, Feb. 9, at Winship Green Nursing Home in Bath. He was born in Brunswick on Nov. 30, 1944, a son of the late Robert Sr. and Nolia (White) Washburn. Robert was educated in the Brunswick School Systems […]
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Woman, 68, killed in overnight blaze in Freeport
FREEPORT — A 68-year-old woman who apparently was overcome by heavy smoke died early Saturday when a fire swept through her house on Wardtown Road, authorities said. The body of Donelda Madore was found near the stairs in the living room of the split-story ranch, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public […]