STANDISH — Fryeburg Academy softball coach Fred Apt told his team on the drive to Tuesday’s Class B South regional final against Wells that they hadn’t made things easy all year — neither for themselves nor their opponents. The game that followed was anything but easy, but for the Raiders, it was a win nonetheless. […]
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Local roundup: Grover hits Buckfield baseball past Rangeley
RANGELEY — Junior first baseman Zack Grover was prolific at the plate, splintering three hits and plating four runners as Buckfield dispatched Rangeley 12-8 in the Class D South baseball quarterfinals Thursday afternoon. The Bucks (9-8) found themselves up by just one run, 6-5, after five innings when they rallied for four in the top […]
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Roundup: Skowhegan holds off EL in KVAC softball championship game
SKOWHEGAN — Sydney Ames sparked the Skowhegan offense in a 3-2 victory over Edward Little in the KVAC Class A softball championship on Friday. Ames followed an Alyssa Everett walk in the bottom of the third with a single. Both came in to score on an Ashley Alward single for a 2-0 lead. In the bottom […]
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Poland Spring’s fourth bottling plant: Rumford, Fryeburg still contenders
Poland Spring Water Co. is still looking at where to put its fourth, $50 million bottling plant. Mark Dubois, a Poland Spring geologist and natural resource manager, said Thursday that despite comments made by a colleague last month, parent company Nestle Waters North America hasn’t decided on a location. When the No. 1-selling bottled spring […]
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Fryeburg resident gets suspended sentence for 2015 burglary
PARIS — A Fryeburg resident was sentenced May 5 to two years in prison with all but four months suspended for breaking into a vacant house in 2015 and setting fire to it. Fryeburg police said Stanley Vladyka, 46, broke into 55 Ice House Road and set fire to the stairwell. He was arrested July […]
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Support for Poland Spring
Rumford voters will be making an important decision concerning Poland Spring plans to operate in their community. As a citizen of Fryeburg, I have seen how much my community has benefited from having Poland Spring here. Although I am a selectman in Fryeburg, I am speaking as an individual who clearly stated my support for […]
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St. Dom’s tops Fryeburg in girls’ lacrosse
FRYEBURG — St. Dominic Academy fought through intermittent rain and fought off Fryeburg Academy on Wednesday, posting an 18-4 win over the Raiders in a Western Maine Conference girls’ lacrosse match. Caroline Gastonguay netted seven goals to lead the Saints’ offensive attack. Kristina Cornelio added four, while Avery Lutrzykowski and Mia-Angelina Leslie added two each. […]
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Lorraine L. Skinner
NORWAY — Lorraine L. Skinner, 77, passed away Monday, April 10, at Stephens Memorial Hospital. She was born in Fryeburg on Feb. 28, 1940, to Freeman and Esther (Bartlett) Durgin. Lorraine attended Fryeburg Academy and married Philip L. Skinner. She had been employed at local shoe shops in Norway and Bridgton and worked as a […]
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U-Haul available at B & C Collision
FRYEBURG — U-Haul Company of Maine Inc. announces that B&C Collision Center has signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer to serve the Fryeburg community. B&C Collision, 58 Fair St., will offer U-Haul trucks, trailers, towing equipment, support rental items and in-store pickup for boxes. The business is owned by Stephen Burke. Hours of operation […]
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Fryeburg Academy announces National Honor Society inductees
FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Academy inducted 36 new members to the B.W. Tinker Chapter of the National Honor Society on March 14. The B.W. Tinker Chapter works diligently to bring the accomplishments of outstanding students to the attention of parents, teachers, peers and the community. The chapter, along with the more than 15,000 chapters in schools […]