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Bangor wins fifth straight Class A baseball state championship

Bangor teammates hoist the championship trophy after defeating Gorham in the Class A state championship at St. Joseph’s College in Standish on Saturday. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald) STANDISH — If baseball success was based solely on statistics, coach Dave Morris says not many people would be impressed with his Bangor High School baseball team. Put […]

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Lone Pine Brewing barrels toward more growth

GORHAM — The grain tank outside Lone Pine Brewing Co.’s new location features a big logo on its side – the one used by the building’s previous occupant, Sebago Brewing. But the owners of Lone Pine are too busy managing their company’s skyrocketing growth to worry about those kinds of details. Lone Pine’s production grew […]

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Leon E. Conant Jr.

WEST PARIS — Leon E. Conant Jr., 89, of Bryant Pond passed away on Sunday, April 29, at Ledgeview Living Center where he had been a resident since December 2017. He was born in Gorham, N.H., on May 15, 1928 the oldest son of Leon E., Sr. and Florence Hadley Conant. He grew up in Sumner […]

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Tale of the tape: Class AA girls’ state championship

Who: Edward Little (14-7) vs. Gorham (14-7) What: Class AA state championship Where: Cross Insurance Arena, Portland When: Friday, March 2, 6 p.m. Starting fives: Edward Little — Piper Norcross (Sr. G), Grace Fontaine (Jr. G), Grace Beaudet (Sr. G), Chantel Ouellette (So. F), Jade Perry (Jr. C); Gorham — Brittany Desjardin (Jr. G), Olivia […]

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Gorham girls keep rolling, reach AA state title game by routing Scarborough

Mackenzie Holmes, center, and Gorham teammates celebrate after defeating Scarborough. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — Back in early January, when asked how his Gorham High girls’ basketball team was handling a four-game losing streak, Laughn Berthiaume responded that the only streak that mattered was at the end of the year, in Portland, where the […]

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Myra Wagner Bailey

GORHAM — Myra Wagner Bailey, 92, a lifelong resident of Livermore Falls, died peacefully Sunday, Jan. 28, at the Gorham House in Gorham, with her family by her side. Myra was born on July 2, 1925. She was the daughter of William Lloyd and Beulah (Ramey) Wagner. She attended Livermore Falls schools and graduated from Livermore […]

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Edward Little girls fall to Gorham

GORHAM — Gorham spent a lot of time at the foul line and it paid off as the Rams defeated Edward Little 48-36 in a Class AA girls’ basketball contest. Gorham (8-5) made 18 free throws, 12 more than Edward Little and the difference in the final score. MacKenzie Holmes led the Rams  with a […]

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Boys' hockey: Edward Little executes well in win over Gorham

Edward Little High School defenseman Cam Audette, right, slips a pass past Gorham High School’s Cole Perreault during their game Wednesday at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. (Justin Pelletier/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Edward Little boys’ hockey coach Norm Gagne didn’t like what he saw from his team during the preseason, nor during a […]