An 11-game unbeaten streak and a tough schedule with key wins near the end of the campaign were enough to propel Lewiston into the top position in this year’s Eastern Class A ice hockey standings. The Maine Principals’ Association finalized the Heal Points on Friday, and Eastern Class A has a familiar — and expected […]
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Reverend working to get back to pulpit
LEWISTON — The Rev. Walter “Wally” Webb has the first sermon worked out in his head for the Sunday he makes it back to church. He’ll be preaching, most likely from a wheelchair, but he is going to do it, he said Thursday. Even if he has to drive his wheelchair the 2 miles from […]
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Police log
Charges Lewiston * Paul Hersom, 24, of 256 Lisbon St., warrant, 5:14 p.m. Monday on Park Street. * Heath Alan Goding, 30, of 61 River St., domestic violence assault and violation of bail conditions, 8:46 p.m. Monday at that address. * William Shepley Hilton, 52, of 2 Dill St. No. 1R, violating condition of release, […]
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Quint running for state Senate
MINOT — Colleen Quint has launched a campaign to represent state Senate District 17, which comprises Mechanic Falls, Minot, Turner, Leeds, Livermore, Livermore Falls, Greene, Wales, Sabattus and Lisbon. Quint is the former executive director of the Sen. George J. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute. She has been a member of the Minot School Committee and […]
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RSU 16 seeks towns to plow school grounds
POLAND — RSU 16 Superintendent Dennis Duquette asked selectmen Tuesday if the town would assume responsibility for plowing school facilities. Duquette suggested an exchange. The town would plow the School Department’s three lots in exchange for the free use by the town — primarily the Recreation Department — of school facilities. Duquette noted that prior […]
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Class B Indoor Track: Waterville girls repeat; York wins first boys title
LEWISTON — The Waterville girls made it back-to-back titles and the York boys won their first title ever in the Class B state indoor track and field championships at Bates College Monday. Waterville breezed to its fourth title in six years with 118 points, followed by Greely (73.40), Fryeburg Academy (44), Lake Region (33), Winslow […]
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Western B boys’ quarterfinal: Falmouth holds off Poland
PORTLAND — “What-ifs” and “woulda-coulda-shouldas” abound at tournament time, but none was greater Saturday than this: What if Falmouth’s Jack Cooleen didn’t have a career day in his team’s first playoff test after an undefeated season? The answer likely would have been a Poland Knights victory. But Cooleen, the team’s senior leader and only member […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Western B tournament overview
Players to watch Falmouth — Jack Cooleen (Sr. C), Matt Packard (Sr. G), Matt Kingry (Sr. G), Jeremy Lydick (Sr. F); Spruce Mountain — Jake Bessey (Sr. G), James Barker (Sr. F), Zach Bonnevie (Sr. G), Nate Shink (Sr. F); Yarmouth — Josh Britten (Sr. G), Chris Knaub (Sr. F), Sam Torres (Sr. G), Christian […]
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Darius E. Chadbourne
AUBURN — Darius E. Chadbourne, 66, of Poland, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the Hospice House. He was born in Poland, April 13, 1945, the son of Edward Sr. and Amy Gary Chadbourne. He attended Poland schools. He is survived by his sisters, Rose Pratt of Poland and Susie Leighton of North Yarmouth; and many […]
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Girls’ basketball: Phoenix rise above nerves
JAY — There’s planning for the jitters and then there is curing them. Spruce Mountain girls’ basketball coach Gavin Kane expected his team to be a little nervous Wednesday. It was the first playoff game in the program’s history and much of his roster had never played a varsity tournament game before. What he was […]