SEARSPORT (AP) — A crumbling gem of a home built by a sea captain is being dismantled in slow motion, so slowly that some people wonder whether Mother Nature will raze it before the owner completes the job. Searsport officials told the owner of the 150-plus-year-old home to tear it down more than two years […]
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Is this the year a team takes D South region from Richmond?
Buckfield’s Abby Fogg dives back to first base before Rangeley’s Amber Morrill can put the tag on her during a game in Buckfield last season. Richmond players have come, and Richmond players have gone. For eight seasons that hasn’t mattered for the Bobcats, who have won regional softball championships each of those years. Yet maybe […]
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Police chase car with canoe on top after driver left Belfast bar with his beer
BELFAST — A Wisconsin man led officers on a high-speed chase from Belfast to Searsport on Monday night, police said. Police received a call at about 10:30 p.m. from a downtown Belfast pub that a man had ordered a beer, paid for it and then picked up his can of Bud Light, walked outside and […]
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Class D baseball: Searsport walks off on Bangor Christian
STANDISH — Mitchell Philbrook saved his best for the final at-bat of his high school career. The Searsport High School senior helped his Vikings three-peat in dramatic fashion Saturday afternoon, launching a two-out, solo home run well over the left-field wall in the bottom of the ninth as Searsport edged Bangor Christian 6-5 at Saint […]
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Searsport ends Richmond’s run in Class D South baseball final
STANDISH — Keys to success for the Richmond High School baseball team this season included solid defense, aggressive base running and working opponent pitch counts. On Tuesday against top-seeded Searsport at St. Joseph’s College in the Class D South regional final, the Vikings did those exact things to the No. 2 Bobcats in a 6-2 […]
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#Tourney17: Monmouth runs over Searsport in preliminary game
Monmouth Academy’s Abbey Allen lays the ball in off the glass over Searsport’s Kaylee Knowles during their playoff game in Monmouth on Tuesday. MONMOUTH — Well, it was nice to get that out of the way. Monmouth Academy opened the postseason with a 56-25 win over Searsport in a Class C South girls’ basketball preliminary […]
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Baseball state championships: Mostly favorites in finals, but some surprises
The Northern Maine baseball playoffs played out like they were supposed to on paper, with the top seeds in each class advancing to the state championships. That was partly the case in southern Maine, except Sacopee Valley in Class C was an underdog who then ended another underdog story, and in Class B, Freeport flipped […]
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Class C South girls’ semifinal: Madison goes long, takes out Searsport
AUGUSTA — It defies logical and mathematical odds, but No. 4 Madison reached the Class C South girls’ basketball championship game without a single encounter against a Mountain Valley Conference rival. Madison used its 3-point prowess to build a comfortable early lead and cruised past No. 8 Searsport, 43-27, in the semifinals on Thursday afternoon at […]
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Class C South girls’ quarterfinal: No. 8 Searsport shocks No. 1 Richmond
AUGUSTA — There is no more need to wonder how top-seeded Richmond, up from its long and successful run in Class D, will match up with the MVC’s relative giants in the Class C girls’ basketball tournament. The Bobcats were bounced from the quarterfinals Tuesday afternoon by a traditional opponent, one with whom they had their […]
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Class D baseball: Searsport defeats Stearns in extra innings
But the Vikings were thrilled that he was there when it ended on Saturday afternoon. The freshman pulled a single to right-center field, scoring Mitchell Philbrook from second base with the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift Searsport to a 4-3 victory over Stearns in the Class […]