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Class D girls’ state final: Washburn District High School capsule

WASHBURN DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL Location: Washburn Mascot: Beavers Regular season record: 18-0 Key players: Sr. guard Mackenzie Worcester (26.5 points per game, 6-7 rebounds, 6 steals, 7 assists); Sr. forward Joan Overman (12 points, 6 rebounds), junior guard Emmy Churchill (6 points, 6 rebounds), Jr. guard Laina Mette (6 points) How they got here: Washburn […]

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Minot board reviews Community Day events

MINOT — Selectmen on Monday discussed events scheduled for Community Day, which begins at 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, with a 5K run. The run starts at the new athletic fields behind the Minot Consolidated School and proceeds along the network of walking trails. Fire Chief Dean Campbell told the board that the Fire Department […]

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HS Football: Oak Hill’s Washburn wins Gaziano lineman award

AUGUSTA — Luke Washburn was the most disruptive force on the 2013 Class D state championship Oak Hill football team. As the committee that chooses the annual Gaziano Lineman Awards saw it — and many of Oak Hill’s opponents would agree — Washburn was the most disruptive defensive force in the state in 2013, regardless of class. […]

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Washburn, Richards named Gaziano Award finalists

Luke Washburn of Oak Hill and Colin Richards of Mt. Blue each played a pivotal role on a state championship high school football team. Now, both athletes are one step closer to punctuating that career with the state’s top individual award for players with their underappreciated talents. Washburn and Richards were named Thursday among the […]

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Washburn man goes back into burning house to rescue cat

WASHBURN — A man went back into his burning house to rescue a cat, then had to jump out a second-floor window to safety, fire officials reported late Saturday. Leon Howe smelled smoke in his two-story house on Main Street and opened the basement door to investigate, where he saw smoke and flames, according to […]

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Local schools honored for prevention programs

LEWISTON — Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0, a nationally recognized childhood obesity prevention program of the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center, has recognized 210 school, after-school and childcare programs across Maine for supporting children and families in healthy eating and active living. The recognition was given to those organizations and programs that follow five […]

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H.S. soccer: Scarborough repeats in A states

BATH — Scarborough rallied with a goal late in regulation and then won in the first overtime to beat Hampden Academy 2-1 in the Class A boys’ state soccer final Saturday at McMann Field. It is the second straight state title for the Red Storm and fourth in the past six years. Hampden was shooting […]

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Minot board gets request for ball fields

MINOT — Selectmen on Monday took under advisement a request from the Minot-Hebron Athletic Association for assistance in maintaining the town’s ball fields. Association President Kelly Gwarjanski told the board her organization didn’t have the money to pay for spraying infields and base paths in order to keep outfield grass from encroaching on the infield. […]