Leavitt and Mt. Blue aren’t complete strangers. In recent years, when Mt. Blue was in the Pine Tree Conference Class A division, the teams would meet in the preseason. Now that they both play in the PTC B, that preseason contest has been scrapped.
October 2011
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Colby ready to get 1st win
It’s a chicken or the egg argument. Is the Colby College defense last in the New England Small College Athletic Conference in points allowed because it’s faced powerful offenses in Trinity and Middlebury, or are the Bantams and Panthers the top two scoring teams in the league because they’ve faced Colby?
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER: Panthers closer, but can’t pin 1st loss on Bangor
WATERVILLE — Emily Smith scored her first varsity goal, lifting unbeaten Bangor to a 1-0 win over Waterville on Thursday at Webber Field in an Eastern Maine Class A girls soccer game.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: UMaine’s McMillan has come a long way since that 1st start
ORONO — Jerron McMillian is coming full circle this weekend.
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NHL: Bruins raise their banner
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins turned to their past to celebrate their most recent Stanley Cup victory, inviting Bobby Orr and other members of the 1972 champions to help raise the franchise’s sixth banner to the TD Garden rafters.
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Racino developer helps fund campaign
AUGUSTA — The company that hopes to build a racino in southern Maine has loaned the campaign for Question 2 nearly $780,000, according to campaign finance reports filed with the state ethics commission.
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HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY: Eagles win see-saw game
AUGUSTA — Cony scored four goals on Thursday, which is almost as many as Messalonskee had given up all year coming into the game.
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Panel urged to improve land-use group
SOLON — A panel studying the future of the Land Use Regulation Commission heard a common refrain Thursday afternoon during a public listening session: Please reform and improve the commission, but keep it.
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Head Start cuts tabled for now
AUGUSTA — Proposals to eliminate funding for two programs for at-risk children drew discussion, but no decisions, Thursday by a panel that will recommend at least $25 million in cuts from the state budget.
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BingSol fundraiser well attended
WATERVILLE — The Sukeforth family recently hosted BingSol for the fourth year at the family camp on the Bingham/Solon town line. More than 200 people attended the event to support Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area and Spectrum Generations Meals on Wheels of Kennebec and Somerset counties. The event raised more than $50,000 through entrance fees, auction bids and donations.