FARMINGTON — Jordan Whitney threw three touchdown passes, scored on a 49-yard run and grabbed a pair of interceptions to lead Mt. Blue to a 47-15 win over Mt. Desert Island in a Pine Tree Conference Class B football game Friday night at Kemp Field.
September 2012
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Carey helps Lawrence cruise to win
FAIRFIELD — The Lawrence High School football team rolled past Oxford Hills 48-6 in a Pine Tree Conference Class A game Friday at Keyes Field, showing no signs of a letdown after hammering rival Bangor a week ago.
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Madison comes up short
MADISON — Oak Hill scored 1 minute, 30 seconds into overtime to beat Madison 3-2 and earn the Mountain Valley Conference girls soccer win Friday.
NFL: Patriots line off to good start
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — There was plenty of uncertainty surrounding the New England Patriots offensive line before the season began.
Skowhegan District Court: Case closings, Aug. 27-31
SKOWHEGAN — The following cases, listed alphabetically K-Z were closed from Aug. 27-31, 2012 in Skowhegan District Court.
Tech help offered at Somerset Grist Mill
SKOWHEGAN — The new computer lab help center, located in the Somerset Grist Mill at 42 Court St., will open to the public Monday. The hours will be 5-7 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
RELIGION BRIEFS
AUGUSTA — About 2,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses from central Maine will gather for their annual two-day assembly today and Sunday at the Civic Center, 76 Community Drive. The scriptural theme is Safeguard Your Mind.
BRIDGE RESULTS
WATERVILLE — The Waterville non-sanctioned bridge club winners on Thursday were: Connie Fedorovich and Paul Leberman, Julie Richard and Mary Alice Rancourt, Steve Goss and Natasha Mathieu, Willie Pouliott and Carmen Landry, Betty Perry and Judy Jones, Patricia Kick and Lou Veilleux.
ALLEN AFIELD: Black racers, while rare, do exist in Maine
Recently, Tom Seymour of Waldo spotted a 24-inch black snake on bare gravel by his home and assumed it was a black racer, rare in Maine, so rare that state official’s have placed it on the Endangered Species List.
OUTDOORS: Worth the Trip
WESLEY — Tommy Henley has spent close to $3,000 each year for the past six years coming to Maine’s Downeast woodland from Tennessee to hunt bear. And Henley, a traditional bowhunter, has never bagged a bruin. But the southern firefighter keeps returning to Maine because the silent, dark woods draw him back.