SOUTH CHINA — Erskine had a lot of trouble against Oxford Hills sophomore pitcher Crystal West this season — enough to score only two runs in 14 innings over two games.
2012
Waterville graduates given stirring sendoff
WATERVILLE — A 38-year veteran and retiring teacher urged the Waterville Senior High School graduates Thursday to use their imaginations, do things they enjoy, find a job they love and set goals allowing them to fulfill their potential.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Panthers moving on
WATERVILLE — Waterville Senior High School baseball coach Don Sawyer considered having J.T. Whitten take a pitch. The count was two balls, no strikes and there was two outs in the bottom of the first inning. Nah, Sawyer thought, let him swing away.
Wealth finds a way
A group that advocates against excessive special interest spending in Maine politics has released a study showing that local legislators have raised more than $12 million from “heavy hitter” donors over the last 10 years.
Messalonskee Class of 2012
OAKLAND — Messalonskee High School graduating seniors: Nicholaus Eric William Ahearn, Hannah Jean Ainslie, Dylan Ray Allard, Jamie Lee Allen, Amelia Marie Ardito, Molly Meagan Ayotte, Mary Elizabeth Angelina Badeen, Carolynn Rose Bagley, Mara Jeannine Balboni, Austin James Bard, Natashia Kimberly Bauer, Jesse Scot Bedard, Devin Patrick Bell, Kathryn Louise Bernatchez, Ian David Bernier, Nathan Robert Bernier, Allysa Morgan Bickford, Kaleb Cody Bickford, Christopher Allan Bilodeau, William Clayton Blake, Jessica Renee Boghosian, Kelsey Rowena Bolduc, Patrick Kenneth Wayne Bond, Lindsay Jean Bourgoin, Kelley Marie Boyce, Kirsten Pamela Braley, Samantha Rae Briggs, Andrew Alan Bucknam, Mariah Cody Bustard, Kallie Morgan Buzzell, Erin Elizabeth Candage, Derek Richard Caron, Brooke Elizabeth Casey, Megan Marie Champagne, Matthew Paul Charest, Dylan Arnold Clark, Robert Allen Clark, Alexandra Bailey Cole, Benjamin Scott Denis Collins, Nicole Anna Conner, Ashley Marie Cote, Brittany Ann Cote, Johanna Brandy Coulombe, Taylor Lynn Creasy, Tyler Edward Creasy, James Michael Crockett, Dylan Gunner Cummings, Aaron Michael Damon, Nathan Michael DelGiudice, Leeannza Gail Delosh, Samuel James Dexter, Cameron Alexander-Richard Dick, Elizabeth Lauren Dionne, Kaysie Piper Dostie, Samuel John Dubois, Brittany Marie Dubuc, Katelyn Marie Duncan, Matthew David Dyer, Chloe Rose Elliott, Andrea Robyn Eschenbrenner, Lyndsey Jeanne Fecteau, Jacob Peter Fenlason, Nickolas Louis Ferguson, Leigh Elizabeth Field, Kirsha Jo Finemore, Audrey Elizabeth Flynn, Ethan Eben Belanger Foss, Nathaniel Ambrose Fotter, Thomas Robert Frasca, Amanda Lynn Garboski, Benjamin Jon Rush German, Derek Richard Gervais, Kyle James Gleason, Nicholas Stephen Guerrette, Loren Elise Gustin, Tamara Marie Haldeman, Christopher Brian Hall, Meagan Rose Halliday, Samuel George Hanscom, Kyle Jeffrey Hanson, Nicholas Philip Hart, Anna Lee Morini Heath, Cassandra Estelle Hoyle, Sierra Marie Ingalls-Rasar, Eric Alan Jacques, Jakub Michael Joseph Jandreau, Charles Jeffery William Jipson, Jacob Patrick Jones, Tyler Charles Jones, Amanda Jean Joy, Adam Stephen King, Courtney Jean Klaiber, Christopher Stephen Knight, Haileigh Elizabeth Amanda Kochis, Courtney Ann Koller, Emma Ilese Kroemer, Forrest James Labbe, Cody Michael Lachance, Christopher Harlow Raven Ladd, Gage Christopher Landry, Joshua Daniel Landry, Alexis Lee Lane, Matthew Allen LaRou, Andrei Raymond Lemieux, Samantha Jane Levesque, Taylor Victoria Lewis, Ryan Joseph Logan, Ryan Christopher Lovett, Rebecca May Luce, Kirsten Hull MacDonald, Ernest James Marcus, Samantha Aurora Marden, Tyler Andrew Markowski, Samantha Nancy Mathieu, Samantha Ann Matthews, Clare Alexander McKelway, Justin Michael McKenna, Kayla Bowring McKenna, Erin Elizabeth Mercier, Heather Jean Miller, Kristin Nicole Mills, Micah Jeffrey Mills, Jackson Treby Moore, Sara Jean Moore, Ellie Renee Morisette, Cody James Stanley Moses, Lucas Allyn Mosher, Nathaniel Taylor Newman, Ashley Elizabeth Nickless, Connor David Nicol, William Thomas Noble, Rachel Lynn Normandeau, Garrett Paul Joseph Olson, Nathaniel Joseph Paradis, Zachary Wayne Pease, Carmen May Pelletier, Haley Erin Pelletier, Megan Elizabeth Pelletier, William Leo Pelotte, Ashley Sierra Perry, Ariel Marie Perryman, Payton Hope Petersen, Robert John Pietraszewski, Amber May Pilsbury, Colmond Roy Pomerleau, Lindsey Starr Prelgovisk, Lucas Richard Principato, Bryant Timothy Proctor, Benton Scott Purnell, Justin Tyler Garrett Reynolds, Sarah Lynn Richardson, Cody Reese Robbins, David Edmund Robinson, Alexis Renee Rocque, Vincent Wendell Roderick, Nicholas Claude Robert Roy, Ashley Victoria French Russell, David Joel Santerre, Emily Victoria Saucier, Matthew Lawrence Schaff, Polina Semenova, Aldo Ronaldo Servello, Matthew James Seymour, Oleksandr Shatskov, Sadie Olivia Shaw, Richard Michael Shibles, Carleton Robert Smith, Ashley Ann Spangler, Andrew Joseph St. Pierre, Travis Paul St. Pierre, Jennifer Lee Stanley, Brenda Louise Sutherburg, Zachary Thomas Sutherland, William John Taylor, Raven Marie Thebault, Shelby Merrill Thibodeau, Nikki Lynn Tracy, Darian Marie Tuttle, Jane Sydney Van Der Karr, Jonathan Edward-Andrew Varnum, Drew Joseph Veilleux, Jessica Lynn Veilleux, Shaun Gerald Veilleux, Aaron Christopher Verrill, Luke Andrew Vigue, Rachel Elizabeth Wacome, Tifani Pearl Viola Warren, John Scott Wendell, Thomas Wayne Weeks Williams, Riley Nathaniel Wentworth, Lawryn Melissa White, Kelsey Mae Wood, Casey John Wrigley, Steven Lee Wyman, Vanessa Renee Yannelli-Redlevske and Elizabeth Anne Young.
Car theft spree ends in prison
AUGUSTA — A Bass Harbor man will spend five years in prison for stealing three vehicles in one night and crashing one of them into a house, which caught fire and forced the homeowners from their beds.
Waterville Senior High School graduates
WATERVILLE — Waterville Senior High School graduating seniors: Darien Rafael Besteman Acero, Angela J. Albert, Alexi Eve Allen, Michael Thomas Bailey, Anthony Davis Bellavia, Phillip M. Bergeron, Annesley Elizabeth Lord Beringer, Kelsey M. Bjorkman, Callie Boudreau, Alexis Bowman, Charles E. Bowring, Brandon Johnston Braley, Catalina Sofia Brown Arancibia, Maxwell V. Brown, Jessie Ann Camden, Zachary Alexander Caruso, Chaninart Chattawon, Mercedes A. Colford, Benjamin Guyre Congdon-Jones, Zachary J. Costello, Lauren Ashley Crane, Dylan James Davis, Alexis Leigh DeVogt, Meghan Joy Drummond, Anthony James Dubay, Kenneth Frank Dyer III, Mary-Christina Edgecomb, Frank E. Flores Chiu, Alexandria L. Forkey and Jacob D. French.
SAD 13 voters approve budget for ballot
BINGHAM — Residents of School Administrative District 13 in Bingham and Moscow approved the $3.1 million school budget Wednesday night.
UMF’s Kalikow celebration Thursday
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington community is inviting the public and honored guests at a retirement gathering to honor and celebrate Theodora J. Kalikow’s 18 years of service as president. The festivities will be 4-6 p.m. Thursday at the Emery Community Arts Center on the UMF campus.