Maine farmers and experts say the dry summer is part of a larger cycle that the agriculture industry must be ready for.
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Posted inFootball, Sports, Travis Lazarczyk, Varsity Maine
Lisbon football returns to the field a year after hazing allegations derailed season
The hazing scandal that ended last season shouldn’t be forgotten, but can be put in the past.
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Posted inCross Country, Sports, Varsity Maine
Runners plow through messy conditions at annual Laliberte Invitational
Levi Riggs of Morse and McKenzie Boyle of Dirigo finish as top runners at annual preseason event.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors
State rangers will patrol Tumbledown Mountain over Labor Day weekend
Rangers also reminded hikers that camping has been prohibited on the mountain since 2021.
Posted inSports
Thrill of competing, reaching top of Oxford 250 mountain keeps veteran drivers coming back
Longtime racers want to win the 250 — some again, others for the first time — but also look forward to testing their driving against younger foes at Oxford Plains Speedway.
Posted inBoys Soccer, Field Hockey, Football, Girls Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
Hands-off period means more beach, less teach for Maine’s high school athletes
But it isn’t all chill and grill: athletes and coaches share some of the ways they’ve used the past couple weeks to prepare for the fall season.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Dixfield board hears plan for $1 billion ‘water battery’ in Oxford County
The pumped storage hydropower project is slated to be located in a relatively undeveloped area in Dixfield, with a small part in Canton.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Jay police investigate theft of side-by-side, chicken coop
The 2020 Polaris Ranger was stolen from a backyard Monday night with an attached chicken coop that ended up in a ditch.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Smithfield man critically injured when dirt bike and four-wheeler collide in Wilton
Logan Comfort, 21, was driving a dirt bike at a “high rate of speed” on Temple Road when an ATV did a U-turn and the two collided, Wilton Police Chief Ethan Kyes said.
Posted inSoftball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Hall-Dale softball rallies past Dirigo to make fifth straight Class C final
The Bulldogs score two runs in the sixth and shut the door in the seventh to keep their title defense alive.