Players from around the state and in all three classes will compete at Fuller Field on Wednesday.
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Softball: Gardiner beats Winslow to win 1st state title in 4 decades
Corinne Vasvary scores on passed ball in the 7th inning as Tigers take Class B crown and their first championship since 1980.
Softball: Biddeford rolls past Messalonskee to win Class A title
Charlotte Donovan strikes out 14, and the Tigers hit three home runs in an 8-1 victory.
School officials told harassment of minority students at Lawrence High School a recurring problem
A parent of a student at the school and a teacher there told MSAD 49 directors Thursday that there’s a hostile environment at the school where students regularly use racial slurs and LGBTQ+ teens are bullied and harassed.
Debate erupts over $1.72 million plan to restructure Waterville fire operations
As part of the proposal, which the City Council will consider Tuesday as part of a budget vote, the city would hire eight firefighters who also would be paramedics or emergency medical technicians, and two administrative people.
Amy Calder: Aw, fudge! Waterville shop continues to expand its sweet offerings to customers
Malcolm Porter and David Spinney-Porter offer up herbal incense, tea, gifts, candy — and now fudge — at their specialty store, Incense & Peppermints, in downtown Waterville, Amy Calder writes.
Fairfield-area residents approve $28.2 million school budget
Residents of the four towns in Maine School Administrative District 49 — Albion, Benton, Clinton and Fairfield — approved the budget Tuesday by a 1,003 to 636 vote.
Benton residents return Cyr to board, approve change to tax payments
In municipal elections held Tuesday, Robin Cyr was elected to a one-year term on the Board of Select Persons.
From afterthought to state contender, the Messalonskee softball team is embracing the ride
The youthful Eagles started season just 3-11, but have won 6 straight to reach the Class A championship game.
State board reinstates Waterville doctor’s medical license
Dr. Paul Gosselin was suspended from practice in November by the state Board of Osteopathic Licensure after it found evidence he was spreading misinformation about COVID-19.