HERMON — Area alpine skiers from Camden Hills and Islesboro traveled Friday, Feb. 5 to Hermon to participate in the Hermon Invitational Slalom, a trip that proved to be incredibly successful for…
Sports
Boy I don’t know anybody who doesn’t love a Super Bowl party. And, while I have no favorite, I’ll be very excited to watch the fireworks between Tom Brady, making his tenth Super Bowl appearance,…
Wanted: Photos of your best snow person/creature and you for a 2022 calendar to be published by the Ragged Mountain Ski Patrol.
RMSP, the Midcoast’s division of the National Ski Patrol,…
self-portraits in the stands
Bates College Big Brothers and Big Sisters and their Littles from Connors Elementary School, in Lewiston, will be fans “in the stands” at Super Bowl LV®—albeit in photo cutouts—representing Big…
ROCKPORT—Midcoast Recreation Center was doing well with its indoor ice skating rink until the COVID-19 virus and its protocols changed their capacity limits. What that meant for the nonprofit…
RUMFORD — The Camden Hills alpine ski team, as well as a lone skier from Islesboro, traveled to Black Mountain of Maine in Rumford for a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference meet Friday, Jan. 29…
ROCKPORT — The Midcoast Recreation Center in Rockport is organizing an in-house adult tennis doubles league.
The league will held Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., beginning Feb. 2.
Teams need…
AUGUSTA — Today, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, Vermont Governor Phil Scott, Connecticut…
Boys basketball
The Medomak Valley Panthers took advantage of several unforced turnovers and a cold shooting night by the Boothbay Region Seahawks to improve to 3-0 on the season with a 54-33 win at Boothbay…
Girls basketball
A strong second half by the host Medomak Panthers gave them a 71-43 win over the Boothbay Region Seahawks in Waldoboro Tuesday night.
Medomak outscored Boothbay 40-18 in the second half to…
SEARSPORT — The Class of 2021 at Searsport District High School has been forced to get creative with its fundraising efforts amid the pandemic, and the senior Vikings have stepped up to the plate…
ORONO — All University of Maine athletic teams will not compete on the road or on campus through at least Feb. 4, at which time the university’s athletic department will review next steps.
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‘Sport is a place that demands a person be absolutely physically, mentally and emotionally involved’
MONTVILLE — Leslie Woods, a Montville artist, has a unique approach to why she paints sport figures that encourages viewers of her work to place themselves within the portrait.
“Sport is…
updated with photos
FARMINGTON — The Camden Hills boys and girls alpine ski teams, as well as one competitor from Islesboro, enjoyed a successful trip Friday, Jan. 22 to Farmington’s Titcomb Mountain.
In the…
‘a testament to his raw ability and leadership’
Nearly sixteen years ago to the date, a much younger version of myself traced a homemade poster of Tom Brady ahead of Super Bowl XXXIX.
Behind the colored pencil shavings and oak tag paper…
Senior co-captain Glory Blethen scored 16 points and junior Jaelyn Crocker added 15 as the Boothbay Region Seahawks won at Camden Hills, 33-27, in basketball action Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 19.…
A strong second quarter gave Camden Hills a 13-point halftime lead and the visiting Windjammers went on to defeat the Boothbay Region Seahawks, 65-55, Tuesday night at Porter Memorial Gymnasium,…
AUGUSTA — Schools in counties designated by the Maine CDC and Maine Department of Education as being a yellow county due to COVID-19 cases are now permitted by the state’s governing body for high…
ORONO — The University of Maine men’s basketball team paused team activities late Tuesday afternoon due to two presumptive positive COVID-19 tests among the team’s Tier-I personnel, according to a…
$5 day-use donation; gear rentals on weekends, vacation week
JEFFERSON — The trails are alive with the sound of music: the laughter and delight of kids on skis! Midcoast Conservancy’s annual six-week Youth Cross-country Ski Clinic is under way at Hidden…
WATERVILLE — The Camden Hills nordic ski team opened the season Friday, Jan. 15 in Waterville.
In the boys division, Camden Hills placed fourth of seven teams with a total score of 730…
ROCKPORT — A new session of the Midcoast Recreation Center’s junior tennis programs is slated to begin the week of Feb. 1 and will run through the end of the week Feb. 27.
The red ball…
Outdoor Family Adventures with UMaine Extension 4-H, community partners
AUGUSTA — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is partnering with the Maine Primitive Skills School and Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine to offer a new monthly outdoor educational series for…
ROCKLAND — A field hockey player at Rockland’s Oceanside High School has collected an accolade from the Maine Field Hockey Association’s for the 2020 season.
Oceanside senior Alexa Barstow…
MIDCOAST — For the 11th year, the FRANK-FM radio team will be providing radio broadcasts of Midcoast area high school basketball games on 106.9 FRANK FM and 1069Frank.com.
As has been for…
ROCKPORT — The Midcoast Recreation Center will be hosting sessions of the MRC Tennis Academy program beginning next week.
Participants ages 10-14 will attend Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 5:30…
WARREN — The staff at the Midcoast Athletics Center in Warren has kicked off the new year with the announcement of its winter program offerings in basketball, tumble and cheerleading, and…
Man and deer survive
PRINCETON — A Princeton man was rescued from the icy waters of Long Lake, near the New Brunswick border, after trying to save a deer that had fallen through the ice.
Rick Crowe, 63, of…
public access on trails to be developed
WALDOBORO — On December 23, Midcoast Conservancy accepted a donated conservation easement on 49 acres owned by Jim Doble in Waldoboro. The property is near Clarry Hill Preserve as well as several…
ROCKPORT — Sessions of the Midcoast Recreation Center’s high school tennis program begins Saturday, Jan. 9.
The sessions are for beginner and intermediate high school players and will run…
AUGUSTA — Maine Governor Janet Mills joined governors from around the region Wednesday to announce an extension of the suspension of interstate youth ice hockey competition, according to a news…
ROCKPORT — A new session of the Midcoast Recreation Center’s red, orange and green ball tennis programs is slated to begin the week of Jan. 4.
The red ball program, for ages six to eight,…
25+ miles of groomed trails
JEFFERSON — Ski, bike, snowshoe rentals are available at Midcoast Conservancy’s Hidden Valley this winter, according to the Conservancy, in a news release.
Outdoor enthusiasts are…
ROCKPORT — A new session of the adult learn to play tennis program at the Midcoast Recreation Center will begin Monday, January 4.
Both the beginner and intermediate groups will be held on…
In business
NORTHPORT — The next time your child or grandchild asks you for sports apparel, it might not be of their favorite sports team. Rather, the apparel might be coming from the online clothing store,…
‘Being out in nature is an inexpensive and healthy therapy for all of us in these challenging days’
MIDCOAST — As COVID-19 closed in last March, and as snow thawed while winter turned to spring, interest in birdwatching — actually, the more formal word is birding — rose throughout the Midcoast…
WARREN — The PITCH sports facility in Warren is in the second week of its free Safe Play Program in which the facility is donating time and space in its sports facility until Feb. 27 to provide a…
ORONO — Daily testing and symptom tracking have identified a positive case of COVID-19 through antigen testing in the University of Maine men’s ice hockey program, according to a news release.…
The 31st annual U.S. National Toboggan Championships (Feb. 5-7, 2021) has been postponed to Feb. 11-13, 2022. The Toboggan National organizing committee had been meeting over the past three months…
ROCKPORT — Goose River Golf Club and the Midcoast Recreation Center are pleased to announce the addition of two golf simulators at the MRC’s facility in Rockport.
Simulators have long been…
WARREN — The Midcoast Athletics Center will host its youth winter basketball program beginning December 14.
Players will participate in individual skills and drills practices until the…
From Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Dec. 10, U.S. Senator Angus King, I-Maine, founding member of the bipartisan…
ROCKPORT — The Midcoast Recreation Center is pleased to offer a giving back community tennis project for the winter months.
“We want to give the kids and families in our community fun and…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Principals’ Association announced Friday team-based practices and team-based scrimmaging for moderate and high-risk interscholastic winter…
THORNDIKE — This fall, despite a shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 100 student-athletes participated in fall sports at Mount View High School in Thorndike.
“In the…
THORNDIKE — Earlier this month, a field hockey player at Mount View High School in Thorndike signed her National Letter of Intent to continue her athletic and academic career at the University of…
ROCKPORT — The 15th annual Serving to End Hunger tennis and pickleball event was unable to be held this year at the Midcoast Recreation Center in Rockport due to the pandemic, though the spirit of…
The Maine Soccer Coaches Association has named seven Midcoast players to its regional all-star high school soccer teams for the Fall 2020 season.
The seven Midcoast players represent a…
It feels like decades since I last wrote a Cheap Dates story. Thanks to the onset of the pandemic back in March, during those dreary spring months, there was not only nowhere to go, but nothing to…
AUGUSTA — The School Sports Guidance: Return to Competition for Competitive Activities in Maine for winter sports has been updated and…
