Westbrook Police Department officials are trying to recruit high school-aged youth from Westbrook and Gorham to participate in a fitness training program called SEALSfit, which is offered by the Portland Police Department and the Maine Leadership Institute. The seven-week program is led by a retired Navy SEAL, and is meant for teenagers between 15-18. SEALSfit […]
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Fitness, leadership program offered for local kids
Westbrook Police Department officials are trying to recruit high school-aged youth from Westbrook and Gorham to participate in a fitness training program called SEALSfit, which is offered by the Portland Police Department and the Maine Leadership Institute. The seven-week program is led by a retired Navy SEAL, and is meant for teenagers between 15-18. SEALSfit […]
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Gorham to host Senior Games pickleball tourney
The Maine Senior Games kick off this weekend, and Gorham will host better than 100 athletes competing for gold in the up-and-coming sport of pickleball. “We have three pickleball-specific courts that we just completely re-did,” says Mike Gradone, sports director for the Gorham Parks and Recreation Department. “Those are at the Little Falls Community Center. […]
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Maine Mayhem the newest game in town
Until recently, the Maine Rebels were the state’s only women’s semi-professional football team, but that squad has been sold off – it’s moving to New Hampshire – and in its place is springing up the Maine Mayhem. At the head of the new organization is Alicia Jeffords. “Going forward we are no longer the Rebels,” […]
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Morrill Post falls in American Legion championship
After an impressive run through the majority of the school season, South Portland met their match in the State Final versus Bangor. Their trip through the first 23 games of their American Legion season, during which they are properly known as Morrill Post, was likewise outstanding, and their 12-9 loss in the State Final on […]
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Beach to Beacon: Big success, despite high temperatures
Saturday in Cape Elizabeth brought with it the 18th annual TD Beach to Beach 10K. Roughly 6,400 athletes participated, including many of the best runners in the world. This year, top honors went to Kenya’s Stephen Koskei Kibet on the men’s side (28:28.2, a 4:35 pace) and Ethiopia’s Wude Ayalew (31:55.5, a 5:09 pace) on […]
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Westbrook wins District 6 Little League Championship
Westbrook Little League won the 2015 12-year-old District Six Championship at Warren field in Westbrook on Wednesday evening defeating South Portland American 2-1. This is the first 12-year-old District Championship win for Westbrook since reaching the Little League World Series in 2005. Team members include Colby Haynes, Nick Hutton, Ryan Joyce, Lucas Knapton, Jake Thornton, […]
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Westbrook wins District 6 Little League Championship
Westbrook Little League won the 2015 12-year-old District Six Championship at Warren field in Westbrook on Wednesday evening defeating South Portland American 2-1. This is the first 12-year-old District Championship win for Westbrook since reaching the Little League World Series in 2005. Team members include Colby Haynes, Nick Hutton, Ryan Joyce, Lucas Knapton, Jake Thornton, […]
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West tops East in 26th annual Lobster Bowl
The Kora Shriners’ venerable Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic, which divvies up Maine’s top high school senior football players, celebrated its 26th year at Waterhouse Field in Biddeford on Saturday evening, with the West emerging handily victorious over the East, 45-21. Different players located the West’s edge in different areas of the game. Bonny Eagle’s […]
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Trail Running takes root in Southern Maine
Sunday’s Bradbury Scuffle at Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal was dedicated to the memory of Chris Douglass, a founding member of Trail Monster Running, the group that staged the event. Douglass, as the race announcer explained before unleashing roughly 175 runners onto the six-mile course, passed away in a car accident a few years […]