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Outdoors with Hutch: Luck of the draw

With the month of June soon to arrive, Maine moose hunters will be anxious for the annual moose lottery drawing that usually takes place sometime in early June. Some people have had incredible luck in the moose lottery. One friend of mine has had the tremendous good fortune of being drawn four times, other friends […]

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Ultra-runners come to New Gloucester

Sarah Heck, 33, of Raymond jokes that ultra-runners must have bad short-term memories, they forget about the pain once the race is over. “During the races I always have these moments when I’m like, ‘why do I do this?’” Heck said Tuesday, after completing a 50-mile race at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester on Sunday. […]

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Patriots top Lakers in softball

Laura Getchell struck out 18 and tossed a one-hit shutout as Gray-New Gloucester avenged an early-season loss to Lake Region with a 1-0 Western Maine Conference softball victory on Saturday in Naples. The Patriots improve to 9-3 with the victory. The Lakers dropped to 7-6. Gray-New Gloucester is ranked fourth in the latest Western B […]

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Boating safety course offered

The United States Coast Guard will be offering an About Boating Safely course for recreational boaters in Naples this summer. The course, which will teach the “ABCs of boating safety,” will be held at Long Lake Marina Sunday, July 13, and Sunday, July 20, starting at 10 a.m. both days. The class is 10 hours […]

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Windham softball cuts

1 at bat Windham’s Katie Cook gets ready to bat against Cheverus on Monday. Cook and the rest of the Eagles lost a tough extra-inning game to the Stags, 5-4. Staff photo by Harmony Motter pitcher Liz Silvius of Windham had a good game on the mound in a losing effort against Cheverus on Monday. […]

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Windham softball cuts

1 at bat Windham’s Katie Cook gets ready to bat against Cheverus on Monday. Cook and the rest of the Eagles lost a tough extra-inning game to the Stags, 5-4. Staff photo by Harmony Motter pitcher Liz Silvius of Windham had a good game on the mound in a losing effort against Cheverus on Monday. […]

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Sanford tops Windham

Sanford 3 Windham 1 Sanford’s baseball team scored three runs with two outs in the fifth inning Tuesday to defeat Windham, 3-1. Aaron Gauthier delivered the big blow for the Redskins with a two-run double. Sanford pitcher Alex MacKay struck out 10 batters while allowing just three hits. Windham’s Arthur Winship allowed seven hits and […]

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Patriots fall short in pitchers' duel

In a match-up of two of the Western Maine Conference’s finest softball hurlers, Fryeburg Academy used a four-run sixth inning to defeat Gray-New Gloucester 5-1 on Monday in Gray. Sophomore Laura Getchell pitched a complete game for Gray-New Gloucester, striking out 14 while allowing five hits. She now has 139 strikeouts on the year. The […]

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BE base ricky hoyt: Bonny Eagle’s Ricky Hoyt (left) starts his lead off first base after reaching on a single while Ryan Billings of Cheverus looks to the mound during the first inning of Tuesday’s baseball game at Cheverus High in Portland. Hoyt had three hits, including a two-run home run in the fifth inning […]