BLUE HILL — In recognition of superior accomplishments and/or significant contributions to athletics at George Stevens Academy, 10 athletes and coaches will be inducted into the GSA Sports Hall of Fame at a ceremony on Saturday, May 21, at 3 p.m. Honorees include Forrest A. Horton ’61, William Gray ’83, Matthew Mattson ’91, Catherine Galipeau …
NORTHEAST HARBOR — After a two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Sea of Blue Autism Awareness Walk/5K makes a comeback this Saturday. The race, which begins and ends at The Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor, raises funds for autism awareness in the community. More than $30,000 has been raised over the years …
BUCKSPORT — The ninth running of the Bridge the Gap Race will be Saturday, May 7. The event features 3-mile and 10-mile routes, starting on Route 174/Fort Knox Road near the Penobscot Narrows Bridge overlook at 10 a.m. There will be a very brief traffic delay as runners cross the bridge. This event is hosted …
BUCKSPORT — Tracy’s Karate held its most recent tournament earlier this month at Bucksport High School. Senseis came from as far as Portland to the south and Maritime Canada to the north for the April 9 tournament, which was Tracy’s Karate’s 109th event. Competitors, who were as young as 4 years old and as old …
ELLSWORTH — The first weekend of April was a feeling more than two years in the making for Springers Gymnastics. Although Doug Springer’s gymnasium never had to shut down during the pandemic, operations over the past two years have still been a bit different at the Bucksport Road facility. The first year of the pandemic …
BLUE HILL — Two students from George Stevens Academy are set to compete USA Fencing’s Junior Olympic championships. Freshman Ben Baldwin and junior Ian Bowden have both qualified for the event, which is scheduled to be held from Feb. 18-21 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The two are students of John Krauss at Down East …
WINTER HARBOR — Deep inside Warren Harden’s old family farm house attic is a trophy that’s spent years collecting cobwebs and dust. The decades-old trophy belonging to Harden’s father, Robert, has long been a source of stories in the Winter Harbor family’s household. With his dad boasting a 3-0 record as a boxer from his …
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — In a summer that’s seen much of what was lost a year ago return to Mount Desert Island, there’s one summer tradition that hasn’t made a comeback. A new scene awaits visitors to Southwest Harbor’s Claremont Hotel, where the setting is more breathtaking than ever after recent renovations. Yet the many additions …
BAR HARBOR — Hancock County was home to the state’s top golfers this week as one of Maine’s premier tournaments came to a local course. The Maine Amateur Golf Championship was held over the past three days at Kebo Valley Golf Club in Bar Harbor. One hundred thirty-two golfers took part in the 102nd edition …
WINTERPORT — For Mike Bradford, this was a moment of pure adrenaline. Competing in the finals of a T&L Gamblers Series race last month at Winterport Dragway, Bradford, a Lamoine native and passionate drag racer, was, in his own words, “amped up.” After a series of top finishes, he had every right to be as …
PORTLAND — Maine’s professional hockey team will return to action next season as a partner of New England’s professional hockey team. The Maine Mariners will begin a new chapter in the franchise’s history next season after agreeing to an affiliation with the NHL’s Boston Bruins. The team announced the news last Wednesday, one day after …
CASTINE — After seeing their seasons canceled abruptly a year ago, spring athletes at five Maine universities appear set to compete in their favorite sports in the weeks and months ahead. The North Atlantic Conference announced Wednesday that it will be moving ahead with a 2021 spring sports season. The announcement means spring athletes at …
