Lee Horton
@leehorton-vm.bsky.social
Varsity Maine Editor for the Maine Trust for Local News (Sun Journal, Press Herald, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel, etc). Not a Democrat, not a Republican. A loner, Dottie, a rebel.
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Lee Horton
@leehorton-vm.bsky.social
· Sep 11
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"Maybe the town has a place where they’d love to set up a groundhog motel.”
Groundhogs digging holes around Lisbon athletic fields becoming safety issue
'One night (staff) filled all the holes with dirt right before a game and the next morning they were all dug out with vengeance,' Superintendent Richard Green said.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
"Maybe the town has a place where they’d love to set up a groundhog motel.”
Could you make it as a Shaker?
Could you make it as a Shaker? What life at the Maine village is really like | Column
Living on a scenic farm in New Gloucester might sound idyllic, but there are other considerations to take into account.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Could you make it as a Shaker?
Watch this podcast. It was fun to do so it must be fun to watch.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Watch this podcast. It was fun to do so it must be fun to watch.
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The great John Terhune takes on the Hearts of Pine. And dominates.
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Portland Hearts of Pine soccer team won Maine's heart
The Hearts of Pine have sold out every game of their inaugural season and become the best party in Portland.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The great John Terhune takes on the Hearts of Pine. And dominates.
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A fight broke out in a boys soccer game Tuesday. Leaders at Fryeburg Academy and Lake Region High School don't want you to know about it. My column: #mesports
www.pressherald.com/2025/10/22/a...
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A fight broke out in a Maine soccer game. It should’ve been a teaching moment.
By not publicly addressing what happened between the Fryeburg and Lake Region boys teams, the schools' leaders miss an opportunity.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A fight broke out in a boys soccer game Tuesday. Leaders at Fryeburg Academy and Lake Region High School don't want you to know about it. My column: #mesports
www.pressherald.com/2025/10/22/a...
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Here are tonight's Maine high school football scores.
Here are Friday night’s Maine high school football scores
Week 7 results from around the state.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Here are tonight's Maine high school football scores.
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When you're tasked with naming a lake but can't think of anything, so you pound your head on the keyboard:
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c...
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c...
Definition of CHARGOGGAGOGGMANCHAUGGAUGGAGOGGCHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUGG
lake on the border with Connecticut in south central Massachusetts… See the full definition
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October 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
When you're tasked with naming a lake but can't think of anything, so you pound your head on the keyboard:
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c...
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Remembering Kim Shattuck, lead singer, guitarist and primary songwriter of the American punk rock band The Muffs, member of The Pandoras and short-term bassist for the Pixies, died far too early 6 years ago today at the age of 56
#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #kimshattuck #otd
#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #kimshattuck #otd
October 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Remembering Kim Shattuck, lead singer, guitarist and primary songwriter of the American punk rock band The Muffs, member of The Pandoras and short-term bassist for the Pixies, died far too early 6 years ago today at the age of 56
#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #kimshattuck #otd
#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #kimshattuck #otd
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Last season, Greely won the eight-man Large School state title. This season, with growth in the program, the Rangers moved back to 11-man football. With Friday's win over a perennial powerhouse, Greely is showing it doesn't need a learning curve. My column:
www.pressherald.com/2025/09/12/b...
www.pressherald.com/2025/09/12/b...
Back in 11-man football, Greely is a Class C contender
The Rangers' win over Leavitt showed they won't have growing pains after three seasons in eight-man football
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September 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Last season, Greely won the eight-man Large School state title. This season, with growth in the program, the Rangers moved back to 11-man football. With Friday's win over a perennial powerhouse, Greely is showing it doesn't need a learning curve. My column:
www.pressherald.com/2025/09/12/b...
www.pressherald.com/2025/09/12/b...
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Our Dave Dyer with the story on Cody Laweryson's callup to the Majors. #mesports #Twins
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Maine pitcher Cody Laweryson to join Minnesota Twins
The Valley High and UMaine product gets a promotion to the big leagues after seven seasons in the minors.
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September 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Our Dave Dyer with the story on Cody Laweryson's callup to the Majors. #mesports #Twins
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Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
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Week 1 overreactions with @michaeljmandell.bsky.social. Why Gardiner is a basketball team to watch this winter. Class C is up for grabs. Cony's dominant win over Messo. And praise for @leehorton-vm.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Qg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Qg...
Week 1 Football Overreactions (with Mike Mandell)
YouTube video by Maine Basketball Rankings
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September 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Week 1 overreactions with @michaeljmandell.bsky.social. Why Gardiner is a basketball team to watch this winter. Class C is up for grabs. Cony's dominant win over Messo. And praise for @leehorton-vm.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Qg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Qg...
Hey. Your friendly Varsity Maine Editor here. One of the new things we're doing this year is having me send text messages about high school football a few times each week. So far, it's been fun, and more fun is in the forecast.
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Whatever happened to torpedo bats?
August 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Whatever happened to torpedo bats?
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Portland's Rob Elowitch made a name for himself as an art dealer and pro wrestler (as Robbie Ellis).
By @dbonifant.bsky.social
By @dbonifant.bsky.social
For Robert Elowitch, art dealer and pro wrestler, life was about passion
Elowitch, also known as Robbie Ellis in the ring, made a name for himself in two wildly different worlds.
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August 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Portland's Rob Elowitch made a name for himself as an art dealer and pro wrestler (as Robbie Ellis).
By @dbonifant.bsky.social
By @dbonifant.bsky.social
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My column from the friendly match between the Portland Hearts of Pine and Halifax Wanderers FC. The match was a reminder that Maine and the Maritimes are forever linked.
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/06/h...
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/06/h...
Hearts of Pine game a reminder of Maine’s ties to Canada
Hosting the Halifax Wanderers FC was a small but significant display of friendship by Maine to the Maritimes.
www.pressherald.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My column from the friendly match between the Portland Hearts of Pine and Halifax Wanderers FC. The match was a reminder that Maine and the Maritimes are forever linked.
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/06/h...
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/06/h...
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Drew Smith enjoyed a successful summer on the mound for the Sanford Mainers, his first since Tommy John surgery. My column:
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/07/a...
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/07/a...
An elbow injury paused his baseball career. Auburn pitcher now making most of comeback.
Edward Little graduate and UConn pitcher Drew Smith had strong summer with Sanford Mainers after rehabbing from Tommy John surgery.
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August 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Drew Smith enjoyed a successful summer on the mound for the Sanford Mainers, his first since Tommy John surgery. My column:
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/07/a...
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/07/a...
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As Cooper Flagg's celebrity grows, the value of going home grows with it. www.pressherald.com/2025/08/09/f...
For Cooper Flagg, homecoming remains special as celebrity grows
He's a world-famous star and a face of his sport, but for the Newport native, a trip home provides a valuable escape to normalcy.
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August 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
As Cooper Flagg's celebrity grows, the value of going home grows with it. www.pressherald.com/2025/08/09/f...
What is a legend?
John Wolfgram was finished coaching by the time I arrived in Maine, and I never met him, but I’ve heard other football coaches refer to him or quote him tens of times over the years.
That’s a legend.
John Wolfgram was finished coaching by the time I arrived in Maine, and I never met him, but I’ve heard other football coaches refer to him or quote him tens of times over the years.
That’s a legend.
John Wolfgram, Maine’s winningest high school football coach, dies
Wolfgram won 10 state titles and 309 games in a storied coaching career.
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August 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What is a legend?
John Wolfgram was finished coaching by the time I arrived in Maine, and I never met him, but I’ve heard other football coaches refer to him or quote him tens of times over the years.
That’s a legend.
John Wolfgram was finished coaching by the time I arrived in Maine, and I never met him, but I’ve heard other football coaches refer to him or quote him tens of times over the years.
That’s a legend.
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Emma Tiedemann, the play-by-play voice of the @portlandseadogs.bsky.social, will call Tuesday's Boston Red Sox game on NESN.
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/04/s...
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/04/s...
Sea Dogs play-by-play voice will be part of all-female Red Sox broadcast
Emma Tiedemann will call the entirety of Boston's game against the Kansas City Royals for NESN on Tuesday night.
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August 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Emma Tiedemann, the play-by-play voice of the @portlandseadogs.bsky.social, will call Tuesday's Boston Red Sox game on NESN.
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/04/s...
www.pressherald.com/2025/08/04/s...
"The money produced by art has not disappeared. The issue is not that the people of the world value television less than they did in the 1990s. The reality is that the people with the most money have devised, at every turn, new and more bulletproof ways for them to make and keep more money..."
BTW, if you want to read an actually good story about Sydney Sweeney I really liked this from 3 years ago defector.com/the-money-is...
The Money Is In All The Wrong Places | Defector
You can always tell who in Hollywood has family money by their Instagrams. People like Dakota Johnson, who have a Hollywood lineage deeper than the Mariana Trench, post only rarely. They post about so...
defector.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"The money produced by art has not disappeared. The issue is not that the people of the world value television less than they did in the 1990s. The reality is that the people with the most money have devised, at every turn, new and more bulletproof ways for them to make and keep more money..."
Buildings throughout the Twin Cities contain bells from the 19th century, many still tolling the time and calling people to gather.
Lewiston-Auburn’s historic bells still ring. Here’s where you hear them
Buildings throughout the Twin Cities contain bells from the 19th century, many still tolling the time and calling people to gather.
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August 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Buildings throughout the Twin Cities contain bells from the 19th century, many still tolling the time and calling people to gather.