PORTLAND, Maine – The Maine Mariners just picked up a ton of Mount Washington Valley supporters after Bartlett native Dexter Paine reached an agreement to acquire the team from Comcast Spectacor last Tuesday.
“As they say in the country, ain’t that something,” Paine’s mom Gail Paine of Intervale said by phone on Monday.
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