BILL PEARSON Wed, 01/27/2021 - 1:30pm
This is the first time in 26 years Ed Crocker has not officiated high school basketball. Instead, he is volunteering at Boothbay Region YMCA in several youth programs. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register
The coronavirus pandemic may have impacted Ed Crocker’s life more than any other player, coach, or sports official. Crocker has refereed high school basketball for 26 years before deciding against officiating this season. Maine’s high school basketball season is underway as teams play a reduced schedule while players, coaches and officials don masks. This winter is not the first time the pandemic has impacted Crocker’s role in youth athletics.
BILL PEARSON Wed, 01/27/2021 - 8:30am
Ed Crocker is one of the many satisfied customers buying sports drinks and protein shakes at Harbor Nutrition in Boothbay. The store is owned by Kimberly Gordon, left, and Paige McLellan. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register
Kimberly Gordon and Paige McLellan first met in 2012 as third graders, and quickly became best friends forever. The two have been nearly inseparable since, but now are spending more time together as Boothbay’s newest entrepreneurs. Gordon and McLellan started Harbor Nutrition in January. The business at 473 Wiscasset Road specializes in energy drinks and protein shakes.
Harbor Nutrition features a menu with a unique mixture of ingredients created by McLellan and Gordon. The menu includes flavored protein shakes (fruity, vanilla, chocolate, peanut butter, and coffee lovers), energizing teas made from an herbal tea with aloe added for digestion. Gordon said the teas come in three categories (basic, boosted and lit)
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