At this point, it’s just downright unfair. For years, the Falmouth boys’ hockey team has watched in horror while its opponent has gotten the breaks, but this season, it looked as if the Yachtsmen might be primed to finally break through and win a first Western Class A title. Instead, a bad stroke of luck […]
March 2010
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FBI arrests suspect in death of Maine baby
The FBI says Edgard Anziani was arrested in Baltimore shortly after 1 p.m. today.
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Lincoln school secured, not locked down
Portland school officials say Lincoln Middle School administrators appropriately employed the district’s new protocol on handling threats.
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Strimling named to ADL regional board
Former State Sen. Ethan Strimling of Portland has been named to the Anti-Defamation League New England’s regional board.
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Greely's reign ends in valiant fashion
PORTLAND—They could have folded. No one would have blamed them. After a long season full of stirring wins and maddening losses, the Greely boys’ hockey team finished up with a losing record yet some serious math landed the defending state champion the final playoff berth anyways. When the calculator finally stopped smoldering, Greely had drawn […]
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Obama announces plan to tackle dropout rate
Only about 70 percent of high school freshmen in the United States end up graduating from a traditional high school program, according to the White House.
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Yarmouth hockey wakes up the echoes, advances to regional final
PORTLAND—In what’s still considered the greatest strategy ever employed to win a boxing match, Muhammad Ali perfectly executed what he would later call the “rope-a-dope” to regain the heavyweight title in 1974 with an eighth-round knockout of George Foreman. Lying against the ropes, Ali seduced the heavily-favored grillmaster into essentially punching himself exhausted before charging […]
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New BBQ cart rolled out in Portland
Washington Avenue resident Ron Gan opened a new barbecue cart this week. Skinny Cart BBQ is located at 202 Washington Ave., in front of a dilapidated garage Gan painted bright green and yellow last fall. The offerings are simple – you can get a barbecuish, based on a beef barbecue sandwich recipe Gan’s Russian grandmother […]
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USM proposes 3 fewer schools or colleges
USM proposal for academic reorganization would reduce eight schools or colleges to five.
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Committee releases grant funding recommendations for Portland social services
PORTLAND — The committee in charge of reviewing which agencies and projects should get federal community development money will present its final recommendations to the City Council March 8. The city expects to dole out about $2.1 million in Community Development Block Grant money for the 2011 fiscal year, which begins July 1. Of that, […]