Portland Meetings: June 30 – July 6

Cumberland council tables deer feeding ban

On Baseball: Staying in the hunt without the big guns

BOSTON – When the Boston Red Sox began their season April 4 at Fenway Park, Jacoby Ellsbury led off, followed by Dustin Pedroia and then Victor Martinez. Josh Beckett started on the mound. On Tuesday, Ellsbury was in Arizona, tending to his fractured ribs. Pedroia stretched out on the clubhouse couch, his broken left foot […]

Waves, winds from Alex idle spill cleanup ships

The storm is projected to stay far from the spill zone, but Alex's outer edges are stalling skimming efforts.

Les Franco Americains: Bowdoin’s name goes back to Huguenot Pierre Baudouin

Claire Gobeil Leduc of Brunswick wants to learn as much as she can about Maine’s French because she is proud to be a Franco-American. When discussing herheritage with her father, Amadee Gobeil, he told her about the French name of the benefactor who helped to establish Bowdoin College. Leduc later learned from her sister, a […]

Cook it Light: Make lighter blueberry and lemon Bundt cake

DEAR JEANNE: Can you help me with this scrumptious recipe? Thank you! – Martin B., Chandler, Ariz. BLUEBERRY-LEMON BUNDT CAKE 1 1/2 cups butter, softened 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon lemon juice 3 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt Grated zest of one lemon 2 […]

NHL Notebook: Seguin given look at Boston

BOSTON – Along with all of the success he’s had in hockey, Tyler Seguin remembers the occasional failure. After being left off the Canadian team for last year’s world junior championships, Seguin gave himself two days to mope. Then he went back to work on getting better. And when his Plymouth Whalers were eliminated from […]

Lakes Region: Ferry captains provide a Frye Island lifeline

It’s another “high season” for the Frye Island Ferry. June 25 kicked off the 42nd year of a busy summer ferrying residents to and from Maine’s newest town. Located in Sebago Lake, Frye Island seceded from Standish in 1998. For 20 years, Captain Ross Graham has been piloting the two nearly identical 64-foot-long ferries across […]

Briefcase, June 30, 2010

Dow closes below 10,000 on signs of stalled recovery Stocks and interest rates plunged Tuesday after signs of slowing economies from China to the U.S. spooked traders who were already uneasy about a global recovery. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 268 points, or 2.7 percent, and dropped below 10,000. The benchmark Standard & Poor’s […]

One part of Obama health plan starting, but it’s expensive

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is launching a special coverage program for uninsured Americans with medical problems this week, the most ambitious early investment of President Obama’s health care overhaul. But here’s the catch: Premiums will be a stretch for many, even after government subsidies to bring rates close to what healthier groups of people […]