2011
8 US soldiers charged in fellow soldier’s death
Pvt. Danny Chen, a 19-year-old from Manhattan, was found in Kandahar province with what the Army has described as “an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.”
South Sports Roundup
Holiday tourneys upcoming Local basketball and hockey teams will take part in holiday tournaments next week. The Portland Expo will host boys’ and girls’ hoops action. On Tuesday, South Portland’s boys play Lake Region at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Cape Elizabeth meets Scarborough at 1 p.m. and the winner faces Falmouth at 7 p.m. Play continues […]
Mid-Coast School Notebook
Local students nominated to military service schools WASHINGTON, D.C — U.S. Sens. Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine and Susan Collins, R-Maine, recently announced their nominees to the United States Military Academies. Nominated students include: Nathaniel Fritz of Bowdoin, a student at Mt. Ararat High School, nominated to attend U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo.; […]
Scarborough volleyball standout earns Gatorade award
Scarborough senior volleyball standout and Fall Female Athlete of the Year Brittany Bona was chosen the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Maine last week. Bona led the Red Storm to a first-ever berth in the state match and has been named to several all-star teams.
Maine among 3 states to lose population in 2011
New census estimates also show that Washington, D.C., is growing faster than any state in the nation.
LOOKING BACK – Issue of Dec. 20, 2001
(Editor’s note: Looking Back is a new weekly column including news items reported 10 years ago in The Current, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.) Issue of Dec. 20, 2001 At Cape Elizabeth High School’s “Winter Concert” earlier this week, there wasn’t even a hint of holiday de?cor in the auditorium. In Scarborough, […]
LOOKING BACK – Issue of Dec. 20, 2001
(Editor’s note: Looking Back is a new weekly column including news items reported 10 years ago in The Current, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.) Issue of Dec. 20, 2001 At Cape Elizabeth High School’s “Winter Concert” earlier this week, there wasn’t even a hint of holiday de?cor in the auditorium. In Scarborough, […]
LOOKING BACK – Issue of Dec. 20, 2001
(Editor’s note: Looking Back is a new weekly column including news items reported 10 years ago in The Current, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.) Issue of Dec. 20, 2001 At Cape Elizabeth High School’s “Winter Concert” earlier this week, there wasn’t even a hint of holiday de?cor in the auditorium. In Scarborough, […]
Topsham selectmen toss fireworks decision to Town Meeting
TOPSHAM — It will be up to the annual Town Meeting next year to decide if Topsham should enact local restrictions on the sale and use of consumer fireworks. Until then, fireworks will be legal under a new state law that takes effect Jan. 1. The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Dec. 15 not to […]