Another year of high school sports action is in the rearview mirror, but the memories figure to linger for a long time. Local athletes turned heads last winter winter, dazzled in the spring and enthralled in the autumn. With a new year nearing, here’s one more look back to the thrills that made up 2011. […]
2011
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Man arrested in Bangor stabbing
Police say 28-year-old Arthur Greene came to the door of an apartment, but was told to leave. This apparently angered Greene, who allegedly produced a weapon and stabbed a man in the home before running away.
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Tragedy brings bipartisan focus to Maine's domestic violence bail decisions
Part of a continuing series by the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting on Maine’s bail system. AUGUSTA — Sometimes it takes a death. Sometimes it takes four deaths: a mother, her two children and the man who killed them and then killed himself. The deaths of Amy, Monica and Coty Lake at the hands […]
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Unsung Hero: Peter McGuire, doctor on the house
BRUNSWICK — The Vietnam War produced at least one good outcome; it was in Vietnam that Dr. Peter McGuire started doing free clinic work. “I was in Vietnam in 1967, and I’d go out in the central highlands and run free clinics for the Vietnamese people,” McGuire said. “We were trying to win their hearts […]
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Portland Sports Roundup
Cheverus girls’ basketball clinic The Cheverus girls’ varsity basketball team is holding free skill development clinics for girls in grades 3-8 Saturdays Jan. 7, 14 and 21 at Cheverus, 267 Ocean Ave. in Portland. Grades 3-5 go from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Grades 6-8 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Participants will receive a free pass […]
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Sears to close 100 to 120 Kmart, Sears stores
Between 100 and 120 Sears and Kmart stores will be closed, after their terrible holiday sales during the most crucial time of the year. Sears has yet to determine which stores will be closed.
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UMaine hockey team heads to Florida
The University of Maine hockey team is heading to Florida during the Christmas week break to play in the Florida College Classic hockey tournament for the 12th straight year.
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Disgraced ex-journalist fights for CA law license
A former journalist who became the subject of a Hollywood movie after he was caught fabricating articles in the late 1990s is fighting to become a lawyer in California over the objections of a state bar committee.
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Landmark Mexico restaurant closes
After more than four decades in business, the owners of Maddy’s Pizza are calling it quits due to a tough economy, competition from chains and a serious illness in the family.
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1 dead, 2 hurt in Glenburn crash
The crash remains under investigation but police say speed and slick roads may be factors.