Monday’s Sports TransactionsBy The Associated PressBASEBALLNational LeagueCHICAGO CUBS—Agreed to terms with LHPAndy Sonnanstine and RHP Manny Corpas onone-year contracts.BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationHOUSTON ROCKETS— Signed C SamuelDalembert to a multiyear contract.FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueJACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed OT Daniel Baldridge from the practice squad. Placed DEMatt Roth and CB Ashton Youboty on injuredreserve.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Released DBRoss Ventrone. Released DL Cedric […]
2011
BIRTHS
Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston A boy, Corwin Samuel Fidler, to Melanie and Sean Fidler of Lisbon, Nov. 19, 2011. Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick A girl, Brina Sophia Crocker, to Lorisa Ashley Less and Travis William Crocker of Richmond, Dec. 6, 2011. A girl, Stella Hope Chabot, to Amy E. (Hopkins) and Matthew D. Chabot […]
ENGAGEMENT
BRUNSWICK — Douglas and Patricia Biggs of Brunswick wish to announce the engagement of their son, Dustin Douglas Biggs, to Kari Marie Simpson of Wells. Kari is the daughter of Robert and Faye Simpson of Wells. Dustin and Kari are both graduates of the University of Maine at Farmington. Dustin is employed as a marketing […]
60th anniversary
BRUNSWICK — Louis and Dorothy ( Gendreau) Cousineau of Brunswick recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Louis and Dorothy are both retired. Dorothy worked as a waitress, while Louis retired as a Coast Guard master chief and he also worked for the New England Telephone Co. The couple have six children. They include Louis “Zoo” […]
WEDDING
BRUNSWICK — Matthew Keith Dalen, son of Ruth and Keith Dalen of Ridgefield, Conn., married Bridget Mary Lake, daughter of Rose Ann Lake of Topsham and the late Robert Lake, on Oct. 1, 2011. The couple married at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Brunswick, exactly 45 years after the bride’s parents were married […]
Dinner with the Smileys
W hen Dustin is gone, I get creative with ways to count down the time. The standard way, of course, is with a paper chain. But a chain with 390 paper links could probably wrap around our small house three times and still have length left over for the dog to chew on. Plus, whoever […]
Protect shrubs from winter breakage
I ’ve had a nice little dwarf willow for 15 years or more, and this summer I noticed it was getting to be bigger than I wanted it to be. But summers are busy and I didn’t prune it. Fall came along; I did some traveling, and still didn’t prune it. But last week I […]
State program helps keep Mainers warm
SACO — Last winter, the Dudley family members were cold. They spent their first winter in their new home in Saco, which was built in 1885, without the benefit of insulation. But thanks to new low-interest, long-term loan program offered through the state, the Dudleys are keeping warm this winter. To save money last year, […]
Top 10 Photos of 2011
Lila Musgrave looks up in awe at one of the many opulent Christmas trees on display at the Saco Museum, which held an opening reception Nov. 25 to kick off the seventh annual Festival of Trees. JEFF LAGASSE/ Journal Tribune