New Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine has spent much of spring training stressing importance of pitchers fielding their positions. He wants it in their heads at all times…
February 2012
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Judge blocks graphic images on cigarette packages
A U.S. district judge rules that the images proposed by the Food and Drug Administration violate the free speech amendment to the Constitution.
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Scarborough Police Beat: Feb. 29
Arrests 2/21 at 11:18 a.m. Daniel K. Cole, 34, of Lebanon Street, Sanford, was arrested on Route 1 by Officer Donald Laflin on a warrant. 2/23 at 7:04 a.m. Richard A. Leighton Jr., 47, of Bean Street, Hollis, was arrested on Payne Road by Officer Garrett Strout on a warrant. 2/23 at 9:02 a.m. Geoffrey T. Hopwood, 33, […]
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Brunswick school budget meeting postponed
BRUNSWICK — A School Board budget forum scheduled for Wednesday night was postponed due to the prospect of inclement weather. The meeting, which was to include an overview of the fiscal 2013 school budget, is now planned for 6 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at Brunswick Station.
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Education evolution: Bath tech center adjusts focus to meet changing career needs
BATH — The Bath Regional Career and Technical Center’s evolving programming shows that times are changing. While the school maintains some traditional vocational programs, such as welding, automotive, electrical and carpentry, it has shifted increasingly toward technical education. “If you’d been in an automotive classroom 20 years ago and then went into the automotive area […]
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SLIDE SHOW: Snowe’s life on the political stage
Sen. Olympia Snowe, who turned 65 on Feb. 21, is the first woman in American history to serve in both houses of a state legislature and both houses of Congress.
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Ohio school shooter described as ‘fine person’
The teenager suspected of shooting up an Ohio school Monday and killing three students may have taken the gun from his grandfather’s barn.
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Morse High School 1-act play to take audiences to 'Foreverland'
BATH — Admission to Morse High School’s offering in this year’s regional Maine Drama Festival one-act play competition gets you a trip to “Foreverland” – a roller-coaster ride through the trials and tribulations of sometimes stigmatized love. Morse senior Cassia Tirrell wrote the production, a take on J.M. Barrie’s classic Peter Pan tales and their […]
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Florence Katherine Morgridge, 97
SOUTH PORTLAND — Florence “Flossie” Katherine Morgridge, 97, died Feb. 22 at the South Portland Nursing Home after a brief illness. She was born Sept. 2, 1914, in South Portland. She was the last surviving child of Roy Thompson and Margaret Farrell Thompson. She grew up in the Knightville neighborhood of South Portland, was educated in […]
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They'll be back…Even in defeat, Scarborough girls take pride in a great season
PORTLAND – If you were to document the last three seasons for the Scarborough girls’ basketball team, it would look an awful lot like the stock market: a major high, followed by a lull in productivity, only to skyrocket once again. One year ago, the Scarborough girls were sitting on the couch watching the postseason […]