INDIANAPOLIS — Robert Kraft stared at the scoreboard, to see if time really had run out. It had. In a game that meant so much, his New England Patriots had come up a fingertip or two short. “It’s for Miss Myra,” receiver Deion Branch said after the Giants beat the Patriots 21-17 in the Super Bowl […]

BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College senior Tyler Patton is searching to find his social network, without his generation’s social network. In some ways, Facebook may be good, Patton said. In some ways, it may also be bad. He’s not sure. But with the idea that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone, Patton is encouraging […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick School Department is staring down deep budget cuts. Again. In preliminary state education subsidy figures released Thursday by the Maine Department of Education, the Brunswick school district projects to take the hardest hit in the state, losing $1.24 million. “This is catastrophic because it’s the third year in a row that we’ve […]

BOWDOINHAM — The judges of the Best Beard Contest at the Bowdoinham Ice and Smelt Festival held Saturday reported that the contest drew 24 contestants, including a dog and a child. The winners are as follows: Full natural beard: Brian Hamner (honorable mentions to Brant Miller and Bob Kane) Verdi: Eli Berry Full beard freestyle: […]