A federal lawsuit says all the boys involved pleaded guilty to assault counts in juvenile court.
February 2012
College Roundup: USM gets to semis
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Nicole Garland scored 12 of her 16 points in the second half to help the second-seeded University of Southern Maine women’s basketball team get by No. 4 Keene State 60-52 in a Little East Conference semifinal game Friday night. Garland scored five points in a 7-0 spurt that gave the Huskies (21-5) […]
Tournament Roundup: Skowhegan wins hockey prelim
WINSLOW – Trey Michonski scored twice as Skowhegan opened the Eastern Class A boys’ hockey playoffs with a 2-1 victory Friday night in a prelim game against Gray-New Gloucester/Poland. Evan Baggs gave ninth-seeeded Gray-New Gloucester/Poland (3-16) a 1-0 lead in the first period, but Michonski tied it for the eighth-seeded Indians (8-9-2) late in the […]
Maine couple questioned in missing firefighter case switched their car
Police have interviewed the pair in connection with the disappearance of Jerry Perdomo of Orange City, Fla., who vanished Feb. 16.
Commercial Street living up to its name
With an 8 percent vacancy rate for office space and almost no available retail space, Commercial Street is as busy and thriving as ever.
Eastern A basketball: Unbeaten Cony rallies to claim regional title
AUGUSTA – A lot of crazy things had to happen for Cony to win the Eastern Class A girls’ basketball title: A comeback almost from the dead, a few Edward Little breakdowns, and a play that worked out better than anyone from Cony could have dreamed. Somehow that all happened, and Cony celebrated an improbable […]
Spiraling Pirates lose third straight, 5-1
Portland’s bad defense surfaces again in a setback to the Connecticut Whale.
Obama administration considers drawing oil from strategic reserve
But experts caution that action now may have a minimal effect on gasoline prices.
Cross can stay in Casco, land trust told
The Land for Maine’s Future program decides a naturally formed cross can remain.
Case against Portland lawyers dismissed
A justice finds six Verrill Dana attorneys acted in good faith after thefts by a former partner.