Portland’s Cassandra Albano (red jacket) is wearing the red jacket and Sarah Sutherland, who compete for the Merriconeag-Waldorf School, took part in the Middle School Nordic race last month. Results were second place for the classic and fourth place in the skate.
March 2012
Portland Sports Roundup
Cheverus boys’ hockey ousted The high school hockey season came to a close last week when the Cheverus boys lost to Marshwood/Traip, 5-3, in the Western A quarterfinals. The Stags, seeded fourth, fell behind the fifth-ranked Hawks, 3-0, after one period and never caught up. Cameron McLain scored twice and Liam Fitzpatrick once as Cheverus’ […]
A better way to put bullying in its place
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Junior High School Civil Rights Team and a new state effort aim to take the “bully” out of bullying. Brandon Baldwin, director of the Maine Attorney General’s Office’s Civil Rights Team Project, delivered that message to students during a talk Monday at the school — one of nine talks he gave […]
Morse adds drug checks
BATH — Morse High School students were locked down in their classrooms Monday morning as five police canine units searched the school for drugs — but came up empty. The “teaching lockdown” followed two practice drills in February, Morse Principal Peter Kahl said Tuesday. This week, classes continued as dogs swept the school’s library, theater, gym […]
Early poll places King at head of U.S. Senate field
AUGUSTA — The first public poll conducted on Maine’s now-wide-open U.S. Senate race showed independent Angus King with an edge in a hypothetical threeway matchup against Democrat Chellie Pingree and Republican Charlie Summers. A Public Policy Polling survey of 1,256 Maine voters conducted over the weekend also showed King — who announced Monday that he’s officially […]
Romney, Santorum share momentum
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney padded his delegate count on the biggest night of the GOP presidential primary season but Rick Santorum demonstrated enough strength to ensure that there’s more convulsion ahead as Republicans struggle to settle on a candidate to take on President Barack Obama. Super Tuesday gave Romney a narrow victory in pivotal Ohio, a […]
Vital Connections hosts gathering Friday at Sweetser
BRUNSWICK — Vital Connections, described by organizers as “ a forum that gives opportunity for various localization efforts, initiatives and activists for social change to hear and learn from and about one another,” will take place Friday at the Sweetser office, 329 Bath Road. The gathering will begin with a potluck supper at 6 p.m. […]
Friday fundraiser benefits Jacob Cuff
BATH — An evening of food, music and auctions to benefit Jacob Cuff, a 31-yearold Morse High School graduate recently diagnosed with leukemia, takes place Friday at Morse High School. A silent auction starts at 6 p.m. The benefit performance is slated to kick off at 7 p.m. A musician, Cuff has been living with […]
Youth theater stages ‘Snow White’ twice at People Plus
BRUNSWICK — The New England Regional Theater Company and Studio 48 Performing Arts Center will present “ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday at People Plus, 35 Union St. “Following the traditional storyline, the fairy tale is brought to life with an eclectic score of toe- tapping tunes,” a […]