A heart device might save your life but leave you miserable. That awful possibility is the reason for new advice urging doctors to talk more honestly with people who have very weak hearts and are considering pumps, pacemakers, new valves or procedures to open clogged arteries. Too often, patients with advanced heart failure don’t realize […]
March 2012
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Mild concussions might still have lingering effects
CHICAGO Children with even relatively mild concussions can have persistent attention and memory problems a year after their injuries, according to a study that helps identify which kids may be most at risk for lingering symptoms. In most kids with these injuries, symptoms resolve within a few months but the study results suggest that problems […]
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Auburn boys win 3/4 championship
BRUNSWICK — Auburn got past Portland 32-17 Saturday to win the Brunswick Parks and Recreation Departments Third-Fourth Grade Boys Basketball Tournament. Auburn posted quarterly leads of 12-2, 16-4 and 26-9 as Austin Brown and Giles Paradie each scored 10 points, and Max Creaser and Joel Stubbs chipped in with four each. Auburn was two of […]
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Mecray, Garner to swim in NCAAs
BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College seniors Nathan Mecray and Allen Garner have qualified for the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships to be held March 21-24 at the Indiana Natatorium in Indianapolis, Ind. Mecray qualified for the men’s 100-yard breaststroke and is seeded 14th in the event with a time of 56.91. He will also […]
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Bowdoin’s Holtz on First Team
BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College junior Kayte Holtz has been named First Team All-New England Small College Athletic Conference for women’s ice hockey. After a breakout sophomore season that rewarded her with All-NESCAC First Team honors in 2011, Holtz returned to the First Team for a second tour. Holtz paced the Polar Bears in scoring for […]
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Men’s hockey players earn NESCAC honors
BRUNSWICK — A trio of Bowdoin College men’s ice hockey players were honored in All- NESCAC awards announced on Thursday. Senior defenseman Jordan Lalor and sophomore forward Colin Downey were both named First Team All-Conference, while freshman forward John McGinnis was recognized as the NESCAC Rookie of the Year. Lalor enjoyed a career year for […]
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Russell, Chipman get wrestling nods
GORHAM — Junior Peter Gilman earned first team All-Pilgrim Wrestling League honors to highlight five selections from the University of Southern Maine Huskies’ wrestling team to the 2012 Pilgrim Wrestling League postseason awards program. Gilman is joined by senior Billy Cole, junior Logan Russell of Bath, senior Cinjin Goewey and sophomore Rick Chipman of Harpswell […]
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Mt. Ararat to host Awards Night
TOPSHAM — Mt. Ararat High School will hold its Winter Sports Awards Night on Wednesday in the Mt. Ararat Commons. The festivities are slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. [email protected]
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McDonald’s names top HS hoop players
PORTLAND — The Maine Association of Basketball Coaches ( MABC) and local Maine McDonald’s owner/operators announced the six finalists for the 2012 Mr. and Miss Basketball Awards. Finalists selected for the title of Miss Maine Basketball 2012 are: Alexa Coulombe, Catherine McAuley; Amelia ( Mia) Diplock, Cony; and Meghan Gribbin, Windham. Finalists selected for Mr. […]
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Pirates U16 hockey wins Maine Amateur
LEWISTON — It took four overtime periods, but the Portland Junior Pirates’ under-16 girls hockey team took home the Maine Amateur Hockey Association title with a 2-1 victory over Central Maine Youth Hockey recently at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Taylor Fowler scored the game- winner for Portland, with Allie Spinney picking up an assist. Brunswick […]