Near the end of a rough eight-game road trip, Boston snaps the Bucks’ winning streak at six.
2012
Flyers come away with shootout win
PHILADELPHIA – Matt Read and Wayne Simmonds scored shootout goals to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night. Claude Giroux scored his 27th goal for the Flyers, and Alex Ovechkin had his 33rd for the Capitals. PENGUINS 5, PREDATORS 1: Evgeni Malkin scored twice, James Neal had four […]
Committee may seek investigation of DHHS
Democrats especially accuse DHHS of covering up a computer error that allowed as many as 19,000 ineligible people to receive MaineCare coverage during the past two years.
Dispatches
Justices deny man’s appeal of 2010 murder conviction / Faulty wiring sparks fire that leaves OOB man homeless / Woman sentenced for trying to smuggle drugs into jail . . . and more Maine news
Red Sox salvage tie with Yankees
Sox Manager Bobby Valentine wanted to continue playing. The Yankees had other ideas.
Maine committee votes against public dollars for religious schools
The idea of allowing public dollars to go to private religious schools is one of the big educational changes proposed by Gov. LePage’s administration.
Sports Digest
HIGH SCHOOLS Garet Beal of Jonesport-Beals given honor as Maine basketball Gatorade player of year Garet Beal, who led Jonesport-Beals High to the Class D state championship this past season, was honored Thursday as the Maine Gatorade boys’ basketball player of the year. Beal became the first Gatorade winner from Jonesport-Beals. Beal, a 6-foot-5 junior […]
Witnesses skeptical of DHHS plan to privatize
Advocates for the mentally ill say it would be hard for a company to meet the demands of intense cases.
$1 million bail set in shooting of N.H. police officer
A judge set bail at $1 million on Thursday for a 22-year-old man charged with attempted murder in the shooting of a Manchester police officer.
LePage plan would let cities cut off aid to the poor
The proposal would let each municipality make its own decision. Any that decide to stay with General Assistance would receive a block grant.