CAPE ELIZABETH (AP) — Three Cape Elizabeth High School students are facing felony charges for allegedly selling marijuana-laced chocolate chip cookies at school. Capt. Brent Sinclair said Wednesday that two 15-yearold boys and one 17-year-old boy were charged last week with aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs. They were released to the custody of their parents. […]
2012
Searchers find body of Maine-born hiker
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — Not a single cloud blotted the skies above Kodiak on Tuesday, but it was a dark Christmas as searchers found the body of a missing hiker on Mount Barometer. Derek Winn Russell, 20, had been missing since Saturday when he left Coast Guard Base Kodiak on a hike to the summit […]
Bush in intensive care
HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush remained in guarded condition overnight in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital after a day marked by “a series of setbacks including persistent fever,” according to his spokesman. In a brief email Wednesday, Jim McGrath, Bush’s spokesman in Houston, said the 88-year-old former leader had […]
Margaret (Jean) McAllaster
BRUNSWICK — Margaret (Jean) McAllaster passed away on December 22, 2012 in Brunswick, at the age of 84. She was born on April 10, 1928 in Middleton, Tennessee, the daughter of George and Mildred Gatewood Crawford. After graduating from Middleton High School in 1948, she moved to Memphis to work for the phone company as […]
DEATH NOTICE
BRUNSWICK — James E. Smith II, 90, passed away Dec. 24, 2012, in Harpswell. Arrangements are under the care of Direct Cremation Of Maine, 182 Waldo Ave., Belfast, ME.
Hockey in Montreal
MONTREAL (AP) — With the NHL lockout grinding through its fourth month, Montreal Canadiens defenseman Josh Gorges looked to an unusual source to find his next hockey game: Twitter. The 28-year-old Gorges extended an open invitation to his followers on the social network to join him at a Montreal rink Wednesday afternoon, during the Boxing […]
Brady finds a positive in recent struggles
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Tom Brady found something encouraging in his toughest stretch of the season. He knows he and his New England Patriots can come back from a huge deficit. The two-time NFL Most Valuable Player had his three lowest passer ratings of the season in his past four games. His 68.9 on Dec. 16 in […]
Broncos look to finish season in style, claim No. 1 seed
The difference Peyton Manning has made in Denver actually is measurable. Try from 8- 8, which the Broncos were a year ago in winning the AFC West, to 12- 3. Try losing their final three games of 2011 and sneaking into the back door of the playoffs to winning their last 11 and moving into […]
Red Sox get All-Star closer Hanrahan from Pittsburgh
BOSTON If Joel Hanrahan can do for the Boston Red Sox what he did against them, they should be very happy with their new closer. In the first of his two All-Star seasons, the right-hander posted back-to-back saves for the Pittsburgh Pirates with perfect ninth innings against the Red Sox in June 2011. He struck […]