Arrests 9/1 at 11:37 p.m. Alexander Buchanan, 19, of Longwoods Road, Falmouth, was arrested by Officer David Young in Falmouth on a charge of violation of conditions of release, and issued a summons on a charge of unlawful furnishing of a scheduled drug. Summonses 8/30 at 9 a.m. Nicholas Giberti, 34, of Broad Street, Auburn, […]
September 2013
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David Lee Welker, 79: Marine, musician and scholar
YARMOUTH — David Lee Welker, 79, of Yarmouth, died Aug. 31 in Portland. He was born June 6, 1934, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Paul Lee Alexander Welker and Edith Fern Ricketts. He lived most of his childhood in Jackson, Tenn. He married Marian Risk in 1956, and they resided in the Washington, D.C., area with […]
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UMaine System spent $363K for foreign student report by former USM president
PORTLAND — It has been just over a year since former University of Southern Maine president Selma Botman got a new job. Her position as special assistant to the chancellor on global education was created for her two months after she got a vote of no confidence from more than half the USM faculty. Although […]
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Sonya Carroll, 83
FREEPORT — Sonya Phyllis Simkhovitch Potter Carroll, 83, died quietly in her sleep June 30. Carroll was born May 18, 1930, in New York, N.Y., to Russian-American artist Simka Simkhovitch and his wife, Elsa Fornell. She graduated from Milford, Conn., High School in 1947 and married Geoffrey Allan Potter, the son of artist William J. Potter, […]
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Everyone's a winner in first Greely-Yarmouth showdown
CUMBERLAND—The Greely-Yarmouth boys’ soccer rivalry has been quite intense over the years, but in the past, the neighbors and longtime powers knew they’d meet twice in the regular season, then go their separate ways. Now, a potential playoff meeting looms and as a result, the intensity has ratcheted up dramatically. Tuesday evening at Glenn A. […]
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Fall sports season begins
By press time, almost every local fall sports team will have begun play. Football got plenty of attention last weekend (please see story), but there’s a lot more to the fall landscape than just the gridiron. Here’s a glimpse. Boys’ soccer Deering and Portland’s boys’ soccer teams were on an early-season collision course (the teams […]
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Sports Digest for 09/11/2013
COLLEGES Bates scores in final minutes to beat USM women, 1-0 Kara Stefaniak’s shot from 30 yards hit the crossbar before crossing the line in the 83rd minute Tuesday, giving Bates a 1-0 victory against the University of Southern Maine in a women’s soccer game at Gorham. Anabel Schmelz of Bates (2-0) didn’t need a […]
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Plan to curb protesters outside Portland clinics advances
The city will hold a hearing on a proposal to shield women from protesters who gather outside the Planned Parenthood offices downtown.
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National group wants Maine to legalize marijuana
The vote may come in 2016 as advocates try to get New England states to allow recreational use.
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Boys’ soccer roundup: Portland stops Scarborough on 1st-half goal
SCARBOROUGH — Haron Habibzai scored 29 minutes into the game and Dan Kane made nine saves to give Portland a 1-0 boys’ soccer win over Scarborough on Tuesday. Portland is 2-0. Sam Warren stopped five shots for the Red Storm (1-1). CAPE ELIZABETH 0, YORK 0: Adam Legg made four saves for the Wildcats (1-0-1) […]