September 2013
Broncos loving a shot at Ravens
Ever since the NFL announced that the champion Ravens would open the season at Denver, the Broncos have been salivating over a chance to get back at Baltimore. That opportunity comes tonight in the Mile High City, where the Ravens staged that sensational late comeback in the divisional playoff game last January before beating the […]
Ortiz leads Red Sox to 20-4 romp over Tigers
BOSTON One after another, the baseballs cleared the fences at Fenway Park — a franchise record-tying eight home runs in all for the Boston Red Sox. And David Ortiz led the way. The Red Sox DH homered twice and he also doubled for his 2,000th career hit on Wednesday night to lead the Red Sox […]
Free tennis at Maine Pines
BRUNSWICK — Maine Pines Raquet & Fitness Club, in conjunction with the Maine Tennis Association, is one of several venues to host a Free Tennis Night. On Friday, nine indoor facilities from around the state are scheduled to entertain any and all adult tennis players for a night of free tennis. The event is being […]
Eagles, Morse fall in FH
AUGUSTA — Abby Noborowsky and Katie Carroll each scored a first-half goal as the Cony High School field hockey team downed Mt. Ararat, 2-0, in season-opening Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference action on Wednesday. Noborowsky scored off a Carroll assist 7:22 into the contest, and Carroll doubled the advantage for the hosts with 10:54 left until […]
Broncos look to rebound
DENVER (AP) — John Elway the executive is about to find out if he’s as good at bouncing back as John Elway the quarterback was. Elway compares the heartbreak of Denver’s loss to Baltimore in the playoffs last January to Jacksonville’s upset of the well-rested Broncos 17 years earlier when they also were 13-3 and […]
Not-so-roughing-it: ‘Glamping’ in NYC
NEW YORK Ahh, the joys of roughing it in the great outdoors — champagne, high thread-count sheets, flat-screen television. Camping, New York Citystyle. At least a couple of city locales are offering this unusual option — the chance to sleep outdoors, incredibly comfortably. It’s an urban take on “glamping,” where hotel comforts are taken outside. […]
Chevy auction to deal in low-mileage gems
PIERCE, Neb. S eventeen years have passed since Ray Lambrecht closed his Chevrolet dealership, a small-town operation in northeast Nebraska with a big and valuable secret. For decades, the owner of the Lambrecht Chevrolet Co. in Pierce held on to new cars and trucks that didn’t sell right away. He stashed them in warehouses, at […]
Capt. Kelly … the only female one in the Florida Keys
CONCH KEY, Fla. Crusty commercial fishing captain Gary Nichols Jr. was upset when his wife Beth told him their second child was going to be a girl, just like their first kid. With a Kelly and a Katie, but no Gary III, who was going to continue Nichols Seafood, which he started from scratch at […]
Bath recall effort ‘suspended’
BATH In an email dated Sept. 5, Larry Scott announced that the community group that began the recall effort of certain city councilors is suspending the recall. “We understand that this was incredibly difficult on the City Council,” said Scott, an outspoken ciritic of the city’s sale of the old Bath Memorial Hospital building. “But, […]