BIDDEFORD — New England Fights announced the fight card for its next scheduled mixed-martial arts (MMA) event, scheduled to take place on Aug. 3 at Biddeford Arena. This is the first time since April 2012 that NEF will return to Biddeford, which held a soldout show. Biddeford fans will be treated to a main event […]
2013
Plummer, Clifford in SMWGA play
OGUNQUIT — Judith Plummer of Brunswick fired a net score of 65 to finish second in the weekly Southern Maine Women’s Golf Association “A” Division event at Cape Neddick Golf Course. Nancy Bourque of Biddeford Saco was first at 63. The “B” Division weekly event was held at Fairlawn Golf & Country Club in Poland, […]
Maine Red Claws announce clinics
PORTLAND — The Maine Red Claws have announced the return of their Summer Clinic Series, sponsored by Dunkin’ Donuts. The series tipped off on Monday. Locally, the Red Claws will at the Lisbon Falls Dunkin’ Donuts (583 Lisbon Street) on Aug. 13. The clinics will be hosted by members of the Maine Red Claws staff, […]
40th TD Bank 250 set for Sunday
OXFORD The excitement of Oxford Plains Speedway’s TD Bank 250 returning to a super late model format almost made Johnny Clark jump into the deep end of the pool. “If I won it, well, I don’t want to say I would retire, because then my wife would hold me to it,” Clark, 33, of Hallowell, […]
Aging in America
BALTIMORE Alberta Hough struggles to feed herself a snack, her arms shaking badly from Parkinson’s disease. Days earlier, the 84-year-old fell while eating, sliding off her kitchen chair. The rest of Hough’s day isn’t much easier to navigate. She wobbles into a bathtub with no grab bar. Her feet catch on damaged floor tiles. Part […]
… a tough sell
MONTROUIS, Haiti T he only leisure tourist among the U.N. peacekeepers, aid workers, embassy personnel and missionaries on this beach north of the Haitian capital must have been Anne Fournier. She didn’t live or work in Haiti or pretend to help. Fournier was here for fun, traveling to Haiti for the first time with her […]