CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Tyler Griffey made an uncontested layup at the buzzer off a baseline inbounds pass and Illinois beat No. 1 Indiana 74- 72 on Thursday night, the fifth straight week the nation’s top-ranked team has lost. The Illini (16-8, 3-7 Big Ten) trailed 41-29 at halftime and by double digits for most […]
2013
Baseball card brings $92K
BIDDEFORD — A rare 148- year-old baseball card discovered at a rural Maine yard sale has been auctioned for $92,000. The card depicting the Brooklyn Atlantics amateur baseball club was sold by Saco River Auction Co. in Biddeford Wednesday night and it drew plenty of interest. Bidding started at $10,000 and quickly rose to the […]
Why the Patriots actually improved in 2012
The goal for every team is improve, not only over the course of one season, but from one season to the next. “If you’re not getting better, you’re getting worse,” is the popular saying. Taking a big-picture look, it’s hard to deny that the Patriots took a step back from 2011. They watched Super Bowl […]
MAINE ATTRACTION
BRUNSWICK A rt is sometimes thought to imitate life, but what happens when art and life meet on the canvas of one man’s passion? Maine Film & Video Association continues its Maine Film Screening Series at Frontier Café Sunday, Feb. 10, at 3 p.m. with two films, a feature, “Canvasman: The Robbie Ellis Story,” and […]
Ski and snowshoe trailer rolls into local state parks
POWNAL February brings new attractions to Bradbury Mountain State Park and Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, when both will welcome the ski and snowshoe trailer, a traveling outdoor exercise operation run by the Division of Parks and Public Lands. The trailer, providing free use of cross-country skis and snowshoes, will be at Bradbury Mountain in […]
Clock expert at Bath Antique Show
BATH — Harry Hepburn, an antiques dealer who specializes in clock repair, will be the featured exhibitor at the February Bath Antiques Show and Sale, Sunday, Feb. 10. Hepburn has been a full-time antiques dealer since 1971 and has specialized in antique clock repair since 1968, a news release said. A licensed and bonded auctioneer […]
A walk down memory — er — chocolate lane
FREEPORT — Freeport Historical Society still has tickets available for its popular History of Chocolate presentation by food historian Sandra Oliver on Sunday, Feb.10, at 3 p.m. The event will take place at Old Town Hall on Park Street (on the grounds of the Hilton Garden Inn ), and according to a news release, offers […]
Film series continues
BATH — Patten Free Library’s Tuesday night film series returns on Feb. 12 with “Inherit the Wind,” the first in a lineup of seven critically acclaimed courtroom dramas. The winter series, “Tell It to the Judge,” will run through March 26. Show time is 6:30 p.m. in the library’s community room. Refreshments are provided. All […]