LEWISTON Ten athletes strong, the Saint Dominic Academy girls’ hockey team has given itself a chance to make the Eastern Class A playoffs. And really, from a season that started with the death of its coach and eight losses in the first 10 games, what more could you ask? St. Dom’s first rallied from behind […]
2013
The snow maiden (a Russian tale)
Once upon a time there lived a peasant named Ivan and his wife, Marya. Ivan and Marya had been married for a long time and were growing old. Their greatest delight came from spending time with the children of their village. Though they loved the neighborhood children, they still spoke of their own longing for […]
B-52 Fateful flight revealed plane’s deadly weakness
ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN Flying low over snowy terrain on a Cold War training mission, Lt. Col. Dan Bulli’s massive B-52 bomber hit turbulence that shook the plane so violently that he couldn’t read the gauges. Pulling back on the yoke and pushing forward on the throttle, he tried to fly out of the severe wind. Then […]
Teen driver wrecks utility pole
RICHMOND The teen driver of a pickup truck that hit a utility pole on Lincoln Street Saturday night escaped serious injury, although Richmond police say the pole needed replacing. Richmond police Sgt. Adam Garland said the crash was reported at 7:45 p.m. in the area of 190 Lincoln Street. A 17-year-old male was driving a […]
Brunswick fight yields arrest
BRUNSWICK Brunswick police arrested a Portland man early Sunday after they allegedly came upon a fight on Maine Street. Police say Christopher Cassidy, 26, of 55 Irving St., Portland, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for fighting with another man. Officers initially noticed a person on the ground between two parked vehicles and then […]
PARKING RAGE AT WAL-MART
BRUNSWICK Brunswick police charged an East Boothbay man with criminal mischief after concluding an investigation into vandalism at Wal-Mart on Tibbetts Drive reported Dec. 20. Police said Peter Brown, 57, of 844 Ocean Point Road, East Boothbay, was issued a summons Saturday afternoon charging criminal mischief. Police said he was going to park in a […]
Arm-waving man arrested
BRUNSWICK Police arrested a transient man waving his arms in the street on drug, obstruction and other charges. Police said 33-year-old Ryan O’Leary, a transient of Brunswick, was arrested at 10:21 p.m., Jan. 15 on Pleasant Street on charges of obstructing a public way, violating condition of release, and sale and use of drug paraphernalia […]
Bath police probe copper thefts
BATH Police are looking for someone who cut and stole copper piping, wiring and other items from a home being renovated at 1110 High St. Damage to the home form the thefts caused the basement to flood, police said. Bath police Lt. Stanley Cielinski said this morning that a contractor working at the home reported […]