KENNEBUNK — In a topsy-turvy season that started with several key players out of the lineup due to an April vacation trip, and has commenced with some big wins and a pair of late-inning losses, Kennebunk baseball coach Brian Dill has been able to rely on one thing throughout this spring: Ben Lary as the […]
May 2014
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PGA Tour rookie Garnett leads at Colonial
FORT WORTH, Texas — PGA Tour rookie Brice Garnett grew up in a small Missouri town where his home course is a nine-hole layout. Garnett has gone from Daviess County Country Club and then Missouri Western State to leading at Hogan’s Alley after two rounds at Colonial. After starting with an eagle, Garnett shot a […]
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Floods, landslides leave many Bosnians homeless
TOPCIC POLJE, Bosnia-Herzegovina — It took only a few minutes for a roaring landslide to leave Ramiz Skopljak homeless for the second time in his life. The first time he had been 47, and though his house was a ruin, the Bosnian war at least left him his land in Topcic Polje, central Bosnia, on […]
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More whales being hit by ships along East Coast
A cruise ship heading for New York this month struck and killed a whale and dragged it into the Hudson River, part of a higher-than-usual rate of strikes along the Eastern Seaboard for this time of year, a federal agency said. There were three recent whale strikes recently, including one in which a cruise ship […]
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Animal Welfare Society to host events in June
The Animal Welfare Society of West Kennebunk will be holding and participating in the following events in June: ”¢ The Seashore Trolley Museum, 195 Log Cabin Road in Kennebunkport, will be hosting Adoptable Dogs on the Trolley on Saturday, June 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be dog activities and adoptable dogs. […]
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Richard Todd
SANFORD — Richard Edward Todd, 43, known affectionately as “Lil Richie,” died peacefully at home on May 21, after a long struggle with O.P. muscular dystrophy. He was born in Gloucester, Mass. on Dec. 27, 1970, the son of Richard A. and Geraldine Ann Todd, and moved to Sanford several years ago. He enjoyed hunting, […]
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Pacers’ star Paul George cleared to play
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pacers star Paul George has been cleared to play after being diagnosed with a concussion. George said Friday at practice that he feels like he is 100 percent after he was injured Tuesday night during the Game 2 loss to Miami that evened the Eastern Conference finals at 1-1. The Pacers announced […]
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Hawaii canoe embarks on global odyssey
HONOLULU — To take the Hokulea for a spin off the coast of Oahu is to see the Hawaiian islands in perhaps the same way as their discoverers did hundreds of years ago. Those seafarers likely arrived on a boat resembling the double-hulled canoe, bridged by a modest deck, compelled by three sails, steered by […]
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OOB to host illumination night of remembrance
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Veterans Memorial Park Committee is hosting an Illumination Night in the park Sunday, May 25. Decorated luminary bags honoring deceased loved ones will light up the park at sunset. Proceeds from the sale of bags will benefit the Veterans Memorial Park Committee. Set up begins at 6 p.m. and the […]
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UNE to close seal rehab center, embrace new focus
BIDDEFORD — Several times per year at Granite Point in Hills Beach, ever-increasing crowds of people would turn out to watch as University of New England staff and volunteers from the Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center released recently rehabilitated seal pups back into the wild. For about a decade, the program, known as MARC, has assisted […]