BIDDEFORD — Alex Quigley hit a two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift host Biddeford over South Portland 5-4 in an SMAA softball game at Doran Field on Wednesday. The Red Riots (9-3) got on the board with a pair of runs in the top of the […]
May 2014
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Sanford Police complete crisis training
SANFORD — The young man, in his 20s, was showing classic signs of schizophrenia. He wasn’t eating, and his family was worried. He hadn’t always had mental health issues ”“ he’d been a scholar and an athlete, but after high school, he began to exhibit symptoms, said Police Chief Thomas Connolly. The young man’s family […]
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Biddeford, Sanford to get federal airport funds
BIDDEFORD — The Federal Aviation Administration will provide $1.4 million in funds to airports in Maine, including Biddeford and Sanford. The Portland International Jetport as well as airports in Rockland and Brunswick will be getting grant funding. “Improving and maintaining airport infrastructure contributes to the local economy by supporting the jobs necessary to get the […]
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Sports Briefs
Scott among 5 named to NASCAR HOF CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Wendell Scott became the first African-American driver to be elected to the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The late driver from Virginia was among the latest group of five ”“ all drivers, another first ”“ voted into the hall. Scott joins popular NASCAR champion Bill […]
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May 28 performance of ‘Grease’ will benefit Rotary
OGUNQUIT — For the sixth year, the Ogunquit Playhouse is joining the fight to eradicate polio worldwide by hosting Rotary Night at the theater. The Ogunquit Playhouse will donate a portion of every ticket purchased to “Grease” for the Wednesday, May 28, 8 p.m. performance to the York Rotary Club. The playhouse seeks to raise […]
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South Portland Police Beat: May 23
Arrests 5/10 at 1:54 a.m. Charles E. Summers, 26, of Scarborough, was arrested on Main Street in Westbrook by Officer Kevin Sager on a charge of operating under the influence. 5/10 at 1:01 p.m. Noor Ibrahim, 27, of South Portland, was arrested on Devereaux Circle by Officer Richard Habr on charges of criminal threatening and […]
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Rose A. Livernois, 91
BRUNSWICK — Rose A. Livernois, 91, died April 13, at Brentwood Manor Nursing Home following a long illness. She was born in Brunswick on Sept. 9, 1922, a daughter of Thomas E. Sr. and Yvonne Bouchard Michaud. She graduated from St. John’s School and attended Brunswick High School. She worked at the Verney Mill prior to […]
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Angie A. Laverdiere, 90: Navy WAVE, avid baker
HARPSWELL — Angie A. Laverdiere, 90, died May 8 at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta. She was born Sept. 22, 1923, in Syracuse, New York, the daughter of Samuel and Mattie Vincquera Palmisano. She attended Syracuse schools and received a nursing degree from the University of Rochester. She worked for Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester […]
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Theresa M. Conners, 92
BRUNSWICK — Theresa M. Conners, 92, wife of the late James A. Conners, died May 8. Private interment services will be in St. John’s Cemetery, Brunswick. Arrangements are in the care of Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal St., Brunswick.
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Southern School Notebook: May 23
Cape senior wins poetry contest Cape Elizabeth High School senior Jane Vaughan was awarded first prize by poet Richard Blanco at the seventh annual Merriconeag Poetry Festival on May 4. Vaughan won for her original poem “The Tall Figures of Giacometti.” Blanco, a Bethel resident who achieved national renown when he read his poem “One […]