BIDDEFORD — If you’re in the market for a new computer, built locally by two tech whiz kids, you’re in luck. George Childs of Standish and Parker Dowdy of Hollis, who attend Bonny Eagle Middle School, started CarbonPC in 2013, and they can upgrade or repair the computer you already have, or build you a […]
May 2014
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Maine’s MOO Milk brand leaving shelves
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s Own Organic Milk is folding after about five years on the market. The company’s chief executive officer Bill Eldridge says in a statement Friday that the product ”“ better known as MOO Milk ”“ will immediately cease commercial availability. The statement says the milk is produced by 12 Maine organic farms […]
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Trojans’ defense grounds Flyers in 9-2 victory
SACO — For the past few seasons, the Thornton Academy boys lacrosse team has built its identity around a strong and sound defensive core. That stinginess was on full display against Waynflete as the Golden Trojans pitched a shutout for the final 33 minutes and got four goals from Zach Bryant on the other end […]
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Active plover nests found on OOB
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Three active piping plover nests have been reported on the beach. The public works department emailed a notice late Friday that a plover nest was found by the Windsong Motel at the end of Morrison Street, in addition to active nests at the end of Dube Street and in Ocean Park […]
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Maine CASA offers summer training
AUGUSTA — Interested in speaking up for a Maine foster child? The Maine Court Appointed Special Advocates program is holding its summer training for volunteer advocates Aug. 12-15 in the Augusta area. The four-day training is free. Attendees learn about all aspects of child advocacy work in order to be certified as a volunteer guardian […]
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Pacers beat Heat in game 1
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is done talking about home-court advantage. The top-seeded Pacers are ready to use it against the two-time defending champs. They took the first step Sunday, when Paul George finished with 24 points and seven assists, David West added 19 points and seven rebounds, and suddenly surging Indiana led wire-to-wire in a 107-96 […]
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William Worthy, defiant global correspondent, dies
BOSTON (AP) — A foreign correspondent who defied travel bans to Cold War adversaries of the United States has died. William Worthy was 92. The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University announced Worthy died May 4 in Brewster, Mass. Worthy was a reporter for the Baltimore Afro-American and correspondent for CBS News when he […]
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Deadline for clock tower move missed
BIDDEFORD — The deadline to relocate the deposed Lincoln Mill clock tower has come and gone, with area preservationists asking for more time to save the structure. For 150 years, the Lincoln Mill clock tower was a fixture of the Biddeford skyline. The bell that hung in the tower had once rung several times a […]
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Third suspect in home invasion surrenders
CORNISH — The third suspect wanted in connection with the beating and restraint of a Buxton woman in her home in April has surrendered to sheriff’s deputies. Michael C. Crockett Jr., 30, of Buxton, walked out of the woods in Cornish Sunday night, after his attorney, Amy Fairfield, told York County Chief Deputy Bill King […]