ANAHEIM, Calif. — For the past few years, the Anaheim Ducks have watched enviously while the Los Angeles Kings evolved into phenomenal playoff performers and Stanley Cup champions. The Ducks want that reputation as much as they want the Cup. In Game 7 of their second-round series Friday night, they’re on the perfect stage to […]
May 2014
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Bank sells Vegas casino for $1.73 billion
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Deutsche Bank AG is finally free of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas resort and casino after selling the high-rise complex on the Strip for $1.73 billion to Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII. The bank said in a statement Thursday that the cash deal remains subject to regulatory approvals. The bank took […]
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WOCSD announces literary award winners
WELLS — This year’s winners of the Literary Achievement Awards, a K-Adult Ed annual creative writing contest in the Wells-Ogunquit Ccommunity School Distrcit, include: kindergartener Ragan Schank, first-grader Molly Tavares, second-grader Spencer Carpenter, third-grader Lucy Breton, fourth-grader Bailey Hayden, fifth-grader Kate Pinette, sixth-grader Tyler Evans, seventh-grader Karissa Kenyon, eighth-grader Megan Schneider, freshman Danielle Jarosz, sophomore […]
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McKenna, Trojans run past Red Storm
SACO — Thornton Academy got ahead early, and this time they never looked back, as the Trojans topped Scarborough 9-5 in an SMAA girls lacrosse game at Hill Stadium on Thursday. Thornton took the lead 2:31 into the game and doubled its lead two minutes later. “Getting the lead definitely gets us in there. It […]
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Superintendents react to grades
Superintendents in York County reacted to their schools’ state-issued grades in comments Thursday: Biddeford “It was a rough day,” said Biddeford Superintendent of Schools Jeremy Ray, after receiving the Department of Education report card for Biddeford schools. Biddeford Intermediate School received a D grade, Biddeford Middle School received an F and Biddeford High School received […]
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France to redraw nation’s map to save money
PARIS — France’s administrative regions ”“ Normandy, Alsace, Burgundy, etc. ”“ have long been part of the identity of citizens of this diverse country. Now, merging some of them is seen as a logical way to save money on bureaucracy, and the French support it ”“ as long as it’s someone else’s turf. The recent […]
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Two new murder charges for Aaron Hernandez
BOSTON — Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, already jailed in connection with a 2013 shooting death, looks forward to proving his innocence on charges that he ambushed and gunned down two men after a chance encounter inside a Boston nightclub a year earlier, his lawyers said. Hernandez has been charged with two […]
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Tactics endure after 10 years of same-sex marriage
BOSTON — Supporters and activists routinely ask gay couples to meet with reluctant lawmakers to put a human face on same-sex marriage. They file lawsuits. They use unexpected allies ”“ in some cases, churches ”“ to spread their message. It’s a strategy that has shown results, with state bans falling in courts at a brisk […]
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Timothy F. Woodward
SACO — Timothy F. Woodward, 51, of Saco, passed away on May 3, 2014 in Lucerne, Calif. He was born in Peterbor-ough, N.H. on Feb. 13, 1963, a son of Lawrence and Beverly Woodward. Tim graduated from Thornton Academy, Class of 1981. He also graduated from Maine Maritime Academy with a bachelor’s degree in nautical […]
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Baseball team grateful for water donation
I would like take this opportunity to publicly thank Poland Spring for donating bottled water for the Maine Black Flies travel baseball team. The importance of healthy, active young athletes is essential to creating good habits. Being part of an organized team and learning, growing and reaching goals together among your peers is the best […]