Clippers’ Sterling apologizes on CNN LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling apologized Sunday for racist comments captured on tape. “I’m not a racist,” Sterling told CNN’s Anderson Cooper in excerpts posted from an interview taped Sunday and set to air Monday. “I made a terrible mistake. I’m here to apologize.” In […]
May 2014
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Woman, 80, skydives on Mother’s Day
WATERVILLE (AP) — An 80-year-old mother of seven from Waterville has fulfilled a nearly two-decade old dream by skydiving. Marjorie Bell leaped out of an airplane and with the help of a tandem skydiver floated 10,000 feet to the ground on Mother’s Day, one day after her birthday. Bell tells the Morning Sentinel that she […]
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Inmate’s death does not appear suspicious
MACHIASPORT (AP) — Officials say the death of an inmate at the state prison in Machiasport was not a homicide and does not appear to be a suicide. Stephen McCausland of the Maine Department of Public Safety says the cause of 32-year-old Phillip Kay’s death remains under investigation. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday. Kay […]
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G. Franklyn Sturdevant
DAYTON — Rev. G. Franklyn Sturdevant, 92, of Waterhouse Road, passed away May 10, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Norwalk, Conn. June 16, 1921, the son of George W. and Dorothea Brugge Sturdevant. Franklyn graduated from Norwalk High School. He then graduated from Aurora College with a bachelor’s degree in theology. He […]
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Search for missing teen expands to lake
WATERBORO — The search was to begin again this morning for the 15-year-old North Waterboro boy who has been missing since Thursday afternoon. While the search for Jaden Dremsa has been taking place virtually non-stop since he was reported missing, there was an overnight break Sunday into Monday, said Lt. Adam Gormely of the Maine […]
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Approval of cold case unit will provide closure for families
Now that the 126th Legislature has finished its work, I want to highlight one of our biggest successes of the session. At a time when bipartisan agreement can seem out of reach, a bill to create a cold case homicide unit within the Attorney General’s office passed unanimously through the House and Senate, and was […]
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Harsh winter does little to ease Lyme disease woes
PORTLAND — The harsh winter did nothing to cull the nationwide tick population, and health officials are primed for a warm season that could see the number of Lyme disease cases rise. In northern New England, the increase in cases of Lyme correlates with a growing population of deer ticks, which transmit the disease, state […]
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Bruins look to finish off Canadiens
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins have two chances to finish off the archrival Canadiens. They are only thinking about the first one. “It’s going to be awesome,” Bruins defenseman Kevan Miller said, looking ahead to Game 6 in Montreal on Monday night. “This is the biggest game ”“ the hardest one to win. So, […]
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Spring snows hit Rockies; Plains face high winds
DENVER — Dozens of snowplows were taking to the slush-covered streets of Denver early Monday, after a powerful spring storm dropped heavy snow across parts of Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska, even as stormy weather moved into the plains states and drew warnings about conditions ripe for severe thunderstorm and tornadoes. The Mother’s Day storm dropped […]
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Warriors find their offensive groove
SACO — After scoring 10 goals in a season-opening win, the Wells girls lacrosse team couldn’t find that same offensive output during a three-game losing streak that followed. That all changed against Noble on Saturday, as the Warriors scored the first six goals of the game and rolled to a 16-10 win over the Knights […]