BUCKFIELD — Meranda Martin tossed a seven-hitter with five strikeouts and two walks to lead Richmond High School to a 15-3 East- West Conference softball win on Monday. The Bobcats improved to 3-0 and host Sacopee Valley today in makeup action. Martin also helped her own cause with two singles, a triple and three RBIs. […]
May 2014
Bruins, Habs resume series tonight
BROSSARD, Quebec (AP) — The mind games have started in the Boston- Montreal playoff series. Canadiens coach Michel Therrien said Monday his team will not be thrown off by what he feels is an attempt by the Bruins to plant a seed of doubt in goalie Carey Price’s head. He feels the same way about […]
Portland tops Reading
READING, Pa. — The Portland Sea Dogs (18-10) celebrated Cinco de Mayo by scoring all eight runs with two outs, as they took the Eastern League series opener from the Reading Fightin’ Phils (14-13), 8-1, on Monday night at First Energy Stadium. Portland has won three straight after losing the first two games of the […]
Winslow rallies past Morse, 6-5
WINSLOW — The Winslow High School baseball team answered a threerun Morse rally in the seventh inning with two runs in the bottom of the frame for a 6-5 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B victory on Monday. The Black Raiders (4-1) darted out to a 3-0 lead in the first, and Dylan Hapworth was […]
Bowdoin4x800relaycapturesfirstplace
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The Bowdoin College men’s 4 x 800 meter relay team came away with a first-place finish to highlight Bowdoin’s showing at the New England Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championship hosted by Springfield College. The Polar Bear men finished with 32 points in eighth-place overall, while the women posted 33 points […]
BIW, Sharon Drake post Bath Ripken wins
BATH — In Cal Ripken Baseball action over the weekend, BIW downed Sunnybrook Village, 16-8. BIW had eight hits, with Thomas Guild, Alex Potter, Lucas Quimby and Ty Knowlton notching two hits each. Quimby and Knowlton each rapped inside-the-parkhome runs, along with Guild. Pitchers for BIW were Knowlton, Gabe Aucoin and Wyatt Wallace, and they […]
Looking at the big picture
ALEXANDRIA, VA. Becky Domokos-Bays of Alexandria City Public Schools has served her students whole-grain pasta 20 times. Each time, she said, they rejected it. Starting next school year, pasta and other grain products in schools will have to be wholegrain rich, or more than half whole grain. That includes rolls, biscuits, pizza crust, tortillas and […]
Transplanting your tomatoes from indoor to out
This year I started my tomatoes indoors much earlier than I usually do. Normally I start them on April 10 at 10:14. Only kidding. I start them, most years, during the second week of April. That way they are well established by the time they are planted outdoors 8 weeks later — but not crowding […]