MIAMI — John Wall was the No. 1 pick in the 2010 NBA draft. Damian Lillard hit perhaps the signature shot of the opening round of these playoffs. Within the game, both are already considered stars. Over the next couple weeks, casual fans might see why. Wall and Lillard will be on the biggest stages […]
May 2014
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Debate over 38 Studios bond default to heat up
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island has shelled out the first appropriated funds for its failed investment in Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios company, but the debate over whether to honor the rest of the debt is expected to ramp up in the General Assembly. The state sent the bond trustee $2.4 million for an interest-only payment […]
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Local bank executives help teach financial literacy
WELLS — Executives from Biddeford Savings have been visiting area schools to teach the basics of financial literacy. The program, “How To Do Your Banking,” teaches students how to manage a checkbook, stick to a budget, save money, find the best source for loans, and establish good credit history ”“ all important skills toward becoming […]
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Fast start fizzles out for Tigers in loss to Stags
PORTLAND — Through its first two games, the Biddeford baseball team was 2-0, thanks to solid pitching and defense and just enough offense. On Saturday, against a talented Cheverus team, the Tigers’ two-run first inning wasn’t enough, as the Stags rallied with a four-run fifth to win 6-3 in an SMAA baseball game at Kevin […]
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For transgender people, a massive new resource
NEW YORK — As transgender people strive to gain more acceptance and legal protections, they will soon have a hefty new resource to assist them ”“ a 672-page book, written by scores of transgender contributors, that encompasses social history, gender politics and wide-ranging advice on health, law, relationships and many other matters. Encyclopedic in scope, […]
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Canadiens happy to head home tied 1-1 with Bruins
MONTREAL (AP) — The Canadiens are choosing to look on the bright side as they return to Montreal after earning a two-game split in Boston. Sure they could be leading the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series 2-0 with the next two games on home ice, but the Canadiens are putting the 3-1 edge they squandered […]
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Weather, prices hurt lucrative baby eel market
PORTLAND — Maine’s lucrative baby eel season is off to a slow start, with cold weather and resurgent foreign markets combining to depress catch and prices paid to fishermen, officials say. Baby eels, called elvers, are Maine’s second most-valuable fishery after lobsters. The volume and value of the state’s elver fishery have boomed in recent […]
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Holocaust survivor to speak at synagogue
PORTLAND (AP) — Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein is slated to speak at a South Portland synagogue on May 15. Klein will speak at Congregation Bet Ha’am on Westbrook Street in South Portland at 6:30 p.m. Klein, 89, was born in Poland and survived several Nazi concentration camps, including Mdrzdorf. She later moved to the […]
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Bath Iron Works expects to go on hiring spree
BATH (AP) — Bath Iron Works is expected to hire about 600 people this year as it works on six Navy destroyers at the same time. The hiring spree will bring the General Dynamics facility workforce to more than 6,000 people for the first time in a decade. With roughly 5,450 workers, BIW is one […]