TOPSHAM — Alex Miranda, Hank Gilson and Ryan Glass each scored one goal as the Mt. Ararat High School jayvee boys soccer team improved to 5-1-2 with a 3-0 win over Oxford Hills on Tuesday. Glass added an assist, while Nick Merrill, Nick Breed, Kelton Rose, Dalton Streeter, Cody Fee and Ryan Rethi played well […]
October 2014
Brunswick JV girls earn second win
BRUNSWICK — Dina Murphy and Emily Girardin scored one goal each as the Brunswick High School jayvee girls Black team defeated Cony, 2-0 on Tuesday. Quinn Alexander had four saves in net for the Dragons, who improved to 2-4-2 and visit Lewiston on Thursday. Hannah Day, Beronica Cole, Lydia Ginty, Isabella Pols and Haile Cummings […]
WhoopieZ 5K slated for Columbus Day
FREEPORT — The seventh annual Betty ReeZ WhoopieZ 5K is scheduled to be held on Oct. 13, along with a 1-mile Fun Run, which kicks things off at 9 a.m. The 5K begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Pownal Road Recreational Field. The race will weave through the field trails. A new loop has been […]
Huskies earns 4-0 field hockey victory
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Junior High School field hockey team downed Tripp Middle School, 4-0, in action on Tuesday. Sophie Katz, Shea Sullivan (assisted by Katz), Logan Gillis (Eliza Rudalevige) and Liberty Krauss (Gillis) handled the scoring for the Huskies. Strong link play by Maggie Folsom, Maddie Wayne and Erin Coughlin helped the forwards keep […]
PBA coming to Portland in March
PORTLAND — The Professional Bowlers Association will hold a league championship tournament for the first time in Maine. The three-day event will be held March 27-29 at Bayside Bowl. The PBA, with over 4,300 members across 13 countries, is known as the major league of bowling in the world. Players will compete for $250,000 in […]
Greyhounds edge Falcons in 2 OTs; Falcons fall to Rams
LISBON FALLS — The Lisbon High School field hockey team were winners in its Mountain Valley Conference matchup against the Mountain Valley Falcons on Wednesday. It took two overtimes to finish, but senior Molly Nicholson was able to drive the ball into the back of the cage 45 seconds into the second OT. Kate Philbrick […]
W EALTH GAP
JAKARTA, Indonesia D own a concrete path, between rail tracks that buzz with each approaching train and a river choked by plastic and raw sewage, Asih Binti Arif cradles her baby and reflects on dreams gone dark. Five years ago, Arif and her husband left impoverished Madura Island, joining migrants throughout the Indonesian archipelago seeking […]
Judge receives honor for lifetime of service
BEAUMONT, Texas A defense lawyer cross-examined a 6-year-old girl, victim of sexual assault, on the witness stand in a courtroom filled with people. Senior District Judge Larry Gist, then the elected Criminal District Court judge for Jefferson County, watched as tears rolled down the child’s cheeks. He had to fight the urge to leave his […]
THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR
The Associated Press reported on Sept. 28, 1864, 150 years ago during the Civil War, that relative calm prevailed for a few days amid a long-standing Union siege at Petersburg, Va., not far from the Confederate capital of Richmond. “Quiet still prevails in front of Petersburg, broken only by the usual picket firing and occasional […]
Programming app teaches kindergartners basic computer coding
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — This computer programming app is so easy to use that even a kindergartener can do it. Researchers in Massachusetts have created a basic computer coding app that they say is the first designed specifically for children as young as 5. Kids who haven’t yet learned to read can use the app to […]