BOSTON — It’s still difficult for Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask to take pride in his Vezina Trophy win from a season ago. Rask led the league in shutouts with seven, finished second in save percentage at .930 and fourth in goals-against average with a 2.03. But the Bruins, who won the Presidents’ Trophy with […]
October 2014
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Pierson’s undoing was quick as support vanished
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL and JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON — One lesson from Julia Pierson’s short tenure as director of the agency that protects the first family: The Secret Service can’t keep secrets from the president. Pierson’s undoing was not telling the president about a Sept. 16 incident in Atlanta in which President Barack Obama […]
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Vermont man accused of 3 robberies
BARRE, Vt. (AP) — Police in the Vermont city of Barre have accused a man of multiple counts of armed robbery in three communities. They arrested 34-year-old Damien Barnett at his home on Wednesday. It was not immediately known if he had a lawyer. Police said the incidents took place at a Shaw’s in Berlin; […]
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Police say 2 fake officers surrender
WINTERPORT (AP) — Two Penobscot County men police allege dressed as police officers and stole medical marijuana from a growing operation in Winterport have turned themselves in. State police say 47-year-old Jeffrey Hurd and 35-year-old Scott Roberts, both of Glenburn, walked into the lobby of the Waldo County Jail in Belfast at about 9 p.m. […]
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High School Roundup: Eagles top T.A. in 5 sets
WINDHAM — Windham’s Melanie Aldrich made four-straight service points to close out a five-set win (26-24, 17-25, 25-15, 23-25, 15-11) for the Eagles in a 3-2 victory over Thornton Academy in a Class A volleyball match on Wednesday. The deciding fifth set was all knotted up at 11-11 before Aldrich served the Eagles (5-4) to […]
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MacDonald deserves re-election to OOB seat
I am honored to endorse Rep. Sharri MacDonald to be re-elected to serve as our state representative. I have known Sharri personally for more than 35 years, from when she was a student in my CCD class at St. Margaret’s through her leadership as a student-athlete at Old Orchard Beach High School and up to […]
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Cause of fatal crash unknown
NORTH BERWICK — Police said a medical examiner will try to determine what caused the death of a 72-year-old man whose Ford F-150 pickup truck-crossed a rural road and slammed into an embankment Wednesday morning. Robert Tapley was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, on Linscott Hill Road, off Morrell’s Mills Road, just […]
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Consumers must beware of predatory offers
If it’s not a scam you’re being offered, chances are high that even if the offer is legit, it’s predatory. The Maine Office of the Public Advocate recently warned residents who signed up to be customers of North American Power. The company offered fixed-rate contracts for their electricity, but once the term expires, the rates […]
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Ronald W. McGranahan, 68: Navy trumpeter shared love of music
CAPE ELIZABETH — Ronald W. McGranahan, 68, died Sept. 11. He was born July 25, 1946, in Anderson, Indiana, the son of Donald G. and Vivian W. McGranahan. He spent his youth in Anderson, where he graduated from the local high school with a career goal of becoming a music educator. McGranahan attended Jordan College of Music, […]
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Railroad quiet zone debate flares again in Yarmouth
YARMOUTH — Town councilors will revisit establishing quiet zones near railroad crossings in response to complaints from residents that the Amtrak Downeaster is ruining their quality of life. One of the residents, Joleen Estabrook of 65 Leighton Road, lives near the Elm Street crossing and has tracks running past her backyard. The Downeaster passenger train makes […]