NEW ORLEANS Remove Alabama receiver Daniel Geddes’ crimson No. 37 jersey, and it would be difficult to distinguish him from any other student on campus. It is on the Crimson Tide football team that he stands out — if you can even find his 5-foot-6, 165-pound frame among the hulking players who comprise the bulk […]
2014
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Freshmen backs seize opportunities
LOS ANGELES Marcus Mariota and Jameis Winston are the obvious stars of the Rose Bowl, two elite quarterbacks with Heisman Trophies and blazing futures. They’ll have something else in common when Oregon meets Florida State on Thursday, though: They’ll both spend the afternoon in Pasadena handing off to two running backs who show strong signs […]
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Nebraska DE Randy Gregory declaring for NFL draft
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska defensive end Randy Gregory has announced he’s enter the NFL draft. Gregory was a first-team All- Big Ten pick as a junior after leading the Cornhuskers with seven sacks. He was fourth on the team with 54 tackles, including 10 for losses even though he missed two games and was […]
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Wicked celebration
Bob Garver and his wife, Carmen, owners of Wicked Joe Coffee Roasting Co., recently celebrated the grand opening of their new facility in Topsham. The 10-year-old business moved its headquarters from a cramped space in Brunswick to a commissary-turnedcutting edge coffee roasting facility across the Androscoggin River. So brew a cup and enjoy the photos […]
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U.S. home price growth slows again
WASHINGTON U.S. home prices rose in October at a slightly slower pace, as real estate sales have fallen and affordability has increasingly become a challenge for potential buyers. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index increased 4.5 percent in October from 12 months prior. The figures reported Tuesday mark the 11th straight month of […]
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Consumer confidence rises in Dec.
WASHINGTON Impressed with an improving economy, American consumers are feeling more confident, a private survey showed. The Conference Board said Tuesday its consumer confidence index climbed to 92.6 this month from a revised 91 in November. Consumers registered a more favorable view of current economic conditions: 17.1 percent said jobs were plentiful, up from 16.2 […]
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Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MESSAGE: Happy New Year! The Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber will start our chamber new year with a big night out. We invite our members, their employees, and you, the public, to step right up to the Chamber’s Annual Meeting on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, 5 to 8 p.m. Come celebrate the energy […]
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Kenneth King
ARUNDEL — Kenneth Harland King, 87, of Arundel, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014 at his home. He was born June 12, 1927 in Portland, a son of Harland and Alma (Guilbault) King. From birth, he was raised by Mathilda and Odilon Turgeon in Biddeford. He attended St. Joseph’s School and was a graduate of St. […]
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Stanford feels right at home in Foster Farms Bowl victory
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Everything that Stanford was trying to do most of the season came together in the final three games, and each victory was more impressive than the prior one. Kevin Hogan threw for 189 yards and two touchdowns, Remound Wright ran for three short scores and Stanford overwhelmed Maryland 45-21 in the […]
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Board rejects bad-faith claims against FairPoint
PORTLAND — Two unions that accused FairPoint Communications of bargaining in bad faith have lost their appeal to the National Labor Relations Board, delivering a blow to striking workers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, officials said Tuesday. The Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers vowed to appeal and said […]