DOG AT LARGE BIDDEFORD — Cameron Christian Neumann, 23, of 10 Greenfield Lane, was summonsed Jan. 19 and charged with allowing a dog to be at large and keeping an unlicensed dog. ASSAULT BIDDEFORD — Michael Sean McCann, 32, of 1 Round Hill St., was summonsed Jan. 19 and charged with assault. WARRANTS BIDDEFORD — […]
February 2015
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Dude, where’s my car: NASCAR machine stolen before race
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — When Travis Kvapil got the call Friday, he figured someone on his race team was playing a joke. “They said there was trouble with the car,” Kvapil said. “I thought we could figure it out when we got in the garage area. They’re like, ”˜No, the car is gone.”’ The No. […]
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Fitness bands: A pocket-sized personal trainer or a fleeting fad?
Staff Writer BIDDEFORD — Your sneakers smack the tar at a steady clip, you can feel your heart thumping faster and faster, and sweat trickles down your forehead. Later a friend might ask, “How was your afternoon run?” and you might shrug and say, “Pretty good.” That is unless you’re wearing a fitness-tracking band ”“ […]
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Approaching ‘last call’ for NHL GMs to tweak rosters
David Poile made an impressive splash on the NHL trade market earlier this month. The Nashville Predators general manager knows better than to make any assurances he’s done altering his NHL-leading lineup. “I can say to you right now, I don’t feel like I’m going to make any trades,” Poile told The Associated Press. “But […]
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Foreign tourists posing nude at temples infuriate Cambodians
SIEM REAP, Cambodia — Cambodia’s most popular tourist attraction ”“ the complex of ancient temples that includes Angkor Wat ”“ is suffering from a form of overexposure: At least five foreign visitors have been arrested and deported this year for taking nude photos at the sacred sites. Authorities have no tolerance for people stripping down […]
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March 2 day to celebrate reading
Since 1997, the National Education Association has chosen March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss, as a day to celebrate reading in the United States with Read Across America Day. This year in Maine, the Unique Maine Farms’ project has collaborated with the Maine State Library to see that every town, city, and college library […]
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Women’s flying event to be hosted in Sanford
SANFORD — Amelia Earhart was one of the most famous female pilots back in the early days of aviation, but she wasn’t the only female flyer. In 1929, four women involved in aviation sent invitations to the 117 licensed female pilots in the United States, asking them if they wished to form an organization to […]
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Wrestling needs support to reach the next level
I made the short trip down to Sanford last weekend for the New England Qualifier wrestling tournament and I was expecting a large crowd with more than 100 wrestlers battling for a spot in the New England Championships. Unfortunately, for some reason, 40 wrestlers decided to skip the All-state tournament, which left most weight classes […]
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Gunman kills 7, commits suicide, in house-to-house rampage
TYRONE, Mo. — A man who authorities say may have been unhinged by the death of his ailing mother killed seven people and then took his own life in a house-to-house shooting rampage that wiped out a swath of this tiny town in the Missouri Ozarks. Joseph Jesse Aldridge, 36, carried out the killings with […]
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UFC champion Ronda Rousey leads big surge in women’s MMA
LOS ANGELES — Ronda Rousey spent a year as a bartender after she turned 21, partying every night and wondering what to do with her Olympic bronze medal in judo. When she first saw mixed martial arts on television, her friends warned her away. This complicated new cage-fighting sport was too violent, too primitive, too […]