State Class A Boys Championships At Bowdoin College SCORES — Cheverus 360, Brunswick 260, Bangor 257, Falmouth 202, Windham 161, Massabesic 154.5, Kennebunk 134, Thornton Academy 105, Scarborough 103.5, Cony 67, Gorham 65, Messalonskee 61, Lewiston 59, Westbrook 50, South Portland 40, Bonny Eagle 35, Portland 29, Lawrence 28, Bucksport 17, Mt. Ararat 16, Biddeford […]
February 2015
Eagles edged by Windham in OT
WINDHAM — The Mt. Ararat/Lisbon boys hockey team (3-15) dropped a 4-3 decision in overtime to Windham (7-9) on Wednesday to conclude its regular season. The game started out as a 0-0 deadlock through the first period, but Eagles Ben Bishop snuck in a shot just 1:40 into the second period to put his team […]
Ilhee Lee takes lead at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — South Korea’s Ilhee Lee took advantage of calm morning conditions at Royal Melbourne to shoot a 5-under 68 and take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Women’s Australian Open. Lee had four back-nine birdies while Ariya Jutanugarn bogeyed her final hole to finish with a 69. The 19-year-old […]
Game time changes at ACC
AUGUSTA — Due to the impending snowstorm on Thursday, the Maine Principals’ Association has elected to move the Western Maine Class D girls semifinal contests back a day. The games, originally scheduled for this morning, will now be played on Friday. No. 2 Rangeley will meet sixth-seeded Searsport at 10 a.m., followed at 11:30 a.m. […]
Meet Kelly Rothe
ANN ARBOR, Mich. It started off as a bilateral mastectomy. Then came the fertility treatments and egg freezing. Later, it was breast reconstruction, then finally, came the removal of fallopian tubes. The past nine months have been an incredible and emotional journey for 21- year-old Kelly Rothe, but now she found that there is nothing […]
Couple creates ‘rooms’ in their outdoor garden
HONOLULU Bob Eddinger and Dr. Rodney Powell love spending just as much time in their garden as they do indoors, so they’ve created dozens of outdoor “rooms,” as they call them, to enjoy the views from the hillside behind their home atop Tantalus. Each room offers a place to sit amid the lush greenery. In […]
THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR
Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s army advanced into Columbia, S.C., this week 150 years ago in the Civil War. The march into the Carolinas came after Sherman gained permission from Washington to move further to break the morale of the Confederacy after the capture of Atlanta and Savannah in neighboring Georgia in recent months. […]
FairPoint, unions reach tentative agreements to end strike
The impasse between FairPoint and union workers appears to have come to an end. In a press release issued by FairPoint this afternoon, it was announced that the company, System Council T-9 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (AFL-CIO) Locals 2320, 2326 and 2327; and the Communications Workers of America (AFL-CIO) Local 1400 have […]
Taking preventative measures: Now’s the time, for roofs, exits, vents
LYMAN — A team of workers, harnessed to avoid falls, swarmed over the Town Hall roof Wednesday, removing snow and ice. “It was a preventative measure,” said Selectman’s Board Chairman Victoria Gavel, pointing out there were no leaks inside the municipal building on South Waterboro Road. “We didn’t have problems, and we didn’t want any.” […]