GORHAM — Senior Peyton Dostie and junior Nicole Kirk combined to win five events as the University of Southern Maine women’s indoor track and field team finished first among the 10 teams competing at the USM Invitational II on Saturday at the Costello Sports Complex. The Huskies combined to score 177.50 points to take the […]
February 2015
Polar Bears finish unbeaten at home
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team polished off a perfect home campaign with a 63-47 victory over Trinity on Sunday at Morrell Gymnasium. The Polar Bears finished their regular season home slate (11-0) with their 16th consecutive victory overall and improved to 19-2 (7-0 NESCAC). Bowdoin’s 16- game win streak matches the program’s […]
Whiteside comes up big for Heat in 83-75 win over Celtics
BOSTON Hassan Whiteside scored half of his 20 points during a dominant stretch spanning the third and fourth quarters to help the Miami Heat stave off Boston’s rally and snap a two-game slide with an 83-75 victory over the Celtics on Sunday. Whiteside also had nine rebounds and blocked three shots, while Chris Bosh added […]
TRI-STATE LOTTERIES
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Monday closings, cancellations due to snow
Due to inclement weather Monday, several closings and cancellations have been announced: Bath City offices are closed Monday. Bowdoin The town office will close Monday at 1 p.m. Unrelated to weather, it will also be closed Tuesday. The Monday night Board of Selectmen meeting has been cancelled. Bowdoinham The town office will close at noon […]
Maine’s coldest crop
NEWFIELD — Starting in the 1800s, before today’s methods of refrigeration, folks kept food cool in the summer with ice. But where did the ice come from? In New England, it likely came from Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont. Ice was harvested from ponds, rivers and lakes, and either put in a ice house for […]
High School Roundup: Rams rally past Gray-New Gloucester
GRAY — Host Gray-New Gloucester jumped out to a 15-3 lead after one quarter, but Kennebunk rallied to tie the game at halftime and hung on at the end for a 49-44 victory in a WMC boys basketball game Saturday afternoon. Travon Bradford scored 10 of his 12 points in the first half to keep […]
Biddeford’s Sears offers a touch of home
BIDDEFORD — The Sears at 420 Alfred St., in the Five Points Shopping Center, has all the charm of a small, local business with the resources of its big-box namesake. That’s because Sears in Biddeford is part of a line of stores known as Sears Hometown Stores, which are locally owned and operated. Rick St. […]
WHAT ISN’T BEING SAID
There’s a lot being spoken about the 2016 presidential election. What isn’t being said is far more interesting. Indeed, there are two principal unspokens in the run-up to the next presidential campaign. The first is the quiet Republican hope that maverick Sen. Elizabeth Warren will challenge former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from the left […]