February 2015
PSA to hold Winter Youth Field Day
PHIPPSBURG — The Phippsburg Sportsmen’s Association will be holding its Winter Youth Field Day on Sunday. With the extreme winter New England has experienced, the PSA wants to help make use of it. The field day is organized in a series of one-hour segments that give kids the opportunity to snowshoe and ski along wooded […]
MWLOA seeking lacrosse officials
BRUNSWICK — The Maine Women’s Lacrosse Officials’ Association is offering new umpire classes for adults who want to umpire. All prospective umpires are required to attend a series of classes that are taught by U.S. Lacrosse-trained umpires. Classes will be held in four different locations for four consecutive weeks. New officials must attend a minimum […]
MBR Basketball Club gearing up for Spring
AUBURN — The MBR Basketball Club will be holding informational sessions and tryouts for high school boys and girls basketball players interested in playing during the spring. Both sessions and tryouts will be held at Central Maine Community College in Auburn, with the boys beginning at noon on Sunday and the girls following at 3 […]
No. 6 Villanova rolls; Wisconsin upset
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Darrun Hilliard scored 19 of his 24 points in the second half, JayVaughn Pinkston added 16 points, and No. 6 Villanova clinched at least a share of its second straight Big East regular-season title with an 89-61 rout of No. 25 Providence on Tuesday night. Ryan Arcidiacono added 13 points and […]
Bowdoin swimmers receive high honors
BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College’s Michael Netto and Tom Kramer were recognized in men’s swimming and diving honors announced by the New England Small College Athletic Conference on Tuesday. Netto was named All-Conference in the 50- yard breaststroke, while Kramer was honored as the Four Year High Point Diver in the conference. Netto earned a trio […]
Bun Bun’s Bake Shop
BRUNSWICK Those with a sugar craving have one more place to get their fix. Bun Bun’s Bake Shop on Bath Road in Brunswick is open for business. “I’m a home baker. I’ve been baking all of my adult life,” said Laurie Smart-Pottle of Topsham, who owns Bun Bun’s with husband Michael Pottle. Baking is something […]
Survey of Maine dams
PORTLAND If money were no object, Maine could increase its capacity to produce power from rivers and streams by more than a quarter. But the latest inventory of Maine hydropower found the projects most likely to be built would increase existing capacity by far less, closer to 7.4 percent, or 56 megawatts. The estimates come […]