HOCKEY Coyotes plan legal actions in response to pulled lease The Arizona Coyotes on Thursday began mapping out their response to the Glendale City Council’s decision to dissolve an arena lease agreement with the team. It will include a variety of legal maneuvers, but no immediate plans to relocate the team and certainly no renegotiation […]
2015
NFL notebook: Ridley handles Deflategate questions
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Stevan Ridley was hoping to avoid the topic, but the former Patriots running back couldn’t escape the questions in his first interview with the New York media since joining the Jets. “Here we go with this Deflategate,” he said Thursday, shaking his head and smiling. The NFL fined the Patriots $1 […]
Women’s World Cup: Americans brush off ex-coach’s comments
The U.S. pays little heed to Pia Sundhage, whose new team – Sweden – is the opponent Friday.
Major League notebook: Hospital reports gains for fan struck by broken bat
BOSTON — The condition of the Massachusetts woman hit by a broken bat at Fenway Park has been upgraded from fair to good. Officials at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center said Thursday that Tonya Carpenter’s condition has improved. They didn’t provide other details. The 44-year-old resident of Paxton, Massachusetts, suffered what police initially said were […]
New union conflict erupts at BIW
BATH A second union at Bath Iron Works has become embroiled in a reportedly hostile dispute with BIW President Fred Harris about a proposal to contract out work instead of filling vacant union jobs to address a backlog of work, even as the shipyard’s largest union continues arbitration about the same issue. One day before […]
‘Ready to open to the world’
WISCASSET A total of 42 Wiscasset seniors dressed in red and black gowns marched through a sea of family and friends who gathered together at the Wiscasset High School gym to celebrate the graduating class of 2015. Class president Jade Wood was the first to address the graduates at Thursday night’s ceremony, encouraging her fellow […]
Bonds bill OK’d by House, Senate
AUGUSTA Gov. Paul LePage’s blockage of voter-approved bonds, which he has used several times during his tenure in attempts to force his will on the Legislature, received significant pushback Thursday when the Senate voted 26-9 and the House voted 102-48 for a bill that would force him to release the bonds. Both votes exceeded the […]
Pharmacy eyed near Brunswick Landing entrance
BRUNSWICK Plans for new construction near the entrance of Brunswick Landing are moving ahead. Topsham-based Priority Real Estate Group is planning to build two office buildings and a pharmacy at 4-16 Admiral Fitch Ave. at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. The project would include a 12,000-squarefoot single-story professional office building. Additionally, there are plans […]
Keith chosen as new Bowdoin principal
TOPSHAM After passing over the first batch of applicants because none were the right fit for Bowdoin Central School, School Administrative District 75 Superintendent Brad Smith nominated Ryan Keith for the post Thursday night. Keith was unanimously approved, and will replace the retiring George Jenkins. Smith said Thursday the search committee interviewed “a quality group […]