2015
Young hoops team ends on high note
BRUNSWICK — The third-and fourth-grade boys basketball travel team completed a successful season with multiple first- and second place finishes in three of the four tournaments they participated in. The team earned second place in the Central Lincoln County Tournament in Damariscotta, while taking home a second-place trophy at the Brunswick Recreation Tournament. The team […]
Sea Dogs ‘Welcome Back’ dinner set
PORTLAND — The annual Portland Sea Dogs “Welcome Back” dinner to benefit the Opportunity Alliance is set for Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Portland Expo. Tickets are on sale for the event. Cost for adults is $20, with tickets for children up to 14-years old at $15 each. Tickets can be purchased online at […]
Women’s Sunday morning runs
BRUNSWICK — RRCA certified coach Brenda Day will be hosting Sunday morning runs starting on April 19 at 8 a.m. at the Women’s Fitness Studio and Spa at 21 Stanwood Street. This is a casual group that will meet once a week on Sunday mornings, and is open for all Women’s Fitness Studio and Spa […]
Morse girls lax to host invitational
BATH — The Morse High School girls lacrosse team is slated to host the Sagadohoc Invitational on Saturday at McMann Field. The games begin at 9 a.m., as Edward Little takes on Lincoln Academy. Among the area teams competing, Brunswick faces Messalonskee at 1:30 p.m. and Gardiner at 3 p.m. The final session of the […]
Bowdoin women’s lax edges Bates
LEWISTON — Clare McLaughlin scored the go-ahead goal goal with 3:05 remaining and Taylor Wilson scored four times to give the Bowdoin College women’s lacrosse team an 8-7 win at Bates on Wednesday night. The seventh-ranked Polar Bears (7-2, 4-2 NESCAC) snapped a two-game losing skid despite the Bobcats’ (5-7, 1-6 NESCAC) scoring six of […]
Ex-slave who died a millionaire gets honor
GALVESTON, Texas He couldn’t read and he spent half his life in slavery. Once freed, though, Charlie Brown built a business domain in Brazoria County and eventually purchased the plantation where his wife once had worked as a slave. He did all this during a time when most black Texans faced almost impossible odds in […]