November 2016
Davenport powers Bates to victory
LEWISTON — Nina Davenport recorded game highs with 22 points, 13 rebounds and four assists, leading the Bates College women’s basketball team to a 60-57 non-conference victory over the visiting University of New England Monday night in Alumni Gymnasium. Bernadette Connors scored 14 points, making 5- of-6 shots from the field and all three of […]
Bowdoin’s St. Denis earns NESCAC honor
BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College sophomore goaltender Kerri St. Denis of Harpswell has been named the New England Small College Athletic Conference Women’s Ice Hockey Player of the Week. In her first year with the Polar Bears, St. Denis has been outstanding in net in her first two contests. She earned NESCAC Player of the Week […]
Open Gym moved to middle school
TOPSHAM — The Topsham Parks and Recreation Department has announced that Sunday’s Open Gym will be moved. Normally, the weekly event is held inside the Mt. Ararat High School gymnasium. However, this week’s Open Gym will take place inside Mt. Ararat Middle School from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Open Gym returns to the high […]
Rangers stun Hurricanes, 3-2
NEW YORK Jimmy Vesey scored the tiebreaking power-play goal with 5:12 remaining to lift the New York Rangers to a 3- 2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night. Rick Nash had a goal and an assist, Nick Holden also scored and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 19 shots to help the Rangers snap a four-game […]
Eagles iced by Clippers, 8-1
YARMOUTH The Mt. Ararat/Morse High School girls ice hockey team fell behind early en route to an 8-1 setback against Yarmouth/Freeport/Gray- New Gloucester on Tuesday night. Katie Clemmer led the way for the Clippers (1-1), scoring a hat trick and notching one assist. Isabelle King blocked 10 of the 11 shots she faced in net. […]
Duke downs Spartans
DURHAM, N.C. DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Grayson Allen scored 24 points, Luke Kennard added 20 and fifth-ranked Duke beat Michigan State, 78-69, in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Amile Jefferson had 17 points and 13 rebounds while freshman Frank Jackson finished with 11 points and keyed a timely 11-0 run for the Blue Devils (7-1). They […]
Home prices surpass pre-recession peak
WASHINGTON U.S. home prices have fully recovered from their steep plunge during the housing bust and Great Recession, according to a private measure. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case- Shiller national home price index is slightly above the peak it set in July 2006, after rising 5.5 percent in September from a year earlier. The […]
News from Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber
On Nov. 17, I had the distinct pleasure, along with the other Midcoast Maine Islands Tourism Council members, to attend the “Gardens Aglow” preview night at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay Harbor. This top-notch event was highlighted by a lighting ceremony, recognition of sponsors, drinks, appetizers and a tour of the amazing lit […]
Brunswick graduate lands top chef position
PORTLAND Vignola Cinque Terre, a leading farm-to-table restaurant located in Portland, has promoted Mitchell Ryan to the position of executive chef. Born in California, raised in Durham, and a graduate of Brunswick High School, Ryan began his culinary career at a catering company in Brunswick. He joined the staff at Cinque Terre in May 2011 […]