November 2016
UConn stops Baylor
STORRS, Conn. Geno Auriemma expected his young team to go through growing pains early in the season as they adjusted to life without the Huskies’ Big Three. So far they’ve grown up pretty quickly. Freshman Crystal Dangerfield scored 19 points, Katie Lou Samuelson added 16 and No. 3 UConn extended its winning streak to 77 […]
Panthers edge Saints
CHARLOTTE, N.C. When Luke Kuechly was carted off the field with a concussion, the tears streaming down his face as he left, it appeared the Carolina Panthers might be ready for another collapse. Their defensive leader was gone and another big fourth-quarter lead was crumbling. Instead, the Panthers did just enough to hold on and […]
Goff gets 1st start
LOS ANGELES Welcome to an NFL huddle, Mr. Goff . Your assignment, as No. 1 overall pick in April’s draft who has not gotten on the field yet, but starts Sunday for the Rams against the Dolphins, is simple: win. Doing so against a Miami team that has won four straight makes your task a […]
James Harden takes off
HOUSTON James Harden had 26 points, 14 assists and 12 rebounds for his third triple-double of the season to help the Houston Rockets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 126- 109 on Thursday night. Harden completed the triple-double in the third quarter. The Rockets rebounded a night after scoring just three points in the final 6 […]
Nina Davenport getting buckets for Bates women’s basketball
LEWISTON Nina Davenport has been a scorer since she stepped on the Bates College campus. Once she finally made it to campus. When Davenport left Freeport in 2014 for the University of Maine in Orono, she was leaving basketball behind. Everything was fine. Until that first college basketball season started. “I saw all of my […]
The Chainsmokers’ Drew Taggart
FREEPORT Drew Taggart hasn’t been back to Midcoast Maine in a while, but he has a good reason: his electronic dance music duo, The Chainsmokers, are the hottest thing in popular music these days. The duo, consisting of DJs Taggart and Alex Pall, have had three top-10 hits in 2016, and their current single, “Closer,” […]
New exhibition by Bevilacqua, Gilbert and Reed at the Chocolate Church Art Gallery
BATH Three local artists will display their work at a new gallery exhibition at the Chocolate Church Art Gallery, located at 804 Washington St. in Bath through Jan. 27. Artists Ernest “Bev” Bevilacqua, Susan Gilbert, and Elaine Reed collaborated on the show, which is titled “The Natural Wonder of Midcoast Maine.” There will be an […]
Brunswick High School presents ‘The Great Gatsby’ this weekend
BRUNSWICK The Brunswick High School Players will present “The Great Gatsby” as their fall production Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. with an additional matinee performance on Saturday at 2 p.m. Midwest native Nick Carraway arrives in 1922 New York in search of the American dream. Nick, a would be writer, moves in next door […]