WATERBORO — Excitement was in the air at the Massabesic season-opening field hockey game in early September when the Mustangs took to a brand new turf field encircled by a pristine, eight-lane track with shiny new bleachers. After making the best of an aging athletic complex for decades, the student athletes and spectators at RSU […]
November 2016
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Narrative changes for Cubs fans and their Series champions
CHICAGO — They spoke of heartbreak and black cats and goats. And finally, Chicago Cubs fans spoke with pride about winning it all. This is new territory for these long-suffering fans and it showed on Thursday, the day after the Cubs wrapped up their first World Series championship since 1908 with a Game 7, extra-inning […]
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Edwards likely needs a win to avoid elimination in playoffs
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carl Edwards heads to Texas Motor Speedway last in the playoff standings, which does not show how well he has run in this year’s Chase. Edwards was with the leaders last weekend at Martinsville Speedway when a tire problem caused him to crash into the wall during the opening race of the […]
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Hayes scores in 10th round of shootout, Bruins top Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jimmy Hayes scored in the 10th round of a shootout, Tuukka Rask won his sixth straight game to start the season and the Boston Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night. Tampa Bay’s Brayden Point and Boston’s Riley Nash both scored in the fourth round, but Rask and […]
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Cavaliers stay unbeaten with 128-122 win over Celtics
CLEVELAND — LeBron James scored a season-high 30 points and the reigning NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers stayed undefeated, beating the Boston Celtics 128-122 on Thursday night. James moved within two points of passing Hakeem Olajuwon for 10th place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. Olajuwon had 26,946 points, a total James will likely surpass Saturday […]
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USDA grant boosts Maine farm prroducts
TURNER (AP) — Nine Maine agricultural firms will receive more than $1 million from the federal government to help develop new products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing the grants to help agricultural producers who want to build new product lines. One of the largest grants is a $250,000 award to Ricker Hill Orchards, […]
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Iowa firm acquires Maine window company
VASSALBORO (AP) – A national window manufacturer has purchased a nearly 50-year-old window company based in a Maine town. Iowa-based Pella Corp. announced Wednesday it has acquired Duratherm Windows Corp. in Vassalboro. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Duratherm has made custom hardwood windows, stairways and doors since 1967. President Tim Downing says the […]
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New England still in drought, but water levels up in some places
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Northeastern United States is still in a drought despite recent rain that has improved conditions in some areas. The U.S. Drought Monitor map shows parts of southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts remain in an extreme drought. Most of the rest of New England and New York is either in a severe […]
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Drunk boating suspect hits island, injuring two
BOWDOINHAM (AP) — A 44-year-old Maine man has been charged with boating under the influence in the wake of a crash in which police say he hit an island in the Kennebec River. Police say Douglas Stevenson, of Bowdoinham, crashed early Sunday in an incident that left two women seriously injured. Police say Stevenson was […]
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What’s next after high school?
SANFORD — Mariah Conner of Acton, a Sanford High School senior studying culinary arts at Sanford Regional Technical Center, dreams of opening her own business one day. “I’d like to own a restaurant,” she said at a college fair Thursday. Conner — and hundreds of other SRTC and SHS students — had the chance to […]