Back in my 40s, which was a young lifetime ago now, I began noticing my physical limitations primarily through sports. Playing outfield for the church softball team, it became more and more of an adventure to track down what were once routine fly balls. Now routine activities such as walking have become a gauge of […]
2016
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine hard cider producer finding its niche
Lost Orchard Brewing Co. in South Gardiner plans to add Portland, New Hampshire and Massachusetts to its distribution territory.
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Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Red Sox Notebook: Vazquez making progress in return from surgery
The promising catcher is ready to appear in his first game of the spring.
Posted inSports
Golf roundup: Scott goes back-to-back, thanks to big comeback
Adam Scott overcomes a six-shot deficit to win the Cadillac Championship.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
In Flint debate, tough talk from Clinton, Sanders
Marking a change in tone, the Democratic rivals often speak over each other and make pointed accusations.
Posted inMaine, News
Researchers in New England envision disease-resistant elm trees
Older and hardier specimens ‘may hold the key’ to a Nature Conservancy effort to re-establish the species in New England.
Posted inNation & World
Without Scalia, it’s already looking like a different Supreme Court
The addition of a justice changes the court. But so does a loss.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
High-end Italian market opens this week in Waterville
Napoli Italian Market will complement the Italian bakery Holy Cannoli located next door.
Posted inNation & World, News
Connecticut museum plans Amistad commemoration
John Quincy Adams won the case that granted freedom to enslaved Africans on March 9, 1841.
Posted inMaine, News
Scarborough police use humor to try to get drivers to use turn signals
A tongue-in-cheek post on the department’s Facebook page announces that ‘turn signals are now standard equipment on all cars, trucks and minivans.’