2016
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A Festival of Trees marks holiday season
SACO — It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Saco Museum. The galleries are brimming with holiday spirit, with a total of 41 trees and 16 wreaths decorated for the 12th annual Festival of Trees. This year’s theme is “Reflections of Christmas: Past, Present, Future.”The festival is free and open to the […]
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A Thanksgiving for friends
BIDDEFORD — Today is Thanksgiving, but for many students at the University of New England, it’s their second one of the season. The university hosted a special Thanksgiving feast for students — complete with all the fixings — in its dining hall on Nov. 17, during which students were greeted and personally served by their […]
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‘In the Twinkling of an Eye’
SANFORD — One day, life hums along as usual; one day later, everything changes. Back in June 2009 that happened in Sanford. A well-loved physician, a wife and mother, died in a car crash. Sanford High School chorus teacher Jane Kirton heard the news that day as it made its way through the community. Dr. MaryJo […]
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NFL-best Cowboys keep winning with healthy Romo as backup
ARLINGTON, Texas — Tony Romo dressed quickly at his locker, pausing only briefly to tell reporters he wasn’t talking after his first game as Dallas’ backup quarterback in 10 years. A few feet away, a mass of reporters surrounded NFL rushing leader Ezekiel Elliott, one of two rookies in the Dallas backfield. The other, of […]
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Lions get a lift from Roberts on special teams
ALLEN PARK, Mich. — In the first quarter, Andre Roberts fumbled deep in his territory — pretty much the worst thing a punt returner can do. He made up for that mistake almost immediately. The next time Roberts handled a punt Sunday, he took it back 55 yards for a touchdown, and the Detroit Lions […]
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NCAA: Notre Dame must vacate wins after academic misconduct
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Brian Kelly’s worst season at Notre Dame took an embarrassing turn Tuesday as the NCAA announced that academic misconduct orchestrated by a student athletic trainer will cost the storied program all 21 victories from the 2012-13 seasons, including the 12-0 run that vaulted the Fighting Irish into the national championship […]
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Film shows recovery for Boston Marathon bombing survivors
BOSTON — A new documentary about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings chronicles the long road to recovery for many of the survivors still struggling with physical and emotional wounds. “Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing” focuses on the stories of three families who had all been spectators near the finish line when two pressure cooker bombs […]
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Officer cleared in shooting of suspect in Westbrook
WESTBROOK (AP) – A Maine police officer has been cleared in the non-fatal shooting of a Westbrook man in April. The Maine Attorney General’s Office on Tuesday concluded Westbrook Officer Benjamin Hall “reasonably believed there was an imminent threat of unlawful deadly force against him…and others” when he shot 26-year-old Sean Grossman. Police say Grossman […]