OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Reilly Smith and Vincent Trocheck scored eight seconds apart in the first period and the Florida Panthers extended their franchise best win streak to 11 games with a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Atlantic Division leading Panthers and Roberto Luongo won […]
2016
Mt. Ararat 7th boys drop one to Tripp
TOPSHAM — Shane Tanguay led all scorers with 24 points, but the Mt. Ararat Middle School seventh- grade boys basketball team dropped a close 44- 40 decision to Tripp on Thursday. Tripp received 22 points from Josiah Learned, with Austin DeCoster and Nick Tirrell adding eight points apiece.
Bath 7th boys get by Mt. Ararat
TOPSHAM — The Bath seventh- grade boys basketball team used a controlling fourth quarter to pull away from Mt. Ararat and win a game, 37-31 recently. The away side outscored the Eagles 14-9 in the final quarter after leading 23-22 after three. Bath led 6-4 after the first quarter, while Mt. Ararat took a 15- […]
Brunswick 8th girls drop on to Lewiston
LEWISTON — The Brunswick Junior High School eighth-grade girls basketball team fell to Lewiston, 38-23, on Thursday. The Blue Demons outscored Brunswick, 8-1 in the opening frame and 15-7 in the second for a 23-8 halftime lead. The advantage grew to 32-14 after three. Lexi Guptil paced Brunswick (2-3) with nine points, with Grace Clendening adding […]
Open Window, River Cove
Major acquisitions bridge gap in museum’s collection The Portland Museum of Art announces two new major acquisitions: “An Open Window,” an 1872 painting by Winslow Homer, and “River Cove,” a 1958 painting by Andrew Wyeth. Both paintings will be on view Jan. 22 at 4 p.m., when the PMA reopens after a brief closure as […]
Maritime photography focus of new exhibit
BATH “Coastal Vision: A Juried Show of Maritime Sightings by Members of the First Light Camera Club” is the theme of the Club’s first exhibition of 2016 at the Maine Maritime Museum, located at 243 Washington St. in Bath. The show opens Friday and runs until March 13. Maine Maritime Museum is open daily from […]
Poetry reading Jan. 13
BRUNSWICK Gulf of Maine Books and the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Southern Maine present a poetry reading by Martin Espada and Lauren Schmidt on Jan. 13, at 7 p.m. at Gulf of Maine Books. Martin Espada will be reading from his recently published collection of poems “Vivas to Those […]
Winter concert series at CCAC
BATH The Chocolate Church Arts Center launches the Kill The Chill Winter Concert Series with rock and roll band The Howligans Friday. This music series will be held in the Annex of the Chocolate Church. “As a community arts center, we are dedicated to showcasing local talent,” said Jennifer DeChant, CCAC executive director. “This series […]
Freeport First Fridays Just Desserts returns
FREEPORT The Freeport First Fridays concert series at the Freeport Community Center starts its sixth year in January offering five sweet evenings full of music with desserts and coffee. Because the New Year’s Day holiday is the first Friday of the month, January’s event will take place Jan. 8. The sixth season kicks off with […]
Figures of Speech premieres new play
LEWISTON Figures of Speech Theatre has announced its premiere of “the little match girl passion,” a theatrical setting of contemporary American composer David Lang’s composition. Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9-11 at Bates College’s Schaeffer Theatre, 329 College St., Lewiston. Lang’s piece interleaves the text of Hans Christian Andersen’s story about an […]