BUXTON — Hollis resident Rita Anderson was a young girl in 1938 when the newly installed Bar Mills Memorial Bridge was dedicated to the World War 1 veterans of Buxton and Hollis. The now 87-year-old was on hand Monday to cut the ribbon and say a few words at a ceremony for the bridge’s replacement, […]
2016
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Trades, signings could be slowed by lack of labor contract
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — With baseball’s collective bargaining agreement set to expire Dec. 1, trade talk and free-agent signings could go slowly this offseason. Major league general managers gathered Monday for the start of their annual meeting, in the shadow of Camelback Mountain, with guitar music playing over speakers and the smell of mesquite in the […]
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Mookie Betts, 4 Cubs up for major awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh off leading the Chicago Cubs to their first World Series title in more than a century, slugger Kris Bryant and several teammates could soon be hoisting more hardware. Bryant is among the top three vote-getters for the NL MVP award, with manager Joe Maddon and pitchers Jon Lester and Kyle […]
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Rask’s 32 saves, 3 PP goals lift Bruins past Sabres 4-0
BOSTON — Tuukka Rask rebounded from his first loss with 32 saves for his second shutout, Brad Marchand and David Krejci scored power-play goals in the second period, and the Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-0 on Monday night. David Pastrnak had a power-play goal and Riley Nash scored for the Bruins, who won […]
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Cold-water shrimp industry poised for shutdown to continue
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine shrimpers are all but resigned to another year of being unable to pursue their quarry in the Gulf of Maine, with a regulatory board set to decide this week whether to allow a season this winter. Maine shrimp are fished in the Gulf of Maine and were a popular winter seafood […]
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State colleges see first enrollment boost in 13 years
ORONO (AP) — Officials say enrollment at public universities in Maine is growing for the first time in 13 years. The 2016 fall semester enrollment report showed a 1.6 percent increase with a total of 29,465 students. That’s an increase of 471 students from the fall 2015 semester. Officials say an increase in enrollment of […]
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Group raising money to oppose offshore wind project
MONHEGAN ISLAND (AP) — A small group called Project Monhegan hopes to derail testing of two full-scale floating wind turbines 2.5 miles off Monhegan Island, Maine. The group says the Aqua Ventus pilot project would do “irreparable harm” to the island community that’s 10 miles offshore, and it’s asking the University of Maine-led consortium that’s developing the […]
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Killer of South African anti-apartheid leader dies in prison
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government says a man who spent more than two decades in prison for the 1993 assassination of anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani has died in a hospital. The justice ministry said Thursday that Clive Derby-Lewis, who was granted medical parole in May 2015, died in Pretoria. Derby-Lewis, 80, had been suffering […]
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Royal Bank of Scotland compensates small business customers
LONDON (AP) — Royal Bank of Scotland has set aside 400 million pounds ($497 million) to compensate small and medium-size businesses that say they were mistreated by the lender after the 2008 financial crisis. RBS says it will set up an independent process to review complaints from businesses that believe they were mistreated and that […]
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A place to play
SANFORD — Until a week ago, children who live at the family shelter on Riverside Avenue had a rusty old swing set to play on. Now, they’ve got a brand new swing set and a playset with a slide — a place to be a kid, a place to get some exercise, a place to […]