INDIANAPOLIS — Adam Vinatieri grew up in small-town South Dakota hoping for a chance to play in the NFL. He never dreamed his career would last this long, come with so many accomplishments or allow him to keep adding chapters to his football legacy well into his 40s. It seemed as unfathomable then as it […]
2017
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Sink your Dracula teeth into this
An ongoing debate about which time of year reigns is always in season at the Cote household. I’m already completely outnumbered by boys; now I’ve become outvoted by these teeny knights of our round dinner table when it boils down to voting which time of year’s most optimal. I’m a summer girl through and through. […]
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Hunter shoots, kills another near Hebron
HEBRON (AP) — Authorities say a hunter has been shot and killed by another hunter in Hebron, Maine. The Maine Warden Service says the dead hunter is a woman in her mid-30s. Authorities said that the shooter was a man who was with a different hunting party out on Saturday morning. He has been identified […]
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Victim perishes in Whitneyville fire
WHITNEYVILLE (AP) — Authorities say a body was found inside a mobile home that was destroyed by fire in Whitneyville and that the death is suspicious. Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland says the body was found by firefighters early Saturday. It has been taken to the state medical examiner’s office, where an […]
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Seafood fans optimistic about return of Maine shrimp in 2018
PORTLAND (AP) — Seafood lovers might see the return of Maine shrimp to fish market counters and restaurants next year if interstate regulators decide the critter’s population is strong enough. The Maine shrimp fishery has been shut down since 2013, and a moratorium has been extended every year since. The regulatory Atlantic States Marine Fisheries […]
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Maine retreat for wounded warriors extends season
ROME (AP) — A lakeside retreat created by an Army veteran who lost all four limbs in an explosion in Afghanistan is extending its inaugural season by four weeks. The Travis Mills Foundation was supposed to serve 57 veterans and their families in Rome, Maine. The extension of the season will bring that number to […]
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Legislators say higher fees could harm Arcadia National Park
BAR HARBOR (AP) — Maine’s congressional delegation is turning a critical eye on a U.S. Department of the Interior proposal to raise fees at national parks, including Arcadia National Park. Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and independent U.S. Sen. Angus King sent a letter to the department after an announcement that it’s proposing increasing fees at […]
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Defense Secretary says North Korea engages in ‘outlaw behavior’
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The threat of nuclear missile attack by North Korea is accelerating, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday, accusing the North of illegal and unnecessary missile and nuclear programs and pledging to repel any strike. In remarks in Seoul with South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo at his side, Mattis […]
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Toffoli’s OT shot lifts Kings over Bruins
BOSTON (AP) — Tyler Toffoli scored off a faceoff – his second goal of the game – just before time expired in overtime to give the Los Angeles Kings a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night. Jonathan Quick made 29 saves for the Kings, who are off to their best start in […]
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Somalia police end siege by Islamic terrorists at hotel that kills 29
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali security forces have ended a night-long siege at a Mogadishu hotel by five extremist attackers who stormed the building after a suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the entrance gate on Saturday afternoon. The attack killed 23 people. Troops regained control of the Nasa-Hablod hotel on Sunday morning, […]