This weekend marks my last nestled at home with wee babes ‘round the clock, and all the joys and tears and fears, and the monumental gravitational family shifts that come with the territory of adding another ‘plus one.’ Everyone’s dynamic is changed. My husband and I became outnumbered, our little became a middle, our older […]
2017
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Trying to predict the MLB playoffs
Predicting the results of the Major League Baseball Playoffs shouldn’t be a hard job. Take this year for example. The Yankees had a better regular season record than the Twins, who they met and defeated in the AL Wild Card Game, and the Diamondbacks had a better record than the Rockies and beat them in […]
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Super Bowl reminders ahead of Pats, Falcons rematch
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The score 28-3 will forever live in infamy for the Atlanta Falcons. For the New England Patriots it’s a shining symbol. That’s the 25-point deficit they overcame this past February on their way to posting the largest comeback win in Super Bowl history . In the first Super Bowl that went to […]
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Hayward, Lin out for year, and many others in NBA are ailing
MIAMI — Brooklyn’s Jeremy Lin was horrified to see what happened to Gordon Hayward, whose season almost certainly ended in a most disturbing fashion five minutes into the Celtics’ season-opener. A night later, Lin met a similar fate. Here’s some of what should be celebrated from the opening nights of the NBA season: Milwaukee’s Giannis […]
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49ers CEO doesn’t believe Kaepernick is being blackballed
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York said he doesn’t believe there’s merit to Colin Kaepernick’s claim that NFL owners collectively conspired to keep him from playing in the league, as his recent grievance alleges. “It’s hard for me to get into any details or really share my opinion. But I […]
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Bridgewater: ‘I definitely believe I’ll play this year’
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — After nearly 14 months of arduous rehabilitation for his left knee, Teddy Bridgewater has arrived at the final stage. For all the progress he’s made, appearing in a game for the Minnesota Vikings again will be no small step to take. “I definitely believe I’ll play this year, but I […]
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Maine U.S. Sen. Angus King to remain an independent
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine Sen. Angus King says he’s not interested in a potential request that he join the Democratic Party. King is an independent who caucuses with the Democrats. A Democratic National Committee member is sponsoring a resolution calling for King and fellow independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont to join the party. It […]
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Orphanage founder seeks to dismiss lawsuit
PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine activist being sued for defamation over his claims that a Haiti orphanage founder is a serial pedophile contends the lawsuit violates a state law protecting against lawsuits that aim to chill First Amendment rights. Lawyers for Paul Kendrick have asked a state judge to dismiss the defamation lawsuit. They say Kendrick’s “shocking” […]
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Quota will remain same in Maine eel fishery
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine fishermen will be able to catch the same amount of baby eels for the worldwide market for sushi and Japanese food next year. An arm of the interstate Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted Tuesday to keep the 2018 quota for baby eels, or elvers, at a little less than 9,700 pounds. Fishermen […]
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Maine has 2 cities in running to land Amazon headquarters
SCARBOROUGH (AP) – The southern Maine town of Scarborough is a late entry in the competition to be home to Amazon’s second headquarters. There’s also a proposal to put it at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. Town officials believe a horse racing track, Scarborough Downs, and adjacent land would provide plenty of space to […]