SACO — Hitters on the South Portland baseball team struck out more and walked less than Thornton Academy, and the defense made more errors than the Trojans in Tuesday’s Class A South game. But timely hitting can make up for those miscues and it was the difference in a 9-6 win over Thornton. The Red […]
May 2018
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High School Roundup: Massabesic baseball makes it two straight
FALMOUTH — A lot of teams would have thrown in the towel after an 0-10 start to the season — not the Massabesic baseball squad. The Mustangs, who won their first game of the season on Saturday, followed that up with an impressive 9-2 win over a tough Falmouth squad on Tuesday. Nick Roberge and […]
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Patriots take field for OTA with no Brady, no Gronk
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Seven-on-seven drills. Playbook run-throughs. Pretending that everything is normal. It’s all part of the New England Patriots getting ready for the regular season. Three months after losing the Super Bowl to the Philadelphia Eagles, the Patriots held their second organized team activity on Tuesday — without Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski. Coach […]
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Honoring Sanford’s finest from the Great War
SANFORD — They were fathers and husbands who didn’t come home. They were uncles and cousins, brothers and only sons. And as they marched toward battlefields in France and elsewhere in 1918, the music of the era reflected their march. “Over there, over there, send the word, send the word over there — that the […]
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June 7 job fair designed for those in recovery
BIDDEFORD — A job fair matching prospective employers with job seekers recovering from addiction will be held in Biddeford on June 7. As of Monday, 12 companies had signed up to participate at the recovery workforce job fair, set for 9 a.m to 3 p.m. at the event space in the Pepperell Mill, 40 Main St., […]
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Betts, Sale lead Red Sox 4-2 over Rays as Adames debuts
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Mookie Betts hit his major league-leading 16th homer, Chris Sale struck out nine in 7 2/3 innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 on Tuesday night. Willy Adames made his big league debut and hit a solo home run off Sale in his second at-bat. […]
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Interior Department wants to expand hunting and fishing on 3 wildlife refuges in Maine
The Trump Administration wants to expand access to hunting and fishing on 30 national wildlife refuges, including three in Maine. U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced Monday a proposal that would open up nearly 250,000 acres to new or expanded hunting and fishing opportunities. In Maine, the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in York and […]
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SIS Bank makes donations to 14 non-profit agencies
SANFORD — Similar to its Employee Donation Program, SIS Bank recently provided its customers with the opportunity to vote for their favorite area charities to win a well-deserved donation from the Bank. Fourteen local nonprofits will be receiving financial gifts from SIS Bank, with Maine Children’s Cancer Program, Animal Welfare Society of Kennebunk and York County […]
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Waco Revisited: 25 years later
We drove down a quiet country road, trees and green meadows in every direction. Mount Carmel, the famous Branch Davidian compound/church, was a sharp turn to the right. Gone was the mailbox at the entrance with Branch Davidian Church clearly written on it in big black letters where the once 100-plus residents of a devout […]
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LePage picks 32 communities – including some wealthier ones – for investment incentive
More than 30 Maine communities, some with surprisingly upscale neighborhoods, could reap benefits from a new federal program to encourage private investment in poor parts of the country. Opportunity zones selected by Gov. Paul LePage and approved by the U.S. Treasury include distressed paper mill towns such as Madison and Millinocket and former military bases […]
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