KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The head of a U.S. technology company that scoured the Indian Ocean seabed for more than three months looking for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 said today he was disappointed the hunt failed to find any wreckage and hoped to take part in a future search. Malaysia said last week the […]
May 2018
Alberto, now a depression, dumps heavy rains across South
Alberto is a still-menacing depression after its Memorial Day landfall on the Gulf Coast, scattering heavy rains around the South and raising risks of flash floods. As the first named storm of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Subtropical Storm Alberto lumbered ashore Monday afternoon in the Florida Panhandle and then weakened overnight to a depression […]
Eagles place third in KVAC track meets
TOPSHAM The wet conditions at Saturday’s Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships may have not been ideal, but that didn’t stop hundreds of athletes from showing off their skills with their peers from around the conference. After hosting meets for 45 years, the meet marked the last to be held at the current […]
Dragons top Mt. Ararat
BRUNSWICK The Mt. Ararat High School girls lacrosse team had just come off a pair of victories heading into Friday’s game with Brunswick, while the Dragons were on a two-game skid themselves. None of that mattered in the latest “Battle of the Bridge” match between the two rivals. It took extra time to decide the […]
Patriots edge Freeport, 4-3
FREEPORT The schedule facing the Gray-New Gloucester High School baseball team coming into the week was daunting, with Wells, York and Freeport on the slate. With the Patriots clinging to the 11th and final Class B South playoff spot, a tough week might have meant doom. Instead, Gray-NG put together two solid wins, a 5-3 […]
Bowdoin’s Urken wins national title
BRUNSWICK Bowdoin College junior Grant Urken has won the NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis singles championship, becoming the first Polar Bear tennis player to win an individual national championship in school history. Urken accomplished the feat with an impressive straight-set 6-3, 6-2 win over Jack Katzman of Claremont- Mudd-Scripps in the finals of the tournament […]
Lisbon slips by Winthrop
LISBON A lot of times in the game of baseball, it’s all about making the most of your opportunities. Monday’s Mountain Valley Conference clash between Lisbon and Winthrop was no different. The Greyhounds took advantage of three first inning walks and stole an unearned run in the fourth to slip past the Ramblers, 2-1 in […]
’Hounds roll past Rebels
LISBON Mallory Fairbanks drove in five runs to power the Lisbon High School softball team to a 17-1 Mountain Valley Conference win over Telstar on Friday. The Greyhounds scored early and often, putting four runs in the first, seven in the second, four more in the third and two in the fourth to bring on […]
Mt. Ararat’s Mao falls in tennis semis
PORTLAND Mt. Ararat High School senior Peter Mao spent the last three seasons watching former Eagles tennis teammate Nick Mathieu advance to the Maine Principals Association Schoolboys tennis title match. This year, the Cornell University bound Mao had his chance and he ran with it, moving through the talented field and into Monday’s semifinal at […]
Benintendi, Martinez carry Red Sox past Jays
BOSTON Andrew Benintendi has continued the hot hitting out of the leadoff spot for injured star Mookie Betts. Benintendi hit a three-run homer to cap a five-run fourth inning, J.D. Martinez added a solo homer, and the Boston Red Sox coasted to an 8-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. With regular leadoff […]