The private sale agreement prevents disclosure of the exact price or the buyer’s location.
May 2018
Scientists find opioids in Puget Sound mussels
The contamination is likely coming through wastewater treatment plants.
Locals still alive in state tennis tourney
PORTLAND — The Maine Principals’ Association singles tennis tournament kicked off on Friday at Deering Oaks Park in Portland and three local players are still alive heading into the second day. Kennebunk/Wells’ Rosemary Campanella and Grace Campanella are the top two seeds in the girls tournament and both standouts dominated their only match on Friday. […]
High School Roundup: Wells baseball picks up 13th win
POLAND — The Wells baseball team improved to 13-2 on the season with a 11-3 victory over Poland on Friday evening. Michael Wrigley smacked a three-run homer in the first inning to help the Warriors pick up the win. Wells, which had 17 total hits, was led by Tyler Bridge’s 4-for-5 performance at the plate. […]
Boston bound: LeBron pushes Cavs to Game 7 vs. Celtics
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James chose Boston as the place he’ll play next. Game 7 is on. And any talk about James’ future is on hold. Delivering another performance for the ages, James scored 46 points and preserved his reign atop the Eastern Conference for at least one more game as the Cleveland Cavaliers shook […]
‘Day of Caring’ inspires Biddeford student-volunteers
BIDDEFORD — Each generation of Americans is entrusted with the responsibility of leaving our world a better place than the one they have inherited and to demonstrate their commitment to that concept, hundreds of Biddeford Middle School students fanned out across the city on Friday morning as participants in the annual “Day of Caring” for young […]
Betts hits 17th HR, Red Sox beat Braves after cutting Hanley
BOSTON — Mookie Betts hit his major-league leading 17th home run, J.D. Martinez slugged his 16th homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 6-2 on Friday night hours after a surprising roster shakeup. Boston got its fifth win in six games shortly after announcing it had designated Hanley Ramirez for assignment. The […]
Grim warning for lobster, clam fisheries
AUGUSTA — Two new scientific studies are highlighting the current and future impacts that rising ocean temperatures will have on lobster, clams and other important commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Maine. Research on nearly 700 North American fish species predicts Atlantic cod habitat could shrink by as much as 90 percent by century’s end and […]
Summit or not, giant gulf separates exists US, Korea on nukes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even if conciliatory rhetoric revives U.S.-North Korea summit plans, President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un are still left with the gaping disconnect over what a deal on North Korea’s nukes would look like. Observers of the soap opera-style Trump-Kim summit drama that has played out this week could be forgiven for […]
Powerful cyclone lashes Oman, Yemen
SALALAH, Oman (AP) — Cyclone Mekunu blew into the Arabian Peninsula early Saturday, drenching arid Oman and Yemen, cutting off power lines and leaving at least three dead and 40 missing, officials said. Portions of Salalah, Oman’s third-largest city, lost electricity as the cyclone made landfall. The Arabian Sea churned Saturday morning, sending mounds of […]