ATLANTA — Tiger Woods, in his Sunday red shirt, both arms raised in victory on the 18th green. For so many years, the scene was familiar. This time, it was surreal. “I can’t believe I pulled this off,” Woods said Sunday during the trophy presentation at the Tour Championship, where he gave thousands of delirious fans […]
September 2018
Boys soccer: Richmond Bobcats claw past Pine Tree Academy, 9-2
RICHMOND -The Richmond High School boys soccer team raced out to a 5-0 first half lead en route to a 9-2 victory over Pine Tree Academy in a battle of Class D South teams. Dakotah Gilpatric tallied three first-half goals, while Nick Adams added a pair of goals and four assists for the Bobcats, who […]
Area High School capsules: Freeport Falcons top Wells, 5-1, in girls soccer action on busy Thursday
FREEPORT — Cat Gould tallied her third hat trick of the season to power the Freeport High School girls soccer team to a 5-1 Western Maine Conference win over Wells on Thursday. The Falcons improved to 3-2-2 and visits St. Dom’s on Saturday (10 a.m.). Allison Greuel gave Freeport a 1-0 lead five minutes into the […]
NFL Thursday Night: Cleveland Browns finally win, slip by New York Jets, 21-17
CLEVELAND — For the first time in 635 days, the Cleveland Browns won. Baker Mayfield showed them how. The No. 1 overall pick replaced injured starter Tyrod Taylor and sparked the Browns, who got two 1-yard touchdown runs from Carlos Hyde and beat the New York Jets 21-17 on Thursday night for their first win since […]
NE Patriots: Matt Patricia-led Detroit Lions beat Bill Belichick, New England Patriots, 26-10
DETROIT — Matt Patricia weaved his way through a crowd to hug the man who helped him live a dream. Patricia beat mentor Bill Belichick, seemingly making all the right moves to help the Detroit Lions defeat the New England Patriots 26-10 Sunday night. “I’m sure it meant a lot, his first win as a head […]
Robert Venturi, postmodern architect who argued ‘Less is a bore,’ dies at 93
He disdained what he considered the soulless buildings of his modernist predecessors, who often designed glass buildings with walls of windows.
Decades-old Harpswell water tower comes down
HARPSWELL — Piece by piece, welders dismantled the Mitchell Field water tower Thursday morning. The Friends of Mitchell Field had requested a temporary restraining order to halt demolition, but with no word from the court on Thursday morning, the contractor started tearing down the tower as scheduled. The demolition signals the close of a contentious […]
Man accused of threatening to “shoot up” CMCC arrested, released after bail violation
TOPSHAM — A Bowdoinham man who was free on bail following accusations of threatening to “shoot up” Central Maine Community College was arrested again for violating conditions of his release, according to Two Bridges Regional Jail staff. Darren Lilly, 23, was arrested after allegedly visiting Target in Topsham, the workplace of one of the people […]
Lawmakers turn out the lights on political messages projected on State House
AUGUSTA — Legislative leaders voted Thursday to prohibit political messages from being projected onto the Maine State House in what they said was an effort to maintain the Capitol as a “neutral institution of democracy.” Projecting images or messages onto buildings is becoming increasingly common in Maine and nationally as activists seek to make splashy, […]
Prosecutor: Brunswick man placed shotgun, keys under body after Belgrade shootout with police
AUGUSTA — The prosecution maintains Scott Bubar placed a shotgun and car keys under his father’s dead body after a shootout with police May 19, 2017, in Belgrade. But defense attorney Lisa Whittier says Bubar, who is on trial on charges with aggravated attempted murder of a sheriff’s deputy and criminal threatening with a firearm, “would have […]