The Biddeford High volleyball program has been on the rise over the past few seasons and the excitement surrounding the Tigers increased when former coach Ruth Shaw decided to get back on the court. Shaw, who founded the program in 1999, returned to the sidelines after a three-year absence — and now she’s looking to […]
September 2018
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Trojans roll past Mustangs
WATERBORO – A strong second half led Thornton Academy girls soccer to a shutout 7-0 victory over hosting Massabesic on Wednesday night. Four minutes into the contest, Massabesic’s (0-5) Abby Stonehouse tore off on a breakaway and had a close attempt at a goal but Thornton goalie Grace Mears scooped the ball up. “It was […]
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Mark Hendrickson: Ready for some good news?
We are constantly bombarded with bad news. There are disasters, dangers, challenges, and woes. On the political scene, we find perpetual discord peppered with lurid denunciations and shrill condemnations. Media reports are alternately dismaying, disappointing, distressing, disgusting, or depressing. But despair not, friends: All is not lost!Here let me serve you a heaping helping of […]
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Susan Collins: Encouraging progress in our fight against diabetes
In 2006, I met a 4-year-old boy from Yarmouth named Aidan Sweeney, who testified before a congressional hearing I chaired regarding developments in Type 1 diabetes research. Diabetes not only affected Aidan’s quality of life, but it also caused great stress and worry for his parents. Twelve years ago, the closed-loop artificial pancreas was a […]
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Build it: Lego Robotics League wants you
SANFORD — The Lego Robotics League at Goodall Memorial Library in Sanford is looking for people who want to be able to build on their science, engineering and technology skills through Lego. An information session about the new league will be held at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 27 at the library, located at 952 Main St. […]
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Blair Bess: Kavanaugh deserved better… and so do we
Judge Brett Kavanaugh was never going to get a fair break during his confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The fault lies not with obstructionist Democrats, however, but with Republican leadership and members of the committee. By not turning over all documents in their possession, Republican members of the committee did the judge and […]
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Gary Anderson: Campaign promises and job losses
Politics at election time always talks the talk about new beginnings while mostly walking the walk of the same tired litany of familiar promises to effect change. Top of the list is the perennial pledge to bring about a robust economy by providing an increase in “good quality, high paying jobs.” Every candidate for high […]
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Westbrook OKs first phase of project that includes Market Basket
WESTBROOK — The Planning Board on Tuesday night unanimously approved plans for the first phase of what could eventually become a 100-acre mixed use development near Westbrook’s border with Portland. The approval is the last major local hurdle for the start of the Rock Row development on what used to be a quarry near Main […]
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Florence death toll climbs to 37; Trump visits stricken area
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The death toll from Hurricane Florence climbed to at least 37, including two women who drowned when a sheriff’s van taking them to a mental health facility was swept away by floodwaters, and North Carolina’s governor pleaded with thousands of evacuees not to return home just yet. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, arrived […]
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