GORHAM—Haley Lowell snuck the Rams past the visiting Scots on a lone goal, a first-half strike, in the playoffs prelims on Friday afternoon, Oct. 12. The notch came on a perfectly-executed corner. The Scots weren’t without their chances and both head coaches – Vonde Saunders for Bonny Eagle and Becky Manson-Rioux for Gorham – remarked on the […]
October 2018
Posted inNation & World
Honduran migrant caravan heads for U.S.
After a tense standoff, police allow the migrants to cross into Guatemalan territory.
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Posted inNation & World
Apartheid-era leader ‘Pik’ Botha dies at 86
Botha staunchly defended white minority rule but recognized that change was inevitable.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Judge tosses Stormy Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against Trump
The lawsuit started with the president’s tweet about the porn actress’ claim that a man had threatened her in 2011 to keep quiet.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine Warden Service asks hunters to be on lookout for missing man
Ricky Howard, 49, of Waterford was last seen Oct. 5 in the Oxford County town of Stoneham.
Posted inMaine, New England, News
Another death of right whale confirmed off Massachusetts
It’s the third death this year for a species whose population is down to 450.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Sports
Boys Soccer: Gorham and Cheverus battle to a draw
PORTLAND—Gorham and Cheverus battled to a 1-1, double-overtime draw at Fitzpatrick Stadium on Thursday night, Oct. 10, matching each other on second-half goals by Stag James Shimansky and Ram Andrew Rent. The result leaves Gorham, now 12-0-1, atop the standings still – they’ve been there all season long – but bumps Cheverus, now 8-3-2, up […]
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Damariscotta man pleads guilty to threatening Navy instructors with pistol
Justin Woods, 32, who was a contract employee at the Navy’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape school, faces up to six months in prison, a $5,000 fine and one year of supervised release.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire investor, dies at 65
He was the idea man to Bill Gates’ businessman.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Proposed charter amendments on Falmouth ballot
One question would change the ability to remove a councilor or School Board member from office for ‘moral turpitude.’