2018
Gardiner earns Classic tournament championship
BRUNSWICK The Brunswick Parks and Recreation Department hosted the second annual Boys Seventh-Grade Mid-Winter Classic Basketball Tournament recently. In the title game, Gardiner edged past Westbrook, 43-34. A big 18-8 advantage in the second quarter gave Gardiner a 27-14 halftime lead. Westbrook more than doubled its point total in the third quarter with 15 points […]
Texas rolls past Maine
AUSTIN, Texas The message on the whiteboard in the Texas locker was simple and direct: Rebound! The No. 2 seed Longhorns did that and a whole lot more — just about anything they wanted to, really — in dismantling No. 15 Maine 83-54 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Jatarie White scored […]
Patriots get returner Patterson from Raiders
ALAMEDA, Calif. The Oakland Raiders are trading star kick returner Cordarrelle Patterson to the New England Patriots. NFL Network reported that Oakland will receive a fifth-round pick in the deal and send one of its six sixth-round picks to New England. Patterson is one of the most accomplished kickoff returners in the game. His career […]
Odyssey of the mind tests students creativity, problem-solving abilities
BIDDEFORD — Fifty-five teams from across the southern portion of the state competed in the Odyssey of the Mind regional competition at Biddeford Middle School on Saturday. Odyssey of the Mind is a creative, problem-solving competition. Middle school and high school students form teams and compete in one of five different problem-solving categories. One of the local […]
Waterboro man arrested after assaulting two sheriff’s deputies
WATERBORO — A Waterboro man was charged with assault on an officer after resisting arrest, head butting a deputy and biting another deputy in the leg, according to sheriff’s deputies. On Friday, sheriff’s deputies were accompanying a woman who wanted to retrieve some belongings from her Beaver Dam Road home in Waterboro, according to York County Sheriff Bill […]
Walking the walk
SACO — Despite the cold weather, a few thousand people came out Sunday to participate in the 20th Annual Mary’s Walk and the Kerrymen Pub 5K to raise money for the Maine Cancer Foundation. Mary’s Walk founder Gene Libby attributed it to “Mary’s magic.” Libby’s late wife, Mary Kerry Libby, died from Burkitt’s Lymphoma in […]
