Taxes, spending top bills facing legislative action

Bills range from extending the school year to making candidates for public office prove citizenship.

Showdown in Rumford: So familar, so very different

Lucy Garrec of Freeport is among the Mainers home to compete this week on Black Mountain.

Swimming Notebook: Some programs are staying afloat without a pool

One of the more intriguing high school swimming meets this Friday will involve Cheverus, Scarborough and McAuley. Each school is notable both for the quality of its swim program and its lack of a pool. Cheverus practices at the Portland YMCA and will host Friday’s meet. McAuley swims at the Boys and Girls Club. Scarborough? […]

Warm feeling for duo from Washington

U.S. cross country skiing: Balmy weather makes for a slow start, and forces schedule changes to allow snow to be added.

New sport, new challenge for paraplegic

Left paraplegic by a fall three years ago, Greely grad Marlon Shepard takes on competitive adaptive Nordic skiing.

Home venue upgraded for nationals

The U.S. cross country ski championships return to recently renovated Black Mountain.

Tourney time: Meaningful exhibitions

Opportunities with little to lose — that’s the theme of the holiday basketball tournament at the Expo.

High School Preview: Skiers looking up after crunch

Gray-New Gloucester nearly cut its ski team but held off after the kids voiced their opposition.

Maine’s pro teams postpone games

The threat of snow forces both the Red Claws and Pirates to change their plans for Sunday night.

Post-holiday (and we’re dealing)

Neal Dixon strolled up Bow Street on Sunday afternoon wearing a maize-and-blue scarf from the University of Michigan — where he attends graduate school — and a newly purchased aviator hat made of leather and lined with rabbit fur.

“Shopping the day after Christmas is much more pleasant than (on) Black Friday,” said Dixon, whose next destination involved a lobster roll lunch. “My mom has been raving about this place for the last year and a half.”