BOSTON (AP) — The fans booed Carl Crawford, the star with the $142 million contract and .137 batting average.
April 2011
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Mother: Bullying didn’t cause daughter’s suicide
PALERMO — Hayley Blowers’ mom on Friday disputed rumors bullying caused her 16-year-old daughter’s April 4 suicide.
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SNAPSHOT: Up and away
Travis Frost, left, and Bob Whitehouse collect wreaths from the Togus National Cemetery Thursday. Hundreds of the pine wreaths that adorned the gravestone of soldiers over the winter were being collected and disposed of by the grounds crew at the federal veterans’ hospital.
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TURNPIKE PROBE: Civic groups didn’t get to use most cards
AUGUSTA — Only a small percentage of the gift cards purchased by the Maine Turnpike Authority for donations to civic groups ever went to the organizations, a state investigator told a bipartisan legislative oversight panel on Friday.
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AG joins Plum Creek in fight for development plan
PORTLAND — Maine Attorney General William Schneider and Plum Creek Timber Co. said Friday they’re appealing to the state supreme court to remove a barrier to the company’s development plan in the Moosehead Lake region.
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Budgets critical in tough climate
MANCHESTER — Karen Michaud dealt with plenty of budgets as a business manager for the Maine Department of Conservation, but all that experience didn’t deter her from attending a conference last week on money management strategies and consumer fraud.
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Several bills would limit bottle redemption law
AUGUSTA — Dozens of people showed up Friday to comment on a half-dozen bills that seek to weaken the state’s 33-year-old bottle redemption law.
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Tractor trailer flip spills grain on I-95 South
AUGUSTA — Emergency crews worked Friday to right an 18-wheeler that rolled over at 6:40 a.m., blocking the southbound travel lane of Interstate 95.
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Law would allow guns
AUGUSTA — Concealed-weapon permit holders could carry guns into the State House, the connected Cross Building and nearby parking lots, under a bill endorsed by a legislative panel on Friday.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS LACROSSE: Gardiner cruises to opening-day win
GARDINER — The nerves, as are often the case for a season opener, flowed freely Friday afternoon at Hoch Field.