BOSTON (AP) — Six losses in the first six games were plenty for feisty Dustin Pedroia.
April 2011
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EASTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL: Sea Dogs rally falls short
PORTLAND — The Reading Phillies took a six-run lead in the fourth inning and held on to beat the Portland Sea Dogs 7-5 in an Eastern League game Friday night at Hadlock Field.
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Treasurer grills director about travel expenses
AUGUSTA — State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin asked pointed questions Friday about meal and travel expenses incurred by the executive director of the Maine Municipal Bond Bank, a quasi-state agency that borrows money on behalf of cities and towns across the state.
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LePage’s shoreline defense
AUGUSTA — A bill that would roll back development buffers around Maine’s lakes and rivers found an unexpected opponent at a public hearing Friday: the LePage administration.
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RED SOX NOTEBOOK: Doubront back in Boston
BOSTON — Among the moves meant to give the Boston Red Sox a little spark was the activation of former Sea Dogs left-hander Felix Doubront.
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THE MASTERS: McIlroy holds onto lead, but Tiger is making a run at Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The fist kept pumping. The cheers kept growing. The ball kept dropping.
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Study says college dropouts’ barriers to re-entry too high
FARMINGTON — There are about 180,000 adults currently working in Maine who dropped out of college before getting a degree, according to Laurie Lachance, president of Maine Development Foundation.
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Labor mural’s artist discusses controversy
PORTLAND — What was billed as a Portland Museum of Art discussion of the place of public art in society quickly and predictably turned into a renewal of the debate about the governor’s decision to remove a mural from the state Department of Labor offices.
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Woman admits to burglarizing homes
AUGUSTA — A 29-year-old woman repeated “guilty” 48 times in Kennebec County Superior Court as she admitted burglarizing a number of home in 2009 and 2010 in Kennebec and Oxford counties.
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Padilla earns dean’s list status
WALLINGFORD, Conn. — Siara Padilla, daughter of A. Jose Padilla of Waterville, was named to the winter term 2011 dean’s list at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford. Choate Rosemary Hall is an independent secondary school enrolling 850 boarding and day students from 40 states and 45 countries.