WASHINGTON — Producers of fake maple syrup aren’t common in Maine — at least not now.
October 2011
Raising funds and eyebrows
AUGUSTA — Democrats are raising questions about a recent House Republican caucus fundraising invitation on which the names of state’s three constitutional officers were listed as invited guests.
Early snowstorm sends drivers sliding
AUGUSTA — It was a fairly busy night for Augusta police when an unseasonably early snowstorm reached central Maine Saturday evening.
MLB: Red Sox exercise option on Scutaro
BOSTON (AP) — New Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington made his first move since his promotion, picking up the contract option on shortstop Marco Scutaro on Sunday
STILL LIFE: The hungry bumblebee
Dressed as a bumblebee, Mariah Sack bites down on a pretzel wand she received at one of the many sites at Colby College on Sunday for the Halloween Extravaganza. She found biting down a bit of a challenge without all of her teeth.
NASCAR: Stewart closes in on Edwards for 1st
MARTINSVILLE, Virginia (AP) — Tony Stewart hadn’t won a race all season and didn’t list himself as a championship contender when asked to handicap the field before NASCAR’s 10-race playoffs got going.
NFL: Steelers solve Brady
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers found a way to beat Tom Brady: Don’t let him get the ball.
COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Bears get win under new coach
ORONO — In its first game under new coach Richard Barron, the University of Maine wo-men’s basketball team posted a 78-62 victory over New Brunswick in an exhibition contest Sunday afternoon.
Morning Sentinel police log: Oct. 31, 2011
IN BENTON, Sunday at 3:05 a.m., a tree reportedly fell on a house on Wyman Road.
Snow delivers glancing blow
WATERVILLE — Residents throughout central Maine awoke Sunday morning to a white coating of heavy, slushy snow mixed with autumn leaves.