There it is right on the front page of the Los Angeles Times: “Many Americans will have to work until they’re 80.”
December 2011
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STILL LIFE: Fruit loops + robotics = drama
Messalonskee Middle School students Katelyn Naslund, far right, and Sarah Cormier, second from right, and the rest of the Infinite Fruit Loops react as their team’s robot misses performing a task during the Maine First LEGO League Championship on Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center. About 500 students on 62 teams from across the state competed in the robotics contest.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Baylor QB wins Heisman
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Griffin III beat out preseason favorite Andrew Luck for the Heisman Trophy, dazzling voters with his ability to throw, run and lead Big 12 doormat Baylor into the national rankings.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HOCKEY: Lawrence hangs on to win opener
WINSLOW — Kyle McLain, the new goalie, played remarkably well, stopping 25 of the 28 shots he faced.
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Wreaths, ribbons adorn veterans’ headstones
TOGUS — Nothing disturbed the peaceful rank and file of white headstones at the west section of Togus National Cemetery at 11 a.m. Saturday.
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SIDELINES — TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Seeing it all despite seeing none of it
On Saturday, the University of Maine football team played its biggest game in 10 years. The Black Bears played at Georgia Southern in a Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinal game (Georgia Southern won, 35-23, ending Maine’s season), but if you wanted to watch it on television, you either had to buy ESPN’s pay-per-view GamePlan package, or go to a sports bar that purchased ESPN’s pay-per-view GamePlan package.
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SAD 59 bus drivers, custodians speak up
MADISON — In the 34 years that Pat Webb has been a bus driver in the school district, she’s gotten to know just about all the students who ride with her. She’s also gotten to know their parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles.
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Jay man sought in Wilton robbery
WILTON — A Curve Street man told police he was robbed by two men who jumped out of a car and hit him with a gun before taking his cash and fleeing Friday night.
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COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Big 2nd half lifts Mules to victory
BOSTON — The Colby College women’s basketball team used a strong second-half shooting performance to beat Emmanuel College 56-53 Saturday afternoon in a non-conference game at the Jean Yawkey Center.
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Morning Sentinel correction: Dec. 11, 2011
Lawrence High School girls basketball player Jess Bucklin’s name was misspelled in a box score on C6 of Saturday’s edition. It was an editing error.