WATERVILLE — For years, the battle of men’s college basketball in Waterville was worth watching only if you wanted to study the difference between a good program and one that wasn’t there yet.
December 2011
STEVE SOLLOWAY: Cosgrove, Black Bears still do more with less
ORONO — He has more control over his hot Irish temper than he did 10 years ago. He knows even better how to reach into the hearts and minds of men who are 35 years younger.
SNAPSHOT: A little off track
Workers with PanAm Railways use wedges to reset an empty lumber car that derailed at the Burrill Street crossing in Fairfield on Tuesday.
Waterville City Council decision inches gas pipeline further
WATERVILLE — A Tuesday vote by the City Council brings Kennebec Valley Gas Company one step closer to constructing a natural gas pipeline in central Maine.
NBA: Shorter season equals tougher grind
NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers will play games on the first three nights of the NBA season, the first of 42 back-to-back-to-back sets teams will face during this lockout-shortened season.
MLB WINTER MEETINGS: Marlins prepared to make more moves
DALLAS (AP) — Jeffrey Loria quickly marched down the hallway with his team president, trailed by their top aides, and hustled into a meeting room with a labor lawyer from Major League Baseball.
NFL: McDonald overcomes hurdles to start for Pats
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Nick McDonald’s path to playing in the NFL has been difficult.
LePage on DHHS cuts: ‘This is crisis time’
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage proposed Tuesday to eliminate Medicaid coverage for 65,000 Mainers as part of a plan to cover a budget deficit that he said now totals $221 million over the next 18 months.
Franklin County committees back vote on new dispatch center
FARMINGTON — A plan to build a new emergency 911 dispatch center for Franklin County received unanimous support this week from two county committees, and the $620,000 project may go before voters by June.