ORONO — Brice O’Connor scored the game-winning goal with 3 minutes, 43 seconds gone in the second period and the University of Maine held on for a 2-1 win over Merrimack in the Hockey East quarterfinals Sunday night.
March 2012
Maine photographer’s invention catches on
PITTSFIELD — It was an invention of necessity for a mother of five and a professional photographer.
Skowhegan earns regional drama title; Winthrop also wins
SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Area High School took top honors in the regional drama festival in Skowhegan this weekend with its haunting production of “Bow Down,” a centuries old story of jealousy and murder.
Sentinel building sale part of debate
WATERVILLE — As city councilors weigh the potential benefits of turning the building that houses the Morning Sentinel into a police station rather than building a new one, the bargain-basement cost of the building is just one small part of the discussion.
LePage wants another option for district attorney
AUGUSTA — State Rep. Maeghan Maloney’s been nominated as interim district attorney for Kennebec and Somerset counties and she wants that job, but the governor has yet to make the appointment.
AUGUSTA DISTRICT COURT
AUGUSTA — The following is a list of cases closed between March 1 and 7, 2012, in Augusta District Court:
Plenty to learn from island outhouse proposal
MONMOUTH — As Kent Ackley develops a camp and learning laboratory on an island in Annabessacook Lake, he wants everything to be as environment-friendly as possible.
Students create wearable art
READFIELD — Jarred Schmidt didn’t want just any old hat on his head.
Food donations benefit Richmond Area Food Pantry
RICHMOND — The Richmond Area Food Pantry will sponsor a March Madness Can Hunger Drive through March 17.
2011 mishaps sent sewage to stream, wetland
AUGUSTA — A $17 million project meant to prevent sewage from getting into Bond Brook ended up causing more than 200,000 gallons of untreated sewage to flow into the stream and into a nearby wetland.