WINSLOW — Brewer and Messalonskee opened the regular season as the teams to beat in Eastern Class B boys hockey.
March 2012
King throws hat in ring
Vowing that “nobody will be able to tell me how to vote but the people of Maine,” former Gov. Angus King Jr. announced Monday night that he will run for the U.S. Senate.
Former Occupier sentenced for knife threat
AUGUSTA — A former Occupy Augusta demonstrator, jailed for the last four months, will spend another three months behind bars for threatening a man with a knife.
RED SOX: Crawford still hurt
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford will be shut down this week to let his left wrist heal and it’s unlikely he’ll be ready to play by opening day.
NFL: Pats decide to slap Welker with tag
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots have placed the franchise tag on Wes Welker, the receiver who caught more passes than anyone else in the NFL last season but couldn’t come down with one that might have clinched a Super Bowl victory.
Waterville councilors to discuss Sentinel sale, gas TIF
WATERVILLE — A tax break for a natural gas pipeline and buying the Morning Sentinel building are among items the City Council will consider tonight.
Photography, nature art entries sought
UNITY — Unity College is seeking artists’ submissions for a nature art and photography show slated for Sunday, April 22. The show and sale will showcase the wide range of art and photography produced by Maine’s artist and environmental communities to commemorate Earth Day.
UMF offers transfer students merit scholarship
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington recently announced a merit scholarship created exclusively for transfer students.
RSU 3 board to vote on combining bus runs
UNITY — Regional School Unit 3 School Board directors will vote Monday whether to bus kindergartners through seniors together in a effort to save money.
OUR OPINION: Americans Elect should not fear to name donors
The political reform movement Americans Elect has chosen an odd way to go about opening up the presidential nomination process to disaffected voters: Instead of being transparent in all of its activities, the group that plans to put an Internet-selected ticket on the ballot in all 50 states won’t say where it gets its money.