WEST GARDINER — Steel Dust Stables owners Brian and Amy Gordon held a Cowboy mounted shooting clinic Saturday. The sport touches on all the disciplines including reining, barrel racing and horsemanship. Mounted contestants compete in a timed event using two .45 single action revolvers each loaded with five rounds of specially prepared blank ammunition.
March 2012
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SNAPSHOT: Time for a dip
Ethan Roderick, left, and Steve Aucoin, right, make a dash into Messalonskee Lake during the Alfond Youth Center’s 19th Annual Polar Bear Dip Saturday at the Oakland Town Landing.
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COLLEGE MEN’S HOCKEY: Minnesota-Duluth rallies to eliminate Maine
WORCESTER, Mass. — Defending champs never go away easily.
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The search continues
WATERVILLE — The body of man missing since 2004 was found Saturday during a search for Ayla Reynolds, but searchers did not find any clues that would lead them to the toddler.
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eBay takes aimat LePage backing for online taxes
The online sales site eBay is taking exception to Gov. Paul LePage’s support for federal legislation making it easier for states to reap sales taxes from online purchases.
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They shoot from horses, don’t they?
WEST GARDINER — Checotah, a thoroughbred quarterhorse cross, shook her head, flicked her tail and snorted at the noise her rider made shooting at balloons with her .45 caliber pistol.
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Two Mainers among elite fundraisers
WASHINGTON — When President Obama arrives in Portland Friday to collect campaign cash, two Mainers who are among his elite national fundraisers will be on hand to greet him.
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Nothing uncovered in Belgrade bomb threat
BELGRADE — Nothing suspicious was found inside Belgrade Central School after a bomb threat on Friday led to an evacuation of the school’s 350 students, police said.
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COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Red-hot Mules sweep Panthers
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Colby College baseball team ran its winning streak to four games with a doubleheader sweep of Plymouth State on Saturday.
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Energy likely not as big a hurdle to jobs as LePage claims
Jobs and energy. In promoting his energy legislation, Gov. Paul LePage has tied Maine’s economic growth to the cost of energy.