BINGHAM — How big is the parade going to be this summer when the town celebrates its bicentennial?
April 2012
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS: Caps coach says Bruins crossing the line
ARLINGTON, Va. — Leave the euphemisms about playing with an “edge” or “emotion” to Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien and his players.
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Spring is in the air, and it’s time to play
Holly Tripp is in her first year as Erskine softball coach, but she played in high school and college, and has also served as an assistant for the Eagles.
Belgrade seeking volunteers for Comprehensive Plan review
BELGRADE — Volunteers are needed to take the lead in revising the town’s 1998 Comprehensive Plan.
No one has the right to bully, judge others
A week ago I encountered a mother, father and two little boys in a store.
Why are live naked people bad, but dead people OK?
I guess 2012 will be the end of the world. And, you know, the way things are, maybe it is time.
Listening for Maine’s final moo
When Agriculture Commissioner Walt Whitcomb started dairy farming, Maine had 2,200 dairy farms.
Son vows to bring family sawmill back after fire
FARMINGTON — Brian Smiley took over his family’s logging business just two weeks before a fire that started early Saturday morning, destroying a sawmill built by his parents nearly 33 years ago.
SNAPSHOT: Fun in the sun
Melissa Goldberg uses a hula hoop as others swing balls attached by a cord at Head of Falls in Waterville on Monday. The activity, known as Poi, is an exercise used to enhance dance and juggling. “We’re just friends having fun in the sun,” Goldberg said.
SNAPSHOT: Control burn
Unity firefighter Ron Burd, left, uses a torch to ignite dry grass in a field during a control burn Monday as others with portable water tanks stand by. The field was being burned because of the extremely dry conditions.