BOSTON — Glitz and glamour. Pomp and pageantry. Those usually describe home-opening ceremonies at Fenway Park.
April 2012
MLB: Happy to be home
BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox dominated their historic homecoming.
TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Will Power shows in these students
NORTH ANSON — If you’re not in the building by 5:35 a.m., chances are you’ll be locked out. It’s rare for somebody to be locked out.
Ormsby guilty of triple murder
HOULTON — A man charged with stabbing a 10-year-old boy, the boy’s father and a family friend at a home in northern Maine was convicted Friday of three counts of murder, as well as one count of arson stemming from an attempt to destroy evidence.
Christ Episcopal Church welcomes Scots for tartan blessing
GARDINER — Scots are invited to bring their tartans to the Christ Church Episcopal on Sunday to be blessed during an ancient Scottish Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan.
Strict teen driving law poised to pass
AUGUSTA — Teenage drivers will face restrictions for a longer period of time and will get bigger fines if they make repeated mistakes under a bill that gained all but final approval by the Legislature on Friday.
Waterville mayor, council talk city plans
WATERVILLE — Mayor Karen Heck said this week she wants the city to hire an economic development director who would work specifically for the city.
Retired game warden turns stories into book
BROOKS — When John Ford Sr. became a Maine Game Warden in 1970, he listened to his stepfather Verne Walker’s advice.
Farm tour is topic for T-shirt design contest
UNITY — Sebasticook Regional Land Trust recently announced its first T-shirt design contest in support of its annual Farm & Habitat Tour.
Water worries stall Farmington apartment building
FARMINGTON — Planning board members are worried that a plan for an apartment building on Fairbanks Road could contaminate the town’s drinking water, prompting them to delay a decision on approving the project.