AUGUSTA — Before the classes began, the badge of the East Kingdom Brewers’ Guild was unfurled, a creation in black-and-yellow linen.
April 2012
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Region now is better prepared
SKOWHEGAN — Central Maine is better prepared for pending disasters than officials were 25 years ago, according to Somerset County Emergency Management Director Michael Smith.
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NHL: Turco, Bruins top Islanders
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Brad Marchand snapped a third-period tie with his team-leading 27th goal, and the playoff-bound Boston Bruins ended the New York Islanders’ minuscule postseason chances with a 6-3 victory on Saturday.
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MEN’S FINAL FOUR: Wildcats head to final
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kentucky wound up right where it expected to be all along.
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J.P. DEVINE: Now you see me … or do you?
As I write this column, the palm trees sway in the tropical breeze, the pale blue-green waves slip up the white sand and tickle my blue-tinted toe nails, as the beach girl hands me my margarita. Have you missed me?
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Nature’s cruel joke
Twenty-five years ago today — April 1, 1987 — the Kennebec River erupted from its banks, ripping out bridges and roads, destroying homes and wrecking businesses in the worst flood in Maine history.
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SPRING TRAINING: Rays, Sox play to tie
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — If there was a day for the flailing Tampa Bay hitters to start connecting in spring training, Saturday was it.
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COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Mules earn 8th straight victory
WATERVILLE — The Colby College women’s lacrosse team earned its eighth straight win to start the season, beating Connecticut College 9-7 in a New England Small College Athletic Conference game Saturday.
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State wants help fighting potato blight
AUGUSTA — Much of the state’s seed potato supply for this year is infected with blight and the state has asked the federal government for an emergency exemption to make an effective but expensive toxic seed treatment available to farmers.
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Senate hopefuls debate
PORTLAND — The four Democrats who want to be Maine’s next U.S. senator traded arguments Saturday about health care, foreign policy, the national debt and other issues during the first formal debate of the primary campaign.