WATERVILLE — L.L. Bean’s iconic all-weather boot now has a set of all-weather tires.
July 2012
Oakland teen paddles down 2,350 miles of the Mississippi River
Like many kids his age, 17-year-old Benton Purnell, of Oakland, spent the bulk of his summer listening to audio files through his headphones.
Reporting Aside: Watergate news technology, 40 years on
That was one of the lines we found most humorous in the film.
From generation to generation at the Pittston Fair
PITTSTON — Tod Lavoie has been to the Pittston Fair every year for as long as he can remember. It became a tradition with his parents that Lavoie now carries on with his own children.
Olympics: Easy does it for women’s eight
Eleanor Logan moves a step closer to another gold medal as her team advances to the final.
AUTO RACING: Theriault wins at Beech Ridge
SCARBOROUGH — Austin Theriault of Fort Kent earned his first American Canadian Tour win, in a rain- shortened race at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway on Saturday.
Original owner of Tobey’s General Store dies at 89
BRANCH MILLS — The former owner of a well-known South China store died Saturday of complications resulting from a broken bone.
NASCAR: Johnson wins 4th Brickyard
INDIANAPOLIS — Jimmie Johnson fondly recalls watching the Indianapolis 500 as a kid in California, rearranging the couch cushions so he could pretend he was sitting in a race car.
BABE RUTH SEBALL: Central Maine rebounds to stay alive
WINOOSKI, Vt. — The Central Maine 14-year old Babe Ruth all-stars held off elimination, defeating Dedham, Mass. 12-2 on the second day of the New England regional tournament.
Reporting Aside: Watergate-era news technology, 40 years on
This summer is the 40th anniversary of the scandal that ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon and we thought it apropos to watch the 1976 movie “All the President’s Men” again.