When Maranacook boys soccer coach Don Beckwith prepares for the season, that includes the postseason, too.
August 2012
Kennebec County Superior Court sentencing
AUGUSTA — Several people were sentenced in separate hearings Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court.
Maine Paul supporters admit defeat, take stock
AUGUSTA — Some Ron Paul supporters, acknowledging defeat within their own party at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., returned to Maine on Wednesday, and others planned to duck the big crowning events.
Annual Apple Fest 5K set for Sept. 29
MONMOUTH — The Friends of Cumston Hall will host their fourth annual Apple Fest 5K at 8 a.m. Sept. 29.
Spectrum Generations offers free financial fraud seminar
HALLOWELL — Spectrum Generations will offer a free seminar, “Outsmarting Financial Fraud and Elder Abuse,” from 9 to 11 a.m. Sept. 10 at the William S. Cohen Community Center.
WWC offers free New Ventures training program
AUGUSTA — Women, Work, and Community will offer a 12-week training program, New Ventures, at the University of Maine at Augusta Gannett Building on Water Street.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER: Quirion sisters are Cony’s triple threat
Together, Cony High School triplets Hayley, Emily and Lindsey Quirion have a combined weight of an average NFL lineman. But don’t underestimate them.
ABOUT THE MOVIES
“Celeste and Jesse Forever” A young married couple who met in high school find themselves on the verge of divorce but have trouble extricating themselves from each other’s lives. With Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg. 91 minutes (R)
‘The Well-Digger’s Daughter’ sweet to the last drop
At the center of Daniel Auteuil’s astonishing summer film, “The Well-Digger’s Daughter,” is that eponymous daughter herself, the stunningly beautiful Astrid Berges-Frisbey. Try to find a name like that on the marquee of a blockbuster 3D fortress, even though, there she was tucked away in the credits of “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.”
Ryan: Romney ready to tackle ‘tough issues’
TAMPA, Fla. — Seizing the Republican National Convention spotlight, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan promised Wednesday night that Mitt Romney “will not duck the tough issues” if he wins the White House this fall and their party will move forcefully to solve the nation’s economic woes.