WINTHROP — Bruce Brooks applies a fresh coat of white paint on the 50-yard line, takes a few steps back and wipes the sweat from his brow.
August 2012
Romney’s convention speech focuses on job anxiety, national pride
TAMPA, Fla. — Republican Mitt Romney has a message for the millions of Americans who voted for Democratic President Barack Obama: It’s OK to be disappointed.
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUPS: Poulin’s 2 goals lift Black Raiders past Black Bears
WINSLOW — Ciera Poulin scored a pair of goals as Winslow defeated Maranacook 4-0 in the opener for both teams in Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B field hockey action Thursday.
Maine delegates turn out for Romney speech
TAMPA, Fla. — Maine Republicans gathered in Tampa on Thursday night to hear GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney tell voters across the nation what they insist they already know: that he has the business skills, political acumen and personal drive to turn the country around.
NFL: Belichick ponders cuts to Pats’ roster
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — It took the New England Patriots just 10 days to lose three exhibition games. Now coach Bill Belichick is pondering who played well enough to make the team.
HORSE RACING: Bartlett back to race at Windsor
Jason Bartlett is coming home to the Windsor Fair this weekend to “kind of relax.”
Officials moving in on feral cats
Saco authorities are looking to remove a colony of feral cats in and around Camp Ellis.
Mosquitoes focus of biologist’s work
Sherrie Juris is on the front line of a small army of people the state of Maine has assigned to gather information on specific diseases where they often appear first: in mosquitoes.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: A guide of games to watch
Your Friday nights are valuable. You don’t want to drive all over central Maine, only to watch a bad high school football game. That happens, all you have for your trouble is a long drive home and a soggy hot dog burning a hole in your stomach.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: McCabe on comeback trail
Winslow native John McCabe, a redshirt freshman linebacker at the University of Maine, had surgery to repair a torn meniscus on Wednesday.