PORTLAND — The Portland Sea Dogs are headed for a fourth straight losing season.
September 2012
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Monmouth wins opener
MONMOUTH — Russell Neal scored an unassisted goal with 23 minutes left in regulation to break a tie and lift the Monmouth Academy boys soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Mountain Valley in a Mountain Valley Conference game Saturday morning.
Those helping write virtual school policy positioned to profit from it
Stephen Bowen was excited and relieved.
Lack of rain stunts Maine’s potato crop
Last summer, Maine potato farmers were dealt too much rain, which led to blight and rot.
First marijuana festival attracts 200 people
PORTLAND — Josh Johnson, a horticultural student at Southern Maine Community College and sales associate at the High Tech Garden Supplies store in Portland, was one of the big hits at Saturday’s medical marijuana festival.
Kennebec Journal police log and arrests: Sept. 1, 2012
At 7:53 p.m., police responded to a report of a hit-and-run accident at Bond Street and Mount Vernon Avenue.
Well-respected community member at center of prostitution scandal
THOMASTON — Mark Strong Sr. lives in an 1800s-era sea captain’s home on Knox Street, halfway between Thomaston’s small downtown and the St. George River. He grew up in the house, which has been in his family for years. His wife, Julie, sells antiques from an attached barn.
TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Mother Nature messes with routine
There is nothing like playing a football game. Before each game, you practice and plan for a week. Details are studied, then they’re studied again. From the second you step off the field at the end of one game, you’re slowly building yourself back up for the next one.
Dames doing good: Women offer free hugs in Portland
Looking for a free, no-strings-attached hug from a middle-aged woman? Deering Oaks is the place to be Saturday. Carol Hasbrouck and Joyce Claflin of St. Petersburg, Fla., will be there from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., arms open. Why did they come all this way to give hugs? Well, that’s not the only reason they […]