WASHINGTON — Images of angry mobs in Arab cities burning American flags and attacking U.S. diplomatic posts suggest the Muslim world is no less enraged at the United States than when President George W. Bush had to duck shoes hurled at him in Baghdad.
September 2012
Monmouth to vote on fireworks limitations
MONMOUTH — Voters will decide in November whether to limit fireworks use in town to certain days.
Births: Sept. 2-4
AUGUSTA — A daughter, Kaitlyn Marie Orr, was born Sept. 4 at MaineGeneral Medical Center, Augusta campus, to Pamela and James Orr of Augusta.
Police Report: Sept. 19-20
At 4:06 p.m., there was a shoplifting complaint at Shaw’s on Western Avenue.
FAST-PITCH SOFTBALL: Familiar faces get back on the field
Men’s fast-pitch softball makes a brief return to Augusta this Sunday as part of a birthday celebration for pitcher Colin Roy and a fundraiser for the Maine Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.
Cellphone distraction blamed for head-on crash in Whitefield
WHITEFIELD — A driver distracted by a cellphone is to blame in Tuesday’s near head-on crash involving a police cruiser on Townhouse Road that left two people injured, including a sheriff deputy, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY: Goalie steps up big in Waterville win
WATERVILLE — When the Waterville field hockey team assembled in the preseason, it was not only short on numbers, it was short on goalies.
As in, it didn’t have a goalie.
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Chamberlain leads Lawrence
LEWISTON— Alexis Chamberlain scored 1 minutes, 12 seconds into the first overtime as the Lawrence High School field hockey team beat Lewiston 1-0 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A game Thursday.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: He’s a STUDENT-athlete
WATERVILLE — On a Colby College football team full of smart athletes, John Gilboy is one of the smartest.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Colby’s Gilboy puts student in student-athlete
WATERVILLE — On a Colby College football team full of smart athletes, John Gilboy is one of the smartest.