WATERVILLE — On a miserable, rainy day, the field hockey game between Mt. View and Waterville was moved from Waterville Senior High School to Thomas College. Mt. View sophomore Kersey Boulay probably wouldn’t have minded if the game had been postponed, or perhaps moved to a dome.
October 2012
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Fighting through the pain for 1 more year
ORONO — Kris Enslen won’t lie. He thought seriously about hanging it up this summer, calling it quits on a collegiate football career that had become a literal grind, a bone against scar tissue grind inside a knee that twice required surgical repair.
HIGH SCHOOL GOLF: Messalonskee playing its best heading into states
The Maranacook golf team is hoping to contend for the Class B team title at Saturday’s high school team championships at Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro. Based on the conference qualifier, also held at Natanis, the Black Bears will be among the favorites.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Freshman gets nod at QB
Colby College is committed to freshman quarterback Justin Ciero, coach Jonathan Michaeles said.
Bill Nemitz: Mayor should reconsider where ‘trouble always starts’
Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald needs to get out more. Starting with a short trip to Maine’s largest city . . .
Shots tied to fatal meningitis went to facilities in 23 states
Thousands who received injections for back pain may be at risk from fungus-tainted steroid solution.
Free birth control dramatically lowers abortion, teen birth rates
A study tracks more than 9,000 women in St. Louis from 2008 to 2010.
Williams earns Stephen E. Walsh Scholarship
WATERVILLE — HealthReach Community Health Centers recently awarded the Stephen E. Walsh Memorial Scholarship to Jenna Williams, a University of Maine in Farmington sophomore, majoring in community health.
UMA to hold open house Oct. 16
AUGUSTA — The University of Maine at Augusta will hold open house for prospective students and families from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the Michael Klahr Center on the UMA campus.
Norridgewock to openwarming center soon
NORRIDGEWOCK — The First Congregational Church of Norridgewock has closed its cooling center.