It’s been a year since Bethanie Brown finished second at the Class B cross country state championship meet. Since then, the Waterville senior has pulled away from the pack, bettering her 5K times of last year by more than a minute this fall.
October 2012
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Pittsfield Halloween promises to scare, ‘a-maze’
PITTSFIELD — Rolling eyeballs and dangling spiders; severed hands and feet; a ghoulish woman in a wooden casket and a live person hanging from a makeshift gallows.
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Bill Nemitz: Linda Bean evokes Hitler in rant on Obama
Is Barack Obama comparable to a man who helped murder 11 million people? One Maine lobster-roll saleswoman says “yes.”
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Hampden a challenge for Waterville
A couple of times this week, the Waterville Senior High football team practiced on the artificial turf at Colby College, the same surface they’ll play on when they face Hampden Academy tonight in the Pine Tree Conference Class B quarterfinals.
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Deer population on upswing as hunting season starts
Firearm season opens for Maine deer hunters Saturday, and biologists predict the prospect of tagging a deer will be better than in recent years following a mild winter last year.
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1,000-plus treated in Maine with products from tainted Mass. pharmacy
More than 1,000 patients at Maine medical facilities have been treated with products that were recalled by a Massachusetts pharmacy after a steroid injection was linked to a meningitis outbreak that has killed 24 people and sickened hundreds more.
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UMF kicks off Trash Day, TerraCycle
FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington’s Trash Day recently kicked off its annual event with the official launch of the innovative, international TerraCycle program on the UMF campus. Sponsored by UMF’s Sustainable Campus Coalition, Trash Day’s goal is to raise awareness about recycling and waste reduction on campus making it a fitting introduction of the new TerraCycle program.
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Retired teacher challenges incumbent District 18 senator
Sen. Tom Saviello, R-Wilton, is seeking re-election to continue what he says has been positive work for the constituents of District 18. His Democratic challenger from Rangeley, Joanne Dunlap, said she disagreed with many of her opponent’s votes in the last session. Senate District 18 is among the largest legislative areas in the state — […]
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Titcomb Mountain plans ski sale
FARMINGTON — The Farmington Ski Club will host its 30th annual ski sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 3, at Mt. Blue High School. There will be more than 2,500 items including downhill and cross-country skis and boots, snowboards and other winter recreation items. There will also be four ski shops with new equipment.
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OUR OPINIONS: Budget deficits, budget gaps just not the same
Maine governors balance budgets. That’s as true for Paul LePage as it was for John Baldacci. And it was true for Angus King.