MONMOUTH — For the first half and the better part of the second, the Madison girls soccer team bottled up Monmouth junior striker Kylie Kemp as good as anyone this season.
October 2012
MLB: Farrell in for Red Sox
BOSTON — John Farrell strode easily into the press conference at Fenway Park, confidently held up a Boston Red Sox jersey, and officially took the reins of a team in need of repair.
AUTO RACING: Earnhardt Jr. team hires Lanpher to drive
When the phone call for his son came last summer, Scott Lanpher laughed it off as a prank from one of his friends.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER: Mt. Blue moves on
WATERVILLE — It’s been five years since the Mt. Blue High School girls soccer team won a playoff game. That made the Cougars 3-1 win over Waterville in the Eastern Class A quarterfinals on Tuesday afternoon sweet. That the win came against a team the Cougars have struggled against for years made the smiles on the faces of the Mt. Blue players a little wider.
Man threatens to blow up Augusta Rite Aid store
AUGUSTA — A brief standoff between police and a man who reportedly robbed a city pharmacy and then barricaded himself in the bathroom ended peacefully Tuesday.
Epic storm could form, soak Halloween
A storm of potentially epic proportions that is brewing in the Caribbean could ride the jet stream and rocket up the East Coast next week, bringing scary weather to Maine just in time for Halloween.
Lobster roll lunch a success in Waterville
WATERVILLE — The Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers continues to use crustaceans to help Maine kids. The organization recently announced the fourth annual Lobster Roll Lunch, held Oct. 12, raised $5,000 to support the Christmas Program. The program distributes boxes of gifts and clothing to approximately 1,600 financially disadvantaged children throughout the state.
Two men, 14-year-old girl arrested in Waterville break-in, assault
WATERVILLE — Two men and a 14-year-old girl who later was found with a knife in her bra were arrested late Monday after they reportedly broke into an apartment on Water Street and assaulted three people there.
Man sought in Wilton home invasion
WILTON — Police are searching for a man who fled the scene of a reported home invasion Monday night.
FDA correcting list of pharmacies affected by fungal meningitis outbreak
The government is correcting a customer list for the specialty pharmacy at the center of a national fungal meningitis outbreak.