SKOWHEGAN — One thing Messalonskee pitcher Devin Warren is never going to worry about is defense. With brothers Sam and Jake Dexter at shortstop and second base, and Travis St. Pierre at third, Warren is not afraid of his pitches being put in play.
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Harvard student missing after night in Old Port
Portland police continued a grim search for a missing Harvard Business School graduate last seen near the waterfront of the city’s Old Port nightlife district.
ON THE GREEN: Augusta CC wins another team title
The Augusta Country Club team of Mark Plummer, Jim Quinn, Tom Bean and Jason Gall won its fourth Team Club Championship on Sunday at Belgrade Lakes.
Anti-bullying, concussion bills get late pass
AUGUSTA — An anti-bullying bill that was set aside last year and a National Football League-backed measure to prevent concussions in school sports are among the bills that won final passage in the waning hours of Maine’s legislative session and awaited Gov. Paul LePage’s signature Monday.
Maine lumber company branches out overseas
CASCO — Hancock Lumber is going far afield to find its next customer — 6,600 miles to Japan.
MLB: Red Sox Ross could miss 6-8 weeks
BALTIMORE (AP) — Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington says outfielder Cody Ross has a broken bone in his left foot and could be sidelined 6-8 weeks.
Schneider won’t oppose ruling on unlimited corporate spending
Maine Attorney General William Schneider’s office said Monday he would not be joining counterparts in 22 other states and the District of Columbia in a legal gambit to limit the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, which lifted many restrictions on corporate campaign spending.
ACLU to Sanford school: Stop single-gender classes
PORTLAND — The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is demanding that the Sanford school district stop offering single-gender classes, arguing that the program appears to be based on gender stereotypes in violation of federal law.
Operation Endgame
CHICAGO — President Barack Obama and leaders around the globe locked in place an Afghanistan exit path Monday that will still keep their troops fighting and dying there for two more years, acknowledging there never will be point at which they can say, “This is all done. This is perfect.”
D’Amboise distances himself from other Republicans
Scott D’Amboise has little regard for what he calls the Maine Republican Party establishment. The party establishment, it seems, has little regard for him.