CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Blowing away a record-breaking field of 746 runners, 30-year-old Evan Graves from Caribou won the 30th Annual Sugarloaf Marathon on Sunday in 2 hours, 33 minutes and 6 seconds. Meredith Freimer, 33, from Portland took home the women’s title with a time of 3:07:59.
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Bee Gees’ Robin Gibb dies after long cancer battle
He and his brothers helped define the disco era, creating dance classics that included ‘Stayin Alive,’ ‘Jive Talkin’ ‘ and ‘Night Fever.’
Beckett, Saltalamacchia lead Red Sox over Phillies
Josh Beckett pitched 7 2/3 strong innings and Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a three-run homer to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 5-1 win Sunday.
For first time in 25 years, UMaine system may not increase tuition
The system’s trustees meeting Sunday and Monday in Bangor are reviewing an operating budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Bath Iron Works machinists ratify new contract
The union, which represents 3,200 workers, overwhelmingly ratified a four-year contract Sunday that includes a signing bonus, raises and increased pension contributions from the company.
Protesters disrupt Tony Blair’s speech at Colby graduation
Police said the protesters shouted phrases like ‘warmonger’ and ‘war criminal,’ and one was arrested.
Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing dies at 60
270 people died in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am Flight over Lockerbie, Scotland — one of the deadliest terror attacks in history.
LePage picks 2 Portland chefs for Louisiana Cook-Off
Melissa Bouchard and her assistant, Clifford Pickett, both of DiMillo’s on the Water, will represent Maine at the Great American Seafood Cook-Off in New Orleans this summer.
Maine seeking butterfly surveyors
The Maine Department of Wildlife is going to offer butterfly identification training next month in hopes of expanding its statewide survey.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg weds longtime sweetheart
A day after the historic Facebook IPO, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status Saturday to “married.”