WINTHROP — Winthrop Middle School has announced its first-trimester honor roll. EIGHTH GRADE — High honors: Angel Abbott, Olivia Audet, Morgan Beland, Jada Choate, Kennedy Connor, Emma Conrad, Celeste Hannum, Julie McConnell, Tyler Nussinow, Anthony Owens, Kelsey Stoneton and Adrienne Tracy.
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LePage joins United Way in heat aid appeal
AUGUSTA — In the face of deep cuts to federally funded heating assistance, Gov. Paul LePage joined a group of charitable organizations Friday to kick off the Keep ME Warm fundraising initiative.
Dead River buys up Bangor company
The largest petroleum products distributor in northern New England is buying the home heating oil division of another fuel company in Maine.
John Finnegan is Business Person of the Year
AUGUSTA — John Finnegan started as a secretary working on the cheap to get his foot in the door at Macomber, Farr & Whitten.
Farm trust saving land
AUGUSTA — Maine Farmland Trust has reached the 30,000-acre mark in its campaign to preserve 100,000 acres of farmland.
Father’s, police accounts about polygraph differ
WATERVILLE — The father of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds took a polygraph exam shortly after she disappeared, but neither he nor the police will say how he did.
20 will lose jobs in Monmouth plant closing
Newark Paperboard Products employees learned Friday that they will be out of work within the next two months.
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Winslow recovers to win
WINSLOW — Winslow scored just one point in the first quarter, then rallied to pick up a 62-50 win over Lincoln Academy in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B game Friday night.
BOXING: Ali still the Greatest as he celebrates his 70th
“Rumble, young man, rumble,” used to be his battle cry. But Muhammad Ali is an old man now, ravaged by his years in the ring and his decades of braving Parkinson’s disease. The voice that used to bellow that he was “The Greatest” is largely muted now, save for those times in the mornings when he is able to whisper his thoughts.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Rams stop Indians
SKOWHEGAN — You can look at the game-by-game results, even study the box scores. But until you see the Cony girls basketball team play, you don’t realize how physical the Rams are.