NEWPORT — Marissa Shaw and Leah Edmondson were such a huge part of Nokomis field hockey that it’s strange to see the Warriors without them. With both gone to graduation, Nokomis is showing signs that it will still be competitive this season.
2012
Waterville police station will cost $25K less than predicted
WATERVILLE — The city will pay $100,000 for a lot at Colby Circle where a new police station will be built.
Kennebec County Superior Court: Sept. 4, 2012
AUGUSTA — A number of people were sentenced Tuesday in separate hearings held in Kennebec County Superior Court:
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER: Bangor starts quick in win over Waterville
WATERVILLE — Ali Boulier scored two goals in the first half to lead Bangor to a 5-1 win over Waterville in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A game Tuesday afternoon at Webber Field.
State’s Medicaid battle now a court case
AUGUSTA — Maine’s standoff with the federal government over an estimated $20 million in Medicaid cuts has escalated to a court battle.
Trash-to-liquid could be in Augusta first
AUGUSTA — The city’s Hatch Hill landfill could be home to a first-in-the-country operation that converts trash into liquid fuel.
Pentagon says SEAL memoir has classified information
WASHINGTON — A former Navy SEAL’s insider account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden contains classified information, the Pentagon said Tuesday, and the admiral who heads the Naval Special Warfare Command said details in the book may provide enemies with dangerous insight into secretive U.S. operations.
Skowhegan lawmaker to promote rural Maine jobs at Virginia trade forum
SKOWHEGAN — State Rep. Jeff McCabe will meet with international trade negotiators this weekend to discuss import tariffs he says are critical to the survival of the Maine footwear industry.
Farmington reroutes school buses to avoid erosion-threatened road
FARMINGTON — A slowly developing project to save a road increasingly threatened by riverbank erosion may be the only one of its kind on the East Coast.
COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Thomas will rely on youth
Thomas College field hockey coach Andrea Thebarge has 14 newcomers on her team, and she’s already making sure some of them play key roles.