February 2013
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COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Thomas men pick up win
WATERVILLE — The Thomas College men’s basketball team overcame a slow start to beat Johnson State 93-72 Friday night.
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ALLEN AFIELD: Snowmobiling spurs Maine’s winter economy
Most residents of this state have at least an inkling that snowmobiling spurs the winter economy, particularly folks in rural hamlets in northern and eastern Maine. They really get a firsthand view of this sport’s importance, as sledding crowds flock to local businesses.
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DAVE DYER: It’s a choice we make
Football players know, from the day they first step on the gridiron, that they were playing a dangerous sport. They made the choice to play.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Quarterfinal games to be streamed live
AUGUSTA — For the first time, boys and girls quarterfinal games of the Maine Principals’ Association high school basketball tournament at the Augusta Civic Center will be streamed live on the websites of the Kennebec Journal and the Morning Sentinel.
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HIGH SCHOOLS: Weather forces more changes
The KVAC A and B championship meets were postponed – and may be cancelled altogether — because of the Nor’easter that blasted most of the state Friday.
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Push for assisted suicide gains steam in six states
Bills legalizing assisted suicide are now being considered in Connecticut, Vermont and elsewhere.
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Arsonist pleads guilty to setting downtown Augusta fire, gets six months behind bars
AUGUSTA — A 24-year-old transient rescued by firefighters following a small blaze at Capitol Computers, Water Street, last April 14 pleaded guilty Tuesday to arson.
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Farmington District Court, Jan. 2 to Jan. 16, 2013
FARMINGTON — The following cases were closed from Jan. 2 to Jan. 16, 2013, in Farmington District Court.
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LUGE: Clukey finishes 2nd at Lake Placid
LAKE PLACID, New York (AP) — Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger clinched the overall luge World Cup title by beating American Julia Clukey by 0.295 seconds Friday at Mount Van Hoevenberg.