AUGUSTA — Mental health patients who have committed violent criminal acts could be moved out of their group home in the Glenridge Drive neighborhood and back onto property next to the Riverview Psychiatric Center.
February 2013
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HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Local athletes have high expections for New Englands
Seven of the area’s top wrestlers are set to test themselves against other elite athletes today and Saturday at the 49th Annual New England Interscholastic Wrestling Championships.
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SNAPSHOT: The cribbage crowd
Roland Nault, left, moves a peg while playing cribbage with Lou Turmelle, Peter Bernier and Lorette Beland on Tuesday at the Buker Center in Augusta. There is a weekly cribbage session for seniors there every Tuesday from noon to 3 p.m.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Ouellette plays big role for Forest Hills
Derick Ouellette is not as big as you may think he is. The way he plays the low post, the Forest Hills High School senior doesn’t have to be 6-foot-5. He doesn’t even have to be his listed height of 6-1.
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SPRING TRAINING: Lackey labors as Sox rout Pirates
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Boston’s Jon Lackey retired the Pittsburgh Pirates on eight pitches in the first inning. Then he labored through a 35-pitch second inning.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: Pearson, Lancaster important pieces for Richmond
The Bobcats hope for a half-court game to neutralize Washburn’s pressure defense. Alyssa Pearson and Ciarra Lancaster will be instrumental in that strategy. The two are bookends to 6-foot center Jamie Plummer, who has scored over 1,000 points in her career and is capable of taking over a game on her own.
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Too dangerous to live in, China town officials decide fate of vacant home
CHINA — A family living in what town officials considered dangerous quarters has moved to Mount Vernon, leaving the town to decide what to do with the mobile home and two outbuildings on Fire Road 60.
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Ex-wife sues in Albion construction fatality
AUGUSTA — The ex-wife of a man killed in an Albion construction accident last May has gone to court seeking an unspecified amount of damages from the owner of the company that was doing the work.
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Longtime Fairfield police chief resigns following leave
FAIRFIELD — Police Chief John Emery has resigned from his position, effective Friday, following an extended administrative leave.
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The winter storm that wasn’t
The storm that was predicted to drop several inches to a foot of snow on central Maine Wednesday was, well, kind of a flop.