August 2013
HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK: Tigers expecting successful season
After a few seasons with low participation numbers, the Gardiner Area High School field hockey team will have more players out when it begins practice this morning for the upcoming season.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK: Panthers ready to take on B teams
The Waterville girls and boys soccer teams will play in Class B this season after playing up a class in Class A for eight years.
NASCAR: Logano holds off Harvick for crucial win
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Joey Logano gave Ford a Sprint Cup sweep in Michigan — and enabled team owner Roger Penske to celebrate a victory in his home state.
KEVIN THOMAS ON BASEBALL: Rodriguez not Yankees only problem
BOSTON — Alex Rodriguez fielded a simple ground ball during batting practice and, based on the whirring sound of countless cameras, you would have thought it was a moment to be forever remembered.
LOCAL AUTO RACING ROUNDUP: Timmons wins Beech Ridge feature
SCARBOROUGH — Following a restart, Bobby Timmons III outlasted Evan Beaulieu to win the NASCAR Nite Pro Series 40-lap feature at Beech Ridge on Saturday.
MMA: White wants to bring UFC to Maine
BOSTON — Part-time Mainer and UFC President and CEO Dana White says he’s working on bringing the world’s premier mixed martial arts fighting organization to the Pine Tree State.
EASTERN LEAGUE: Couch pitches complete game to lift Sea Dogs
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Behind a complete-game gem from starting pitcher Keith Couch, the Portland Sea Dogs topped the Harrisburg Senators, 2-1, in front of 3,749 fans at Metro Bank Park.
Body removed from home in Lebanon
State police say there is nothing suspicious about the man’s death.
Man injured by polar bear returns to Maine
Matthew Dyer, who spent three weeks in a Montreal hospital after the attack, is scheduled for jaw surgery Monday.