The annual Maine Agricultural Trades Show will run through Thursday.
2013
SNAPSHOT: Hooked on smelting
Grace Peters, right, unhooks a smelt Sunday while fishing with Roger Cahoon, center, and Jim Earle Sr. at Baker’s Smelt Camps. The winter angling shacks, rented by the tide, have emerged from Merrymeeting Bay to Randolph on the Kennebec River. The migrating fish are “really running now,” Baker’s Smelt Camps owner Mike Baker said.
Ravens advance in AFC playoffs
Anquan Boldin sets a franchise record for receiving, including the winning TD, as Baltimore beats Indianapolis 24-9.
Sources: Obama to nominate Hagel as Pentagon chief
Chuck Hagel is a decorated Vietnam combat veteran and a former Nebraska senator.
Hearing may be ‘mini-trial’ in Colorado theater shootings
A weeklong preliminary hearing starts Monday for James Holmes who is charged with killing 12 people and injuring 70 by opening fire in a theater in Aurora last July.
Colts coordinator Bruce Arians hospitalized
The Colts’ offensive coordinator is in the hospital with an undisclosed illness and will miss Sunday’s playoff game against the Ravens.
Hot time for sled dog racers
Westbrook’s winter festival draws dozens of competitors ‘itching’ for some good snow to speed across.
Maine constitutional officers to take oaths
Maine’s constitutional officers are elected by the Legislature, instead of by voters.
Sen. Angus King appears on ‘Meet the Press’
Angus King, in a round-table discussion, said President Barack Obama should call a group of people together and start negotiating the best way to cut spending and raise revenues.
Pirates in holding pattern, waiting for roster changes
It’s too soon to know how many players will get promoted, but at least a few will head to Phoenix.