For the teams the Valley boys basketball team crushed during its 101-game win streak, the choice was simple. Get better or get beat.
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‘Improper passing’ led to head-on Fairfield crash, police say
A husband and wife from Madison were taken to the hospital Friday night after their van collided head-on with a car that apparently was trying to improperly pass other vehicles on Middle Road in Fairfield.
Warmer temperatures bring relief to South
But over 300,000 are still without power, many of them in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
With no crowds, Louvre gets rare chance to refurbish
Before the pandemic, 30,000-40,000 people visited each day.
Central Maine grandparents embrace role as educators during pandemic
Grandparents have been pressed into service to provide childcare and teaching help during the coronavirus pandemic, when parents have to work and education has shifted to remote models.
Sidelines: A tournament week lost for Maine high school basketball
Having no state basketball tournament to cover this year felt weird, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Suspected hypothermia deaths mount
More than a dozen people perished in homes that had lost their heat, and most of those were in Texas.
Biden declares major disaster in Texas as federal aid flows
At least 69 deaths across the U.S. are blamed on the blast of unseasonable weather.
Bay State man killed in Maine snowmobile crash
Ryan Ducharme, 34, of Spencer, Mass., died when his snowmobile crashed into trees Friday night in Franklin County, the Maine Warden Service says.
Downward trend continues with 147 new COVID-19 cases in Maine, 2 deaths
In another sign that conditions are improving, the seven-day positivity rate average of coronavirus tests has declined to 1.2%, the Maine CDC director says.