It’s likely a coincidence that Julie Boucher’s best year as Oak Hill softball coach this season is also her last.
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Search is on for biggest tree in Maine
FARMINGTON — Some people look at a big oak tree in the backyard and see more than just a source of shade.
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Methadone bill signed
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage has signed into law a bill aimed at keeping truckers off the road if they’ve taken methadone.
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MLB: Youkilis replaces A-Rod on All-Star team
Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Shane Victorino became the latest All-Star scratches, further threatening to turn baseball’s big show into the All-Scar game.
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MLB: Sox fight, rout Orioles
BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz homered in Boston’s eight-run first inning, then got into a bench-clearing brawl with Baltimore reliever Kevin Gregg as the Red Sox routed the Orioles 10-3 on Friday night.
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AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Augusta earns 10th win of season
AUGUSTA — Zac Lachance pitched a complete game and Augusta pounded out 12 hits on its way to a 14-2 win over Madison in a Zone 2 American Legion baseball game shortened to five innings by the mercy rule Friday.
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STILL LIFE: No one hurt in car fire — and valuable property recovered
Kade Smith, 14, background, celebrates on Friday afternoon as his friend Philip Owen, 14, holds up a hackysack ball he salvaged from his mother’s car, which caught fire on Interstate 95 in Burnham, according to Clinton Police Chief Craig Johnson.
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AHL: Weinrich will work for Sabres
Eric Weinrich will get a new position with the Buffalo Sabres that won’t require him to uproot himself or his family from Maine. The former NHL veteran defenseman and Portland Pirates assistant coach confirmed Friday that he will work as a regional scout and take on other assignments for the Sabres.
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Space shuttle goes up, up and away one last time
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — With a cry from its commander to “light this fire one more time,” the last shuttle thundered into orbit Friday on a cargo run that will close out three decades of both triumph and tragedy for NASA and usher in a period of uncertainty for America’s space program.