BIDDEFORD — Lindsay Dearborn of Portland made the dean’s list for the first semester at the University of New England in Biddeford. she is a 2010 graduate of Deering High School.
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Rawson completes WPI research project
WORCESTER, Mass. — Briana Rawson of Fairfield, a junior majoring in biology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, recently completed an intense, hands-on research project in Melbourne, Australia. The project was titled “Examining Parents’ Responses to CSIRO Holiday Science Activities.”
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Williams earns dean’s list status
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Anaise Marie Williams, a sophomore majoring in cell and developmental biology at the University of Rochester, was recently named to the dean’s list for academic achievement for the fall 2010 semester.
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ON BASKETBALL: Blodgett didn’t take responsibility for program
I have one question left I did not get to ask Cindy Blodgett on Thursday in the news conference she threw two days after being fired from the University of Maine.
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April Fools’ storm knocks out power, sends cars off roads
The April Fools’ storm dumped heavy, wet snow across central Maine, sending vehicles skidding off slick roads and knocking out power to thousands of customers in the region Friday.
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MORNING SENTINEL GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Pelletier led Messalonskee tourney run
The offseason wasn’t what Megan Pelletier was hoping for. But the actual season was her best so far. Pelletier was the center of a controversy when she transferred from Winslow to Messalonskee last summer before her junior year. She shook off all of that and led the Eagles from the No. 8 seed to the Eastern A championship game.
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Change is hated, but state will be better for it
As much as we hate change, Maine citizens walked into the polls last November and flushed. After decades of Democratic dominance in this great state, it had become painfully clear to the majority that fiscal and social incompetence could no longer be tolerated. Last in this, last in that, we’d become the little engine that […]
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Bill’s passage will let Dechaine prove innocence
Thank God, after all these years, someone is finally doing something about Dennis Dechaine asking to have a DNA test. Rep. John Martin, D-Eagle Lake, has crafted a bill to consider a trial for Dechaine using the DNA testing he has been asking for to prove his innocence. It is hard to believe that the […]
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More trimming needed in SAD 68 budget
STRONG — Despite having cut teaching positions, administrators and funding for programs last year, School Administrative District 58 faces similar cuts again to deal with its current budget hole.
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MAINE COMPASS: Clearing Up the Mud
As the snow begins to melt, many of us soon will hear the sounds of spring peepers and wood frogs calling around vernal pools — unique natural areas that have garnered much attention and confusion this legislative session.