VASSALBORO — The former site of the controversial topless coffee shop on Route 3 might soon hold a self-storage business.
Posted inNews
FEMA budget means losses to Maine food pantries
Two Maine Democrats are lobbying the Obama administration to change a federal emergency food and shelter program funding formula that they say has produced disproportionately large cuts for Maine because it discriminates against heavily rural states.
Posted inSports
Perry’s quick goals boost Nokomis
NEWPORT — Megan Perry scored two goals 1 minute and 22 seconds apart as Nokomis defeated Oak Hill, 4-0, in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B girls soccer game Thursday afternoon.
Posted inSports
NHL: Jagr’s 1,600th point helps Flyers beat Bruins
BOSTON (AP) — Jaromir Jagr returned after three years in Russia and scored his 1,600th career NHL point on Thursday night, leading the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over Boston and spoiling the Bruins’ Stanley Cup banner-raising celebration.
Posted inSports
LOCAL ROUNDUP: Perry’s quick goals boost Nokomis
STAFF REPORT
NEWPORT — Megan Perry scored two goals 1 minute and 22 seconds apart as Nokomis defeated Oak Hill, 4-0, in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B girls soccer game Thursday afternoon.
Posted inNews
SNAPSHOT: Runaway Truck
RUNAWAY TRUCK: Eric Olsen gets out of his truck while attempting to dislodge it from a support pole at an apartment building after the unoccupied vehicle rolled down Veterans Court in Waterville and ran into the building Thursday. Olsen said he needed a large jack to separate the truck. “I looked out of my house […]
Posted inSports
HOCKEY: Pirates’ parent team looking to build from ground up
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — The Portland Pirates open the regular season on the road Saturday night against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: Unbeatens ready for showdown
Leavitt and Mt. Blue aren’t complete strangers. In recent years, when Mt. Blue was in the Pine Tree Conference Class A division, the teams would meet in the preseason. Now that they both play in the PTC B, that preseason contest has been scrapped.
Posted inSports
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Colby ready to get 1st win
It’s a chicken or the egg argument. Is the Colby College defense last in the New England Small College Athletic Conference in points allowed because it’s faced powerful offenses in Trinity and Middlebury, or are the Bantams and Panthers the top two scoring teams in the league because they’ve faced Colby?
Posted inSports
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER: Panthers closer, but can’t pin 1st loss on Bangor
WATERVILLE — Emily Smith scored her first varsity goal, lifting unbeaten Bangor to a 1-0 win over Waterville on Thursday at Webber Field in an Eastern Maine Class A girls soccer game.