SEATTLE (AP) — The final estimate shown on the video board said Josh Reddick’s go-ahead homer went 393 feet.
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Commercial shrimping might face restrictions
PORTLAND — One of New England’s last open-access commercial fisheries could be closed to new participants as regulators look at new ways to manage the region’s shrimp fishery, a restriction that some fishermen fear will harm their ability to make ends meet in the winter.
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Bonny Eagle grad involved in piracy rescue
A 2006 Bonny Eagle graduate who joined the Navy right out of high school found himself in the midst of a dramatic piracy rescue early last month off the coast of Yemen.
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Sentenced for NPR threats
PORTLAND — A Cumberland County man who threatened to kill the hosts of a National Public Radio show was sentenced to 46 months in prison in U.S. District Court on Friday.
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Pine Tree Legal stresses aid for military, their families
PORTLAND — Pine Tree Legal Assistance is beefing up its efforts to help military service members, veterans and their families in Maine by providing them with user-friendly legal information.
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Progress is measured in many ways
READFIELD — A loud beeping cut through the chatter at the Readfield Historical Society’s annual Wine and Cheese Social.
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Gamble for China revenue ends in deficit
PORTLAND — A school district in northern Maine that sought out Chinese students to help boost its enrollment and its finances fell far short of its ambitious goal of bringing in 60 students.
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Man fell, died on Appalachian Trail
CARRYING PLACE TOWNSHIP — The body of a New York man was recovered Friday along a remote section of the Appalachian Trail in northern Franklin County.
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For now, recession fears ebb
WASHINGTON — The economy might not be on the brink of another recession after all.