ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury and Josh Reddick homered and the Boston Red Sox rallied from an early three-run deficit against All-Star James Shields to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-5 on Saturday.
Term ‘green grocer’ has taken on new meaning
The doors on the refrigerated cases at Rosemont Bakery and Market on Brighton Avenue in Portland contain energy efficient glass that doesn’t require heat to keep them from fogging up when opened.
MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Movies’ lasting power
WATERVILLE — Actor Malcolm McDowell was quick to point out that the Mid-Life Achievement Award given to him Saturday during the 14th annual Maine International Film Festival was not a “mid-life crisis award.”
Morning Sentinel police log: July 17, 2011
NORTH ANSON — A resident of Campground Road was arrested Friday morning on drug charges following a search warrant at his home.
Determined Americans have made believers of many
FRANKFURT, Germany — The bumpy, windy road got the Americans right where they wanted to go all along.
Number of civil cases in state see sizeable increase
Yet another side effect of the struggling economy is the burden it puts on Maine’s court system.
Analysis: Maine hitting marks it should
An analysis released last month by the National Institute on Retirement Security highlighted six elements of stable retirement plans. Maine has addressed all six, said Sandy Matheson, executive director of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System.
Backers of repeal target Election Day voter law
AUGUSTA — Leaders of the effort to repeal a new law eliminating Mainers’ ability to register to vote on Election Day are “cautiously optimistic” that they will succeed in getting the issue on November’s ballot.
HARLAN: Girlfriend bans her boyfriend from hanging out with the girls
When a guy has a girlfriend, why can’t he hang out with other girls? I have no intention of doing anything with these girls, but my girlfriend doesn’t like me spending time alone with female friends. What can I do to maintain female friends and still have a girlfriend? Is this normal?
J.P. DEVINE: When plans go ‘a-gley’
10 a.m. When I found it my heart sank. I couldn’t believe I was so careless. It died in my hands, whimpering like a fallen sparrow. Its face was white, bleached of color and shiny wet. It made a sound much like that of the dying E.T. I was heart broken … sort of.