FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Stars will host the U10 and U12 Babe Ruth State Championship on Friday and Saturday at Prescott Field (behind Narrow Gauge Cinema). On Friday, two games start at 4 p.m., and on Saturday, games start at 8 a.m. and go until 6 p.m. Admission is $3 per person per day; children younger than 12 are free.
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MORNING SENTINEL BOYS TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Senior’s sweep helps Panthers to title
Isaiah Spofford lined up for the 200-meter dash at the Class B state championship meet as an underdog to Will Wegener of Falmouth.
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Major tomato grower in Madison names new president, CEO
MADISON — The largest New England greenhouse grower of vine-ripened tomatoes has a new president and chief executive officer.
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Make-A-Wish event includes road race
OAKLAND — The PFBF, CPAs half-marathon and 5K Run-or-Walk will be 8 a.m. Sunday in Oakland, rain or shine. The event is open to the public and registration is $35, which benefits the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine. The event will also include food and refreshments along with awards and prizes for runners.
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Snowe ahead in funds raised
WASHINGTON — Scott D’Amboise, a Republican primary challenger to three-term U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, raised $117,394 during this year’s second quarter, according to his campaign.
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Morning Sentinel police log: July 7, 2011
IN ATHENS, Monday at 2:32 p.m., police were called to assist another agency on the Valley Road. Someone was taken to the hospital.
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Suspect in Skowhegan damage linked to West Athens fight
SKOWHEGAN — A West Athens man who reportedly was at a bloody brawl at the Fourth of July parade in that town was arrested Wednesday morning in Skowhegan following another bloody fight, according to police.
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Brown makes dean’s list
PRINCETON, N.J. — Ryan Brown of Rome, a music education major, was recently named to the dean’s list at Westminster Choir College of Rider University.
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WOMEN’S WORLD CUP SOCCER: Miscues catch up to U.S. in group play
WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — Lisa Dahlkvist converted a penalty, Nilla Fischer scored on a free kick and Sweden beat the Americans for the first time in World Cup play on Wednesday, a 2-1 victory that forces the U.S. to play Brazil in the quarterfinals.
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‘Freedom to’ and ‘freedom from’ religious beliefs
Religious freedom has two dimensions. The first is “freedom to…,” as in being free to worship in our own way the God of our own choosing. The other dimension is “freedom from…,” as in being free from having someone else’s religious beliefs imposed on us against our will. Religious conservatives love that first dimension, but […]