This year’s squad is dominated by juniors and seniors.
July 2019
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Baseball: Trejyn Fletcher, Deering
The Deering High senior batted .455 this spring and struck out 41 batters in 20 innings before being selected in the second round of the Major League Baseball draft.
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Posted inSoftball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Softball: Bella Dickinson, Scarborough
Pitching, hitting or fielding – the junior was the focal point of the Red Storm’s Class A championship team.
Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Baseball: 2019 Varsity Maine All-State team
Pitchers were dominant this season and many of the state’s best earned a spot on this year’s squad.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Summer labor crunch hits Maine businesses hard
Many restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions are going short-staffed this season, and the lack of qualified employees is reverberating in other sectors.
Posted inSports
More pump tracks coming to Maine – more proof that mountain biking is hot
These skills courses, which are roughly the size of basketball courts, foster better bike-handling aptitude and offer fun on two wheels.
Posted inMaine, News
Out-of-state vehicle registrations a growing business for Maine
Maine doesn’t prohibit nonresidents from registering cars here, and a growing number are taking advantage of the state’s relatively low $35 registration fee, even if it means breaking the law in their home state.
Posted inOp-Eds, Perspective
Maine re-asserts its leadership in environmental priorities
Maine is one of the birthplaces of the environmental movement, and, under Gov. Janet Mills and a Democratic Legislature, the state is rightly re-asserting its primacy in this all-important field of political, social and scientific endeavor. In its last session, the Legislature passed a series of laws comprising an ambitious program designed to promote recycling, alternative […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Marc Thiessen: Megan Rapinoe’s anthem protests hurt the fight for gender equity
WASHINGTON — Nike has withdrawn a new Independence Day-themed shoe featuring the Revolutionary War-era flag after former NFL quarterback and Nike-endorser Colin Kaepernick complained that the flag was a symbol of the slave era, according to the Wall Street Journal. Nike offered a lame excuse that it had removed the shoe from retailers because “it […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Joan Villani: Manufactured crisis?
Does anybody remember when President Trump was accused of creating a manufactured crisis at the southern border by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Chuck Schumer and social media? The reality is that he was denied the funds needed to help with that very real crisis. Now, all of a sudden it is all his fault. Those […]