The defensive-minded Ramblers have built an offensive juggernaut as well; Good stuff from both Spruce Mountain teams; Individual standouts in both boys and girls hoops.
2020
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Anti-Trump audience shares views on impeachment with Sen. King
Hundreds turn out at Bowdoin College for a ‘listening session’ about the divisive trial of the president that is about to conclude.
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Baked bean suppers: A timeless Maine tradition
Not surprising, the community dinner Saturday at Randolph United Methodist Church included baked beans.
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Downeaster reports record-breaking ridership in 2019, partly due to expansion of Brunswick, Freeport schedule
Officials are still moving ahead with the Coastal Connection pilot extending service from Brunswick to Rockland, but the sale of the Central Maine and Quebec Railway has delayed the project yet again.
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Bath Police acquires first hybrid vehicle
The Bath Police Department has purchased its first hybrid vehicle; a 2020 Ford Explorer Limited Hybrid. “As the City begins to look at our carbon footprint, we should be looking at ways to reduce it,” said Chief of Police Michael Field in a news release. “By purchasing a hybrid police vehicle, we believe it will […]
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Two men safe after ATV goes through ice on pond in Warren
A Knox County sheriff’s sergeant is being hailed as a hero for jumping into the water to rescue one of them.
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Leonard Pitts: The obvious goes unsaid
Surely you remember the “basket of deplorables.” That was Hillary Clinton’s 2016 characterization of some Donald Trump supporters. Observers saw it as a major gaffe, and conservatives erupted in hot, “How dare you!” indignation at the idea there was anything deplorable about voting for a lying, racist, misogynistic, vagina-grabbing, deadbeat. Few people, if any, dared […]
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On this date in Maine history: Feb. 2
Feb. 2, 1915: Werner Horn, a German army lieutenant carrying out a sabotage mission on behalf of German officials in New York, plants a bomb on the Canadian side of an international railway bridge linking Vanceboro, Maine, and the village of St. Croix, New Brunswick. Canada was fighting Germany in World War I at the […]
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Do-it-yourself music makers dare to dream
In their own bedrooms and basements, inspired young songwriters in Maine have access to the high-tech tools and distribution outlets to blossom on their own terms.
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Best known as a muralist, Rufus Porter was much more
An exhibition at Bowdoin College reveals that the greatest accomplishments of the painter, who grew up in Bridgton, were in science and invention.