February 2020 – Page 206 – The Portland Press Herald

Indoor Track, Sports, Swimming, Varsity Maine

Varsity Maine Spotlight: Brady Fluet, Greely

by Glenn Jordan February 10, 2020February 10, 2020

A junior, Fluet decided to take his first plunge into high school sports this winter – in swimming and indoor track.

Sports, Varsity Maine

Varsity Maine Honor Roll: Feb. 11, 2020

by Staff Report February 10, 2020February 10, 2020

These were among the top performances by high school athletes in southern Maine last week.

Business, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report

Bill calling for secrecy in marijuana industry divides cannabis community

by Penelope Overton February 10, 2020February 11, 2020

The industry is split over efforts to keep marijuana license details secret, but opposes a bill that would drive up the price of edibles, salves and tinctures.

Forecaster Sports

Mt. Ararat cross country star earns Gatorade Award

by Michael Hoffer February 10, 2020

Lisandro Berry-Gaviria makes history in the process.

Local & State, News, Schools and Education

Portland middle-schooler wins Cumberland County Spelling Bee

by Patrick Horne February 10, 2020February 10, 2020

Rose Bolduc, a seventh-grader at Lincoln Middle School advanced to the Maine State Spelling Bee by spelling ‘attributive’ in the 21st round.

Cops & Courts, Local & State, News, Times Record

Woolwich man indicted in accident that killed skateboarder in Portland

by Dennis Hoey February 10, 2020February 11, 2020

Ernest M. Patti will face as much as 5 years in prison if he’s convicted of leaving the scene of the accident last summer in which Wayne Harwood was killed.

Health, Nation & World

Drugs fail to slow effects of inherited Alzheimer’s disease

by MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer February 10, 2020February 10, 2020

Two experimental drugs have failed to prevent or slow mental decline in a study of people who are virtually destined to develop the disease because of rare gene flaws.