The region’s top two teams will clash Saturday, after Boothbay stopped Traip Academy and Winthrop eliminated Old Orchard Beach.
February 2020
Portland man arrested in connection with weekend stabbing in Old Orchard Beach
Akram Ibrahim has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon.
MLB notebook: Ortiz says Fiers ‘looking like a snitch’ in Astros cheating
Former Red Sox star David Ortiz wonders why Mike Fiers didn’t disclose Houston’s cheating while he played for the Astros.
Town hopes updated ski trail will increase year-round access, safety to Kate Furbish Preserve
The new access point and planned trail improvements, identified as a priority need in 2013, will include the removal of existing trees and chain link fencing, as well as an 8-foot-tall protective cedar fence, wooden guardrail, new tree plantings and a trailhead kiosk. A parking proposal is expected later in the year.
Phippsburg adds free vaccination clinic to rabies remediation plan
Norm Warner, Phippsburg’s animal control officer, said animals infected with rabies won’t display symptoms for two weeks to six months. Once an animal begins showing symptoms it’s too late to treat, and the animal will die.
Portland girls party like it’s 1999, move on to regional final
Bulldogs race past Bangor in semifinals, 54-42. Oxford Hills looms.
Girls’ basketball: Portland in regional final for first time since 1999
The second-seeded Bulldogs turn back Bangor to earn a showdown with Oxford Hills in the Class AA North final.
Lisbon hopes to paint the town in new public art push
Proponents say art will help revitalize downtown areas.
Coronavirus-infected Americans flown home against CDC’s advice
In all, 328 Americans disembarked from the ship in the early hours of Monday, including 14 who tested positive for the virus.
Girls basketball: No. 1 Oxford Hills eliminates wounded Windham
One of the Eagles’ top players went down with an injury in the first quarter and it was all Vikings after that in a 54-31 win.