BIDDEFORD — Southern Maine Health Care’s Sports Performance Center and Maine Medical Partners Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Program will provide Certified Athletic Training Services for Global Premier Soccer Maine. In addition to providing medical coverage at all USL-2 home games, the staff will provide injury prevention, ACL education and nutritional seminars for U9-U23 GPS ME […]
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Maine canine a finalist in World’s Ugliest Dog Contest
Molly Horgan of Falmouth was scrolling through photos of dogs available for adoption when she saw a tiny pup with bug eyes, raggedy ears and a tongue that is always hanging out. “I saw this tiny little dog who didn’t have any teeth or a lower jaw,” she said. “It was love at first sight. […]
Chris Pratt, Katherine Schwarzenegger announce marriage
Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger were married over the weekend in a ceremony that the “Guardians of the Galaxy” actor called “intimate, moving and emotional.” Pratt announced the nuptials Sunday in an Instagram post accompanied by a photo of the couple walking hand-in-hand. He said they were married Saturday “in front of God, our families […]
Murder trial begins Monday for man charged in sheriff deputy’s death
A jury will soon decide what happened on a dark Norridgewock road in the early hours of April 25, 2018. The trial begins Monday for John D. Williams, who is accused of killing a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy that night. Cpl. Eugene Cole, 61, became the first Maine police officer fatally shot in the line […]
BIW’s next destroyer to be named after Coast Guard war hero
The next Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer built at Bath Iron Works will be named after a World War II hero. Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer said in a statement that the DDG 132 will be named in honor of Coast Guard Capt. Quentin Walsh, who was awarded the Navy Cross for his service […]
Vandals take 120 whoopie pies in Skowhegan Lions Club break-in
SKOWHEGAN — A reported break-in at the Skowhegan Lions Club booth at the town’s fairgrounds has the group disheartened by a mess that had been left Sunday morning in exchange for several boxes of missing whoopie pies. John Youney, a director of the club, said the break-in is believed to have happened overnight Saturday and […]
Jimmy Carter, after hip surgery, back teaching Sunday school
ATLANTA (AP) — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter talked about his recent health setback and his conversation with President Donald Trump, as he returned to teaching Sunday school in Georgia for the first time since breaking his hip. Carter told people gathered at the Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains that he and his wife, Rosalynn, […]
US carrier in Persian Gulf region sends clear signal to Iran
ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (AP) — Under a starry sky, U.S. Navy fighter jets catapulted off the aircraft carrier’s deck and flew north over the darkened waters of the northern Arabian Sea, a unmistaken signal to Iran that the foremost symbol of the American military’s global reach is back in its neighborhood, perhaps to […]
La Kermesse Franco-Americaine Festival nearing
BIDDEFORD — Franco-American tradition is at the heart of Biddeford’s La Kermesse festival, even more so this year with a new French-Canadian Cabin du Sucre (Sugar Shack), live music by Sylvain’s Acadian Aces and La Famille LeBlanc, and a La Kermesse pageant with a Memere, or French grandmother, category. La Kermesse kicks off with a […]
MSK students host springtime Thanksgiving dinner for seniors
KENNEBUNK — Proving that good things come to those who wait, the Middle School of the Kennebunks hosted a springtime Thanksgiving dinner last week for seniors and community members. The Middle School of the Kennebunks hosted its annual community Thanksgiving lunch on Wednesday, May 29. While the luncheon is traditionally held in the fall to […]