AUGUSTA – David Flanagan likes to think of himself as a familiar feature of Maine’s political landscape. But the ex-Central Maine Power chief executive may face a preliminary identity crisis among voters as he plots his independent bid to become Maine’s next governor. Speaking with… Read More
Ricky Craven has had his share of ups and downs. But the NASCAR Winston Cup driver from Newburgh now finds himself at a crossroads. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i… Read More
Too often, a team’s success is measured by how its season ended. The University of Maine baseball team shouldn’t get bogged down by its early elimination from last week’s America East Championship. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
AUGUSTA – Stalemated budget negotiators with the Maine House and the governor’s office will ponder their dwindling options this week in the shadow of a new and resolute “supersized” Maine Senate. Gov. Angus S. King’s entrenched positions on the state’s $5 billion, two-year budget won… Read More
ORONO – University of Maine hockey coach Shawn Walsh was watching a videotape Wednesday afternoon as he prepared to board the bus for the Centrum in Worcester, Mass., for his team’s NCAA Eastern Regional Tournament first-round game against Minnesota Friday night at 8:30. “I love… Read More
BURLINGTON, Vt. – The season ended in defeat Thursday for the University of Maine women’s basketball team. The eight Black Bears, who had endured numerous setbacks on their way to a 12-16 record, had failed in their bid to challenge for the America East title. Read More
ORONO – When the 2000-2001 season began, most fans of the University of Maine women’s basketball team weren’t thinking much about whether the Black Bears would be making a seventh straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. Instead, the question was more along the lines of,… Read More
ORONO-Over the past four months, John Giannini has watched his team reach impressive peaks in wins over Big East upstart Providence and America East heavyweights Drexel and Delaware (twice). His University of Maine men’s basketball team has also confounded him in losses against Vermont, Northeastern,… Read More
ORONO – Nobody has appeared in more Hockey East Tournament championship games over the past 14 years than the University of Maine Black Bears, who have done so 10 times. Maine’s aspirations to qualify for the 12-team NCAA Tournament for the 11th time in 15… Read More
AUGUSTA — The Legislature has five days, starting this morning, to enact a budget or face the “dreadful prospect,” as Gov. Angus S. King put it, of shutting down state government for the second time in four years. By midnight Friday, the state will need… Read More
COMMENTARY AUGUSTA — Whether the timing of a statewide vote on expanded Sunday sales affects the outcome of the referendum itself, it also could have an impact on both the Democratic and Republican primaries for the 1st Congressional District nominations. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More