‘Incredible’ student on small Maine island wins scholarship to set sail for her dreams

Kassandra Hopkins is the first Mainer to earn the Annenberg rural school trust recognition, a scholarship worth $250,000.

Update: Strong crosswinds cause Fryeburg plane crash

“The wind picked him up and spun him around and drove the front end into a ditch,” said Police Chief Philip Weymouth.

Borders’ final chapter unfolds

SOUTH PORTLAND — Pardis Delijani strolled out of Borders bookstore at the Maine Mall on Tuesday afternoon carrying two study manuals for the Law School Admissions Test.

A political science and pre-law major at the University of Maine, she plans to take the test in October and hopes to attend the University of Maine School of Law.

Unlike many of her peers, the 21-year-old Portland resident wouldn’t think of taking an LSAT course online to prepare for such an important test.

“I could never study from a computer like that,” Delijani said. “I still need books to hold and read and write on when I’m studying.”

Antifreeze must now contain bitter-tasting agent

The agent to be added by manufacturers is denatonium benzoate, which is considered the most bitter chemical available.

Borders’ liquidation sales could start Friday

The chain, based in Ann Arbor, Mich., is scheduled to seek approval Thursday in federal bankruptcy court that would allow the company to be sold to liquidators.

Falmouth board reviews computer-use policy

Two school principals’ emails that endorsed local candidates raise concerns.

Ex-corporate attorney has a recipe for success in growing mussels

Peter Stocks’ plan mixes Maine’s reputation with his Casco Bay-grown bivalves.

Easel does it, raising $45,000

The Wet Paint Auction for the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust is propelled by 30 artists, each creating a piece in one day.

Janet Ledoux set up her wooden easel and began painting at 6 a.m. Sunday.

That’s when the light was right to capture the seaweed-covered rocks off Trundy Point. The Biddeford artist rendered the rocks in thick strokes of cadmium yellow and alizarin crimson.

“If you’re a plein-air painter, it’s really all about the light,” Ledoux explained. “I prefer to paint very early in the morning or very late in the afternoon. When the light is strong overhead, it bleaches everything out.”

Motorcycle crashes on 295 in Freeport

The rider was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Obama names head of new consumer agency

Richard Cordray most recently served as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s enforcement division and is a former attorney general of Ohio.