A familiar face will take over as the Thornton Academy baseball coach next spring.  Ray Petit, who served as an assistant coach for the past nine seasons, was officially named head coach for the Golden Trojans on Monday.  Petit will take ov More...

Ray Petit, whose hiring as Thornton Academy baseball coach was announced Monday, was a Thornton assistant, and is a veteran football official. He succeeds Greg Paradis, who stepped down after nine years on the job. More...

A federal judge has created a crisis in medical research with nothing more than a temporary injunction.  Lets hope the crisis itself is temporary. More...

I still treasure the memories of the two decades that elapsed between the end of my childhood and my reluctantly becoming an adult. More...

ERNEST BERNIER of Sanford, died Sunday in Sanford. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 1 at St. Thérèse of Lisieux Parish, St. Ignatius Church. More...