OAKLAND †When Barnstable Academy announced its prom king last month, the choice was the most unlikely of candidates: A former high school dropout who was so anxiety-ridden he spent the first half of high school holed up in his house.
Curlin ran Saturday's Stephen Foster Handicap the way Big Brown was supposed to run last week's Belmont Stakes but didn't. In fact, Curlin ran even better than Big Brown's unfulfilled expectations.Curlin, the reigning Horse of the Year, was giving away at least 10 pounds to each of his opponents as the 128-pound highweight in Saturday's $750,000 Churchill Downs feature. He was shrugging off the
If happy people drive you nuts, don’t take a number inside the Department of Motor Vehicles on West O, because Denise King works there behind a counter.
Portland’s first day-laborer hire site finally opened for business on Monday, amid both support and criticism over the city’s sponsorship of it. About 50 workers gathered at the small, fenced-in lot at the corner of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Everett Street,
OAK GROVE ACTION ALERT! Barbara Miller, the judge in the Memorial Stadium oak grove case, will announce her decision on Wednesday, June 18. So, after all these months, this is it!
New signing Tom Davis has vowed to bring some flair to the AFC Wimbledon midfield after being snapped up from Blue Square Premier outfit Lewes. Davis, a mainstay last season as the Rooks stormed to the Conference South title, arrived at Kingsmeadow two weeks ago for an undisclosed fee.
The King George Board of Supervisors postponed adoption of a proposed ordinance designed to govern all emergency services provided in the county, including the county volunteer organization, King George Fire & Rescue, Inc., and its members.