CAPE ELIZABETH — Lincoln Jordan pulled a rectangular wire basket from a display tank inside the family vegetable stand at Alewive’s Brook Farm Wednesday morning.
Glenn Jordan
Glenn Jordan joined the Portland Press Herald in 1994 to cover the fledgling Portland Sea Dogs. A native of Vermont, he studied philosophy in college and worked at two newspapers in New Hampshire and one in Connecticut before moving to Maine. He spent his first two years of marriage living in the keepers quarters of the Portland Head Light and has three grown children. In addition to baseball, he has covered nearly every sport played in Maine, from biathlon and curling to running and sailing. Currently he works part-time and can be found near cross country trails in fall, swimming pools and ski slopes in winter and tennis courts in spring. All other times, he’s probably on a pickleball court. He is a two-time USA Pickleball national medalist (silver and gold) and played for both the Austin Ignite and Indianapolis Drivers in 2023, helping Indy win the inaugural National Pickleball League championship over Austin in a league for senior pros aged 50 and over.
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An unexpected surge in ‘shedders’
Soft-shell lobsters are showing up much earlier than usual in a season that some say is affected by the mild winter and warmer ocean temperatures.
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Cape Elizabeth 8th grader wins Google design contest
Isabel Robertson’s drawing of a sun-drenched forest earns her a trip to New York City and a shot at a $30,000 college scholarship. Her school could win a $50,000 technology grant.
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14-year-old youth reigns as state chess champ
CAPE ELIZABETH — The King of Maine is a kid.
For the first time in the 54-year history of the Maine State Chess Championship, the championship plaque went home with someone who has yet to enter high school.
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BOSTON MARATHON: Falmouth’s Piers 1st American female
BOSTON — Inside a church off the Hopkinton town green Monday morning, Joan Benoit Samuelson encountered Falmouth’s Sheri Piers, who was preparing to run her first Boston Marathon as a masters competitor in what promised to be record-breaking heat.
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Marube becomes first African to win Maine’s Patriot Day 5-miler
Moninda Marube, of Kenya, won the 83rd annual Patriots Day 5-miler by more than a minute, finishing in 25 minutes, 14 seconds.
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Class B girls’ swimming: Greely pools talent for title
The Rangers receive contributions from throughout the team and reclaim the state championship from Mt. Desert Island.
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Class A Wrestling: Marshwood takes down the field
The Hawks have four individual winners while capturing their first state championship in Class A.
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Class B boys’ swimming: Finish is kick for Greely
The Rangers all but clinch the title in the trials, then go all out in the finals to dominate the field.
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Charter school would focus on STEM learning
The director of a proposed charter school in Portland has no students, but he does have a theme: