In Focus: Lottery, snow and football

Posted March 21, 2013, at 1:48 p.m.

Maine State Lottery tickets.

Gabor Degre | BDN

Maine State Lottery tickets. Buy Photo

An overturned plane rests in the middle of Miller's air field on Wednesday, March 20, 2013.

Carter F. McCall | BDN

An overturned plane rests in the middle of Miller's air field on Wednesday, March 20, 2013.

Hanging baskets, which are big Mothers Day sellers, get going at the Frugal Farmers greenhouse in Buxton Wednesday.

Troy R. Bennett | BDN

Hanging baskets, which are big Mothers Day sellers, get going at the Frugal Farmers greenhouse in Buxton Wednesday. Buy Photo

The calendar may say it's the first day of spring, but Mainers may need to wait until the latest round of snow has been cleared before they can pull out their bikes.

Julia Bayly | BDN

The calendar may say it's the first day of spring, but Mainers may need to wait until the latest round of snow has been cleared before they can pull out their bikes. Buy Photo

A prospect touches the line during a drill at the University of Maine's NFL pro day workouts on Wednesday, March 20, 2013.

Carter McCall | BDN

A prospect touches the line during a drill at the University of Maine's NFL pro day workouts on Wednesday, March 20, 2013.

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Joseph Urtuzuastegui applies the finishing touches to a Sonoran hot dog in the El Corazon food truck parked on Spring Street Wednesday. The $2.50 item comes topped with bacon, cheese, pinto beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, mayo and mustard.

Portland food trucks on a roll; city on board with mobile eateries

Bangor's Jordan Treadwell pitches during the game against Lawrence in Bangor Monday.

Sixth-inning rally carries Bangor baseball past Lawrence

Wally Henderson, #155, races in the late model division race at <a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2013/05/19/sports/auto-racing-sports/emma-libby-15-overcomes-ruling-to-win-sport-4-race-at-speedway-95/">Speedway 95</a> on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

In Focus: Speedway 95, 500 help search for Nichole and South Bristol boats

A red fox and her five kits have been exploring the area around their den near the north branch of the Dead River in Eustis recently. Photos courtesy of Dave Small

Fox and kits entertain in Eustis

Thalia Eddyblouin, 13, stirs a can of paint in the Maine Maritime Museum's boat shop in Bath on Friday.

With or without unconstitutional prayer, students work to finish boats in time for launch

<a href=”http://bangordailynews.com/2013/05/17/news/penobscot/elver-fishermen-flocking-to-the-penobscot-river/”>Search and rescue volunteers and Maine wardens</a> search woods along Hudson Road in Glenburn on Friday for any clues about missing 15-year-old Nichole Cable.

In Focus: The search for Nichole, elver fishing, logging expo

Kim Latour, of Legacy Property Sotheby's International Reality's Brunswick office, shows a house on Back Narrows Road in in Boothbay on Thursday. Latour said she's seen an upswing in home sales of late, with some properties selling within hours of going on the market.

Aggressive out-of-town buyers swarm midcoast real estate market

Brewer's Emily Gilmore (right) slides to third base, beating the tag by Oxford Hills' Jordyn Sanborn during the game in Brewer on Friday. Gabor Degre / BDN

Brewer softball blanks Oxford Hills with wind-blown doubles, defense

Jen Sinsabaugh of Naples, a member of Wilderness Rescue Team, goes through an area of woods off of Hudson Road on Friday with about 25 other people searching for clues leading to missing 15-year-old Nichole Cable.

Search continues for missing Glenburn teenager

The CARA program, Criminogenic Addiction Recovery Academy, at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility was started in 2010 to address the criminal thinking associated with drug addiction. Participants in the program are habitual offenders and come from jails across the state. They are segregated from the general population and placed in their own unit for five-and-a-half weeks. They are expected to adhere to a strict set of rules and participate in extensive group therapy and class work that addresses the root of their substance abuse.

Kennebec County creates drug rehab program ‘to find something that works’

Vince Neil and the Motley Crue backup singers entertain the crowd at the first 2013 Waterfront Concert series show on the Bangor Waterfront on Thursday.

Bangor ‘Shouts at the Devil’ as Motley Crue rolls into town

John Bapst pitcher Nolan Webber pitches against MDI on Friday at Husson University.

Burns, Webber power John Bapst baseball team past MDI

A Maine Department of Transportation worker watches as a truck carrying a 286-ton electrical transformer across a bridge in downtown Searsport on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Central Maine Power was moving the transformer from a cargo ship in Searsport to a new substation in Windsor. The journey is expected to take until Thursday and include several stops to reinforce bridges. Maine state police, local law enforcement, and the Maine Department of Transportation coordinated to ensure the passage of the massive transformer and the 16-axle truck that carried it.

286-ton transformer draws stares on long, slow journey to Windsor

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