Taylor Malar is doing that now for the University of Maine men’s hockey team. Makar scored his first career hat trick Friday night, leading Maine to a 4-1 win over Vermont in front of an Alfond Arena crowd of 4,

When Charyl Reardon needs to charge her electric vehicle quickly, she has to leave her home in New Hampshire’s White Mountains region and drive 65 miles south on the interstate highway until she reaches the capital city of Concord. For those like Reardon, a resident of the Lincoln Woodstock community in northern New Hampshire, this kind of routine is not uncommon. Public charging stations for electric vehicles, or EVs, are scarce in rural parts of the state. Compared to the rest of New England, which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, the Granite State has lagged in its rollout of public EV infrastructure. “They’re kind of sprinkled along parts around the White Mountains,” said Reardon. “You don’t often see fast chargers by any means.”

The Black Bears can solidify their No. 2 spot in Hockey East by sweeping Vermont this weekend. Maine Trust for Local News sports columnist Travis Lazarczyk is a voter in the U.S. College Hockey Online men’s poll.

Maine’s ski industry is reinforcing the importance of maintaining safety measures that are designed to protect riders after a series of chairlift incidents in neighboring states, including a fallen lift in New Hampshire and a rescue in Vermont.

They held up pro-Ukraine signs on the route that the vice-president and his family were expected to take to go skiing.

The Epilepsy Foundation New England is teaming up with Sugarbush Resort and Vermont Adaptive Ski to provide access to skiing for all.

Josh Nadeau, Nicholas Niemo and Owen Fowler also scored for Maine (21-6-5, 13-4-5 Hockey East), which is assured of finishing first or second in the Hockey East standings. The fifth-ranked Black Bears have two games remaining, at UMass next weekend.

Crowds protesting Vice President JD Vance the day after an Oval Office blowout over Ukraine lined roadways Saturday near a Vermont ski resort where he planned to vacation with his family

The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Makar is the younger brother of Cale Makar, the Norris Trophy-winning defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche and former Hobey Baker winner as college hockey’s top player at UMass in 2019. Taylor spent the first three years of his college career at UMass, before transferring to Maine this season for his senior year.

ORONO - No. 5 Maine men's hockey got their final home weekend of the regular season started with a 4-1 win over Vermont on Friday night.

Saturday’s victory marks the third time in four years that the Eagles have won the NAC Championship. It is also their 10th title since 2009.

Vermonters should brace for delayed traffic and protests with Vice President JD Vance and his family coming to the Green Mountain State to ski.