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12:02 AM

Class B and Class C Football: They sure liked the taste

YARMOUTH - It's amazing what success on the football field can do.

After managing to win one game in its first two varsity seasons, the Yarmouth High football team reeled off eight victories last year to advance to the Western Class C championship game.

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20100825_ShopTalk
12:00 AM

ShopTalk: Glass art by design

Q: Your jewelry has a unique design, how did you achieve that style?

A: When I first started, I just loved the simplicity of glass, and I really didn't want to take away from the beauty of the glass with my designs. I chose to just keep my pieces very simple and refined and really let the glass stand out.

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12:18 AM

Maine Voices: Democrats should not let GOP wipe out Obama's reforms

- SCARBOROUGH - Given what Democrats, be they moderates, liberals or progressives, are up against -- an absolute and clearly declared war on President Obama and his policies -- I have to ask what the party is doing in response.

The billionaires that make the millionaire talking heads like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck possible don't care what happens to the economy; they are going to make Obama and his programs -- which the people both want and need -- fail.

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12:35 PM

A college students' guide to
the best stuff and the most fun


Going to college is all about making hard choices.

Am I in the mood for pizza and beer or tacos and mojitos? Should I crack open a book on the beach or in the park? Should we go dancing at the disco place, or go see a band at the blues bar?

For those of you beyond your college years, thank your stars you are no longer faced with such quandaries. But for those of you still trudging your way through a post-secondary course of study in southern ...
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Photo contest: Week 1 winners announced

Winners for week 1 are available online. It's time to vote for your favorite entries in our weekly photo contest. Winners will be published on Monday,  September 6th.  You also can enter photos now for Week Three of the contest now.

 

News Updates

Top Stories

9:58 AM

Two men charged with having 101 pounds of pot

The two men were reportedly arrested at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on I-95 in Old Town.

2:02 PM

Falmouth crash on I-295 stalls traffic

Police reported multiple cars involved in a crash in the northbound lanes of the interstate at mile marker 9.

Two push for a bridge platform for jumpers

Several ideas for a structure to keep kids out traffic are deemed either not sound or too costly.

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Crews get ready as Hurricane Earl aims for Maine

State and local responders gather supplies and devise shelter plans in case the storm has a major impact.
NC declares state of emergency ahead of Earl

3:30 PM

Windham death now ruled suspicious

Police are searching the property off Route 302 where David Harmon's body was found Tuesday night.

1:43 PM

New England braces for Earl's wind, rain

A hurricane warning has been issued fo, including Cape Cod and the Islands. A tropical storm watch is in effect from Hull, Mass., to Eastport, Maine.
Camden Windjammer Festival cancels many events
SMAA cross country relays cancelled

1:14 PM

Portland a top option for ferry to Maritimes

Nova Scotia officials are eager to resume a cruise-type service that had linked the regions until 2004.

Life & Culture

A college students' guide to
the best stuff and the most fun

Sports from the Press Herald

 Black Bears face challenging opener

Maine will be put to the test by an Albany team that rallied from a 16-0 deficit for a win last year.

Nation & World

Police: Discovery Channel hostages planned escape

Police had been negotiating with James Jae Lee for several hours and intended to keep him talking for as long as it took to safely resolve the standoff at the Discovery Channel's headquarters. Inside the lobby, Lee's three hostages had no intention of waiting. As the two Discovery employees and a security guard got ready to make a bre ...

News from the Kennebec Journal

McDonald pleads guilty to murder

AUGUSTA -- Kenneth McDonald, on trial this week in Kennebec County Superior Court for the 2009 killing of his mother, abruptly pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of murder.

News from the Morning Sentinel

Lake George cool down

Jackson Davis, 6, dashes into Lake Goerge in Skowhegan to escape the heat Thursday.

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Weekly entertainment planner: where to go and what to do.

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