LYMAN — The details and financial commitment for a plan that would increase staffing at the Goodwin Mills Fire Department was unveiled at a public hearing Tuesday night, to mixed reaction. An advisory committee has been working for about a year on a plan that would make the Goodwin Mills Fire Department a municipal department […]
March 2010
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Bates bites UNE lacrosse
Steve Smith of UNE (15) fires a shot at Bates goalie Adam Scharff, during an interconference contest in Lewiston, Tuesday. Bates won the game, 18-3. (DAN HICKLING/Journal Tribune)
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Bates bites UNE lacrosse
LEWISTON — The UNE men’s lacrosse team ran into its first stumbling block of the season last night against non-conference opponent Bates College. Facing a 49-22 shot disadvantage as well as ball control troubles, the Nor’easters dropped to the Bobcats 18-3. The loss moves the Nor’easters to a 1-2 record so far this season, all […]
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Column: French and Creole related, but different
Columns about the French language generate interesting feedback. Father Richard Bertrand is a Franco-American Jesuit priest who lives in Portland. He offered expert advice about the Creole and the French languages spoken in Haiti. Bertrand grew up in Biddeford speaking French. He attended Boston College where he earned a master’s degree in French. Later, he […]
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Feature Obituary: Schuyler Steele, 51, hung his shingle on a boxcar
ANSON – When Schuyler Steele got interested in a subject, he exhausted it. If Gen. George Armstrong Custer hit his radar, he’d read book after book on him. Or he’d go through everything on the psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich. Or you could find him with a comic book in his hands, or a treatise by St. […]
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From just down the road, and heading for the top
Kit Smith of Brunswick is one of the leaders of a Bowdoin hockey team in the NCAA tournament.
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Westbrook residents, church vie for parking
The Catholic diocese and city officials are trying to develop more spaces near St. Anthony’s church.
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College Roundup: UConn adds to its title haul
HARTFORD, Conn. – Kalana Greene scored 15 points to help top-ranked Connecticut rout No. 9 West Virginia 60-32 Tuesday night for its 72nd straight win and 16th Big East women’s basketball tournament championship. The Huskies (33-0) have won five of the last six conference tournament titles and enter the NCAA tournament unbeaten for the fifth […]
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D.C. same-sex couples wed
At least a dozen partners marry in the district, which joins five states where gay people can legally say ‘I do.’
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Major League Roundup: Top draft selection impressive in debut
VIERA, Fla. – Stephen Strasburg contended with some nerves and location issues during his spring-training debut Tuesday. Other than that, he was pretty impressive. Strasburg threw two scoreless innings in the Washington Nationals’ 9-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers, responding well to the hoopla surrounding his first exhibition start. “There was a lot of adrenaline […]