The UNE women’s basketball team celebrates after defeating Regis College 75-62 for The Commonwealth Coast Conference championship on Saturday. The Nor’easters move on to play in the NCAA Division III tournament this week. Bottom: UNE forward Katie Diggins cuts down the net after the Nor’easters defeated Regis College 75-62 Saturday to win The Commonwealth Coast […]
March 2010
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OOB downtown to receive facelift for summer season
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — A makeover of the downtown is now underway, thanks to the help of a Community Development Block Grant. Last year, the town received $150,000 for facade improvements, which has been distributed to nine local business owners and the Libby Memorial Library. The funds are federal money transferred from the Department of […]
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Baldacci applauds storm response
ALFRED — Officials from Central Maine Power are working to get power back to all Mainers by tonight. Yesterday, at a briefing at the York County Emergency Management Agency office, CMP President Sarah Burns said the company planned to restore power to all of its customers by tonight, although she said weather conditions could make […]
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My daughter and my boundaries
Columnist ELIZABETH REILLY “And when she wraps her hand around my finger, how it puts a smile in my heart. Everything becomes a little clearer, I realize what life is all about. It’s hanging on when your heart has enough. It’s giving more when you feel like giving up. I’ve seen the light in my […]
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Baldacci applauds storm response
York County Emergency Management Director Bob Bohlmann shows pictures of storm damage to Gov. John Baldacci Sunday at a briefing at the York County Emergency Management Agency office in Alfred.
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Our View: Non-citizen voting is not a local issue
If the rules are really going to change, the city’s charter is not the way to change them.
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Hospital safety: Comparing data can help – and mislead
With information such as infection rates, it’s best to look at similar hospitals, health officials say.
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Tales of the quake: ‘I saw stars shooting across my window’
Survivors of the Chilean earthquake tell harrowing stories of what happened when the quake struck.Survivors of the Chilean earthquake tell harrowing stories of what happened when the quake struck.
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World/Nation Dispatches, March 1, 2010
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Authorities look for suspect in Anchorage mall shooting Police on Sunday were looking for a suspect in a shooting at an Anchorage mall who may have been wearing a wig and fake mustache when a 29-year-old man was gunned down outside a barber shop. Police said Edwing Matos was shot multiple times at […]
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Marines, Afghans to stay on in Marjah
MARJAH, Afghanistan – More than 2,000 U.S. Marines and about 1,000 Afghan troops who stormed the Taliban town of Marjah as part of a major NATO offensive against a resurgent Taliban will stay several months to ensure insurgents don’t return, Marine commanders said Sunday. Two Marine battalions and their Afghan counterparts will be stationed in […]