The line of customers waiting to ship packages and holiday cards from Portland’s main post office Tuesday night stretched from the service counter to the outer lobby. On Monday, the line went all the way out the door.
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Photo: What off season?
A surfer walks on the beach while enjoying bright sunshine at Higgins Beach in Scarborough on Tuesday.
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Photos: Holiday helpers
The Portland Corps of the Salvation Army began distribution of its Christmas assistance packages Tuesday.
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Girls’ roundup: Wells’ late comeback beats Freeport
WELLS — Kelly Beisswanger’s two free throws with 25 seconds left Tuesday night completed a huge comeback that lifted Wells to a 45-44 victory against Freeport in a Western Maine Conference schoolgirl basketball game. The Warriors (4-1) used a 20-8 run in the fourth quarter to pass the Falcons (2-2). After Jeni Wallingford’s second 3-pointer […]
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Girls’ basketball: Scarborough 46, Windham 44
Scarborough keeps on winning while it keeps on learning a new coach’s way of doing things.
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Photo: MaineToday Media, guild sign contract
MaineToday Media, Inc. has signed a new labor agreement with Portland Newspaper Guild Local 128, which represents more than 200 employees at The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. Above, the company’s chief financial officer, Pat Sweeney, left, signs papers with guild officials Tom Bell, right, and Greg Kesich. MaineToday’s board of directors authorized signing of […]
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Boys’ basketball: Falmouth on target in big test
Some timely shooting and clutch defense lift the Yachtsmen over Yarmouth, 46-42, in a battle of unbeatens.
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Photo: Beginning to see the lights
Rabbi Moshe Wilansky, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Maine, gets help from firefighter Keith Jordan Tuesday evening as he lights the shamosh after lighting the first lantern on the menorah in front of Portland City Hall, signifying the start of the eight days of Hanukkah.
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Bulletin Board, Dec. 21, 2011
Maine Elite Lacrosse will hold a 12-week full-field seven-on-seven program for high school girls’ lacrosse players at the Riverside Athletic Center in Portland from 5 to 6 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 2 to March 19. The cost is $200. For more information, visit: www.maineelitelacrosse.com .
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Two more Earth-like planets discovered
In a milestone hailed by scientists as a key step toward finding another Earth-like world, astronomers Tuesday announced the discovery of two blazingly hot planets roughly the size of Earth some 950 light years distant. The discovery “demonstrates for the first time that Earth-size planets exist around other stars, and that we can detect them,” […]