Sanford running back Shawn Goodrich (20), seen here carrying the football in Sanford during a game last fall, is one of eight local football players who have been chosen to play in the 2011 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic, to be held July 23 at Waterhouse Field in Biddeford. The Classic, now in its 22nd […]
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Nine area representatives make roster for Lobster Bowl
The rosters are finally set for the 22nd Annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic, and nine area representatives, eight players and one coach, will participate in the game as members of the West team. Among the players participating in the yearly high school football All-Star game is Nick Gagne of Biddeford, Dimitri Skinsacos of Thornton […]
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Fireworks delight hundreds in OOB
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — An early evening rainstorm wasn’t enough to stop spectators from flocking to Old Orchard Beach Monday night for the annual Fourth of July fireworks display. Crowds of people filled the town square and lined the streets downtown to get a good view of the show. While many chose to watch the […]
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High cost of low bids: Environmental, safety violators get stimulus contracts
PORTLAND — Federal stimulus funds funneled into Maine may have resulted in a reported 1,600 jobs and improvements to infrastructure all over the state. Since 2009, the federal government has awarded $1.4 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to public, private and nonprofit organizations throughout Maine. The largest awards went to projects for […]
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That first start is a memory now
South Portland’s Charlie Furbush starts for Detroit, giving up three runs on five hits in 42/3 innings.
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Maine and New England Dispatches
OXFORD Woman, 54, hurt as SUV hits tree on School House Road A 54-year-old woman was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening head injuries Monday morning after crashing her sport-utility vehicle into a tree. Sharon Huntley-Brown of Oxford was driving north on School House Road, the road she lives on, about 11 a.m. when […]
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Red, white, kaboom
Tens of thousands gathered all over the Eastern Promenade on Monday to celebrate the nation’s birthday and to watch the second annual Stars and Stripes Spectacular show and fireworks.
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Sports Digest
CYCLING Farrar becomes first American to win leg of Tour de France on Fourth of July Tyler Farrar became the first American to win a Tour de France stage on July 4, dominating a sprint finish in the third leg in Redon, France, on Monday as teammate Thor Hushovd kept the yellow jersey. It was […]
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Seven-run second dooms the Sea Dogs
Portland rallies but loses a battle between the two worst teams in the Eastern League.
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Nation and World Dispatches
WASHINGTON Secret Service to investigate false update on Fox account The Secret Service said Monday it will investigate the hacking of Fox’s political Twitter account over updates claiming that President Obama had been assassinated. Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie said the law enforcement agency, whose job it is to protect the president, will conduct a […]