The former UMaine coach is the second assistant coach hired by URI head coach Cathy Inglese within the last 10 days.
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Farmington woman, 81,killed in home invasion
A man broke into an elderly housing complex in the middle of the night and fatally attacked an 81-year-old woman in her apartment, authorities said.
Grace Burton was assaulted in her first-floor home at the Margaret Chase Smith Apartments on the outskirts of this western Maine town, state police said. She managed to call 911 just after 1 a.m. today, but she died about 7 a.m. after being flown to a Lewiston hospital.
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Report calls Portland's Casco Bay High School 'exemplary,' with room for improvement
PORTLAND — A new report from the Great Schools Partnership, a nonprofit school support organization, says the city’s only expeditionary learning high school provides an environment of “inclusivity, openness, listening and negotiation.” The organization presented its evaluation of Casco Bay High School, the city’s smallest high school with about 280 students and 20 teachers, to […]
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Portland erases property-owner fines from graffiti rules
PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday passed an anti-graffiti ordinance designed to force rapid removal of graffiti by property owners. But the mechanism to enforce action – a fine for uncooperative property owners – was stripped from the ordinance over objections from the Police Department. The new ordinance requires property owners to submit a […]
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S. Portland smoke-free ordinance gets initial OK
A second reading of the ordinance is expected at the July 6 council meeting.
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16 Maine soldiers in bus crash in Canada
Officials say none of the members of the Maine Army National Guard were seriously hurt.
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Midcoast teen dies in crash; speeding blamed
SOUTH THOMASTON — Maine State Police say excess speed is the likely cause of a car crash that killed a 17-year-old girl from Owls Head. Police say Aleisha Sonksen died after the small sports car she was riding in went out of control on Route 73 just before midnight Monday and overturned several times. The […]
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Ms. Vendil goes to Washington: Portland School Board member attends White House meeting
PORTLAND — It’s not every day a member of the Portland School Board meets the president of the United States. But for Jenna Vendil, it was the opportunity of a lifetime. After attending a conference several weeks ago, Vendil, 26, was selected to participate in a smaller conference in Washington, D.C., with 200 members of […]
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Portland, under Title IX scrutiny, to consolidate school sports booster clubs
PORTLAND — Separate booster clubs for each varsity team sport will become a thing of the past next year under a School Department proposal to replace them with one club per high school. Sports booster clubs, often run by parents of students participating in each sport, raise money to purchase uniforms, pay for travel and […]
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Portland puts sewer work on 15-year plan
PORTLAND — Environmentalists on Monday successfully convinced the City Council that it has environmental and economic obligations to solve the city’s sewer problems. The city is under a consent decree to reduce the amount of raw sewage discharged into waterways by 85 percent, from 170 million gallons a year in 1993 to 87 million gallons. […]