BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY Silas Eastman, Fryeburg Academy Eastman, a sophomore, capped an undefeated season against Maine competition with a victory in the Class B state meet, covering the 5-kilometer Belfast course in 16 minutes, 2.44 seconds. GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY Abbey Leonardi, Kennebunk Leonardi, a junior, won every Maine race she was in last fall and […]
2011
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Golf: Falmouth will test Maine Open field
The Charlie’s Maine Open gets going Tuesday with a field of just under 150 players and a new site — the challenging Falmouth Country Club. The tournament’s pro-am will be played Monday. Players will cover 36 holes with a Wednesday finish. Overall, this is the 93rd Maine Open and the second year with a June […]
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Next Maine Event: Sea gives way to sky at Old Orchard balloon festival
It’s hard to knock the views from the sand at Old Orchard Beach. Year-round, the seashore scene is impressive: a stretch of beach leading to a rhythmic roll of waves and out farther to blue-green water that eventually meets up at the horizon with an even bluer sky. It’s an enviable view. And it’s even […]
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Bill would transfer Longfellow uncle from Libyan grave
WASHINGTON – There is a monument to Lt. Henry Wadsworth in Portland’s historic Eastern Cemetery, but the remains of the uncle of the famous poet are thousands of miles away, in an unmarked grave in Tripoli. As the United States again finds itself in armed conflict in Libya, an effort is being made privately and […]
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People & EntertainmentBristol Palin’s memoir tells all – about Levi
NEW YORK — Bristol Palin writes in her new book of losing her virginity to boyfriend Levi Johnston on a camping trip after getting drunk for the first time on too many wine coolers. She awoke in her tent, alone, with no memories of what had happened as Johnston “talked with his friends on the […]
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On Baseball: Sometimes the draft is a breeze, sometimes not
After the recent major league draft, attention focused on who the Red Sox picked. But there are other questions that will not be answered. Who did Boston want but did not get? Of course, Boston is going to speak positively of its choices after the draft. But there had to be players on General Manager […]
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‘Saturday Waitress’
The first thing I smell on Saturday morning is the cafe. It is heavy with the odor of cooking food. Plates of eggs, toast and bacon are piled on the crook of my arm. Clusters of hungry customers are waiting at the door. Their feet track in mud and snow like melted chocolate mixed with […]
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It’s just a cafe, but she sees ballet
CUMBERLAND — Sarah Mulcahy learned the first lesson about writing when she sat down to think about her essay for the contest “A Journey Into Writing.” The lesson: You can’t fake it. “I wanted to write something philosophical. I tried writing a poem about love. But it did not work out well, so I decided […]
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‘It Was A Long Walk’
“One two three lift!” The heavy wheelbarrow elevates onto our front porch, and, with sagging tires, soon rolls through our front door laden with firewood. My dad always says there are plenty of people who use a wood stove for heat in Maine, but I’m not convinced; seems to me that a whole lot of […]
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Tempered by grief, filled with hope
FREEPORT — Charles Baker has endured a kind of emotional loss that no teenager should ever have to endure. Just a few weeks before Christmas last year, his mother died from cancer. It started in her colon and spread to her liver. By the time doctors detected it three years ago, it was too late. […]