Forecaster Country will be well represented at Saturday’s boys’ and girls’ lacrosse state championships. Both Scarborough teams earned a shot at a repeat championship with regional final victories Wednesday. The Red Storm boys, the top seed in Western A, beat back No. 3 Thornton Academy, 8-3, to earn a date with Lewiston (13-1) Saturday at […]
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South Portland Police Beat: June 16
Arrests 6/3 at 1:13 a.m. Eric A. Morabito, 39, of Buxton, was arrested on Running Hill Road by Officer Shane Stephenson on charges of operating under the influence and violating conditions of release. 6/3 at 11:49 p.m. Anna E. Flaherty, 18, of Portland, was arrested on Main Street by Officer Jake Hall on charges of […]
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BOYS LACROSSE: Storm beat Trojans to reach state finals
SCARBOROUGH – When you’re facing a dynasty, on the road, in the biggest game of the season, the last thing you want to do is surrender a six spot in the first quarter. Yet that’s exactly what the Thornton Academy boys lacrosse team did on Wednesday afternoon in the Western Class A final, as the […]
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Police seeks suspects in Orneville melee
ORNEVILLE — Police are seeking a man and woman in connection with a melee that included reports of a stabbing and assaults with a baseball bat and brass knuckles at a home in Orneville. The incident was reported about 10 p.m. Wednesday. Officers from state and local police and the Piscataquis County sheriff’s departments all […]
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Cars set on fire in Vancouver following loss
Almost 150 people required hospital treatment overnight as rioters swept through downtown Vancouver following a Canucks loss to the Boston Bruins.
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Victim of apparent York drowning identified
William Donnell had the required life jacket in his canoe, but apparently wasn’t wearing it.
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Town opts to join county dispatch service
BRIDGTON — The Maine town of Bridgton is planning to join the Cumberland County Regional Communications Center. In Tuesday balloting, Bridgton residents voted to dissolve its local dispatch service and join the Windham-based center. Bridgton is the Cumberland County town furthest from Portland. Bridgton currently has three full-time and two part-time dispatchers. Bridgton Town Manager […]
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Put it on ice
The 39-year Stanley Cup drought comes to an end on Tim Thomas’ third Game 7 victory of the playoffs.
Thomas made 37 saves in the second shutout of his landmark finals performance, Patrice Bergeron and rookie Brad Marchand scored two goals apiece, and the Bruins beat the Canucks 4-0 on Wednesday night to win their first championship since 1972.
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Maine-based cutter gets new commander
KITTERY — A Coast Guard cutter based at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in southern Maine is getting a new commander. The Coast Guard will hold a change-of-command ceremony Thursday aboard the 270-foot Tahoma, which is moored at the shipyard in Kittery. Cmdr. Christopher Mooradian of Portland will assume the top spot from Cmdr. Jim Spotts, […]
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Film festival honors actor Malcolm McDowell
WATERVILLE — Malcolm McDowell is the winner of the Maine International Film Festival’s Mid-Life Achievement Award. The festival, now in its 14th year, says McDowell will be honored with the award on July 16, the first Saturday of the 10-day festival in Waterville. McDowell has appeared in more than 100 films in a career spanning […]