HARNESS RACING Malek Hanover named best at Scarborough Malek Hanover, the 7-year-old son of Western Hanover, won Scarborough Downs’ Pacer of the Year award. Malek Hanover won 14 times this season and placed in the top three in 22 of his 27 starts. Malek Hanover’s wins included a 1:53.3 mile, the fourth-fastest mile in the […]
2011
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Pirates regain control in final period to beat Providence
Portland allows two early goals in the third period before scoring twice to put the game away.
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High-tech parking meters on way
After a five-month delay, city officials plan to sign a $150,000 contract with a company that will bring high-tech parking meters to Portland once the company’s pending ownership change is finalized.
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Dispatches
Police said a man threatened to shoot a clerk Wednesday night at the Shaw’s supermarket in Scarborough if the clerk did not hand over cash.
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Celtics remain without a victory
Boston drops to 0-3 with a third setback in four days, looking tired in a loss at New Orleans.
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Nation/World Dispatches
HONOLULU Moms who stole toys for kids surrender to police Four unemployed single mothers surrendered to police after they were seen on surveillance footage taking items from a Hawaii toy store before Christmas, Honolulu police said Wednesday. The women, ages 22, 25, 26 and 30, were arrested Tuesday at the Kaneohe police station, near the […]
Posted inLife & Culture
This Week in Go
New Year’s Eve events; Ellis Paul at One Longfellow Square; Spielberg vs. Spielberg at the movies; winter shows at Portland Museum of Art; Bayside Bowl’s ‘Love Boat’-themed party; Icing bash at Space Gallery.
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Thorndike Congregational Church destroyed by fire
Officials say the cause was an electrical malfunction near the rear of the building.
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Maine Voices: Phooey to Forbes: Maine needs to sell itself as business destination
The state also should find out what existing businesses need to remain competitive.
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Feature Obituary: Brett Thomas Cooper, 34, for whom ‘life was an adventure’
In 1998, Brett Thomas Cooper was working in northern Maine as a whitewater rafting guide when he came across a head-on crash on a back road. Mr. Cooper, who was a wilderness emergency medical technician, used CPR to assist a woman who had been injured in the crash. “She was badly hurt,” said Mr. Cooper’s […]