The venerable Portland Expo welcomed a new crop of indoor track and field athletes Saturday and city standouts made an immediate presence. Deering had the most success, as both the Rams boys and girls were victorious in their meet against Noble and Westbrook. The boys (with 99.5 points) got junior division wins from James Ociti […]
2011
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Local field hockey players win title
The Katahdin U-19 field hockey team, featuring several local players, recently won their pool at the National Outdoor Field Hockey Festival in Arizona. Front row (left to right): Olivia Reny (Gardiner), MyKayla McAnn (Leavitt), Becca Roberts (South Portland), Emily Sawchuck (Cheverus), Nicky Kirschner (Cony), Chelsea Begin (Cony). Back row: Abigail Bowie (Kents Hill), Shannon Rice […]
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Portland School Notebook: Jan 10
Portland High School Honor Roll Addendum, First Quarter 2010-2011 Grade 9: Kate Hull, High HonorsGrade 10: Tate Gale, High Honors Portland school boardpublic hearing Jan. 25 PORTLAND — The Portland School Board is holding a public hearing for parents, school staff and community members at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25 in the King Middle School […]
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Nancy Powers Martin, 96: Longtime career in nutrition
FREEPORT — Nancy Powers Martin, 96, of South Freeport, died Jan. 4 of pneumonia. Born in West Medford, Mass., on Dec. 20, 1914, a daughter of Albert Blake Powers and Katherine Gertrude Bacon, she attended Medford schools, graduated in 1937 from the University of New Hampshire, and took graduate courses at the University of Maine […]
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Military: Ariz. shooting suspect failed drug test
Jared Loughner will make his first court appearance today at 4 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).
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Portland police charge man with 3 thefts
Police say they have surveillance video of Darius Pelletier, 30, cashing stolen checks.
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Letter: Encouraged by Cumberland development
I am really interested in the plans for development of the Doane Property in Cumberland, and have been since it was first proposed several years ago. Now that David Bateman is involved, I’m even more excited. I met David and his son several times when our Longwoods Alpaca Farm was using the barn at Tidewater […]
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Girl honored for actions in home fire
Ten-year-old Julie Cerone was honored last week in Northport.
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The Universal Notebook: Caught in the middle of media wars
Last year at this time, FairPoint Communications, our bankrupt phone company, was threatening to disconnect 20,000 Great Works Internet customers (The Universal Notebook, Jan. 18, 2010) after jacking up its line rate for unused fiberoptic cable from $50 a mile to $1,100 a mile and then claiming GWI owed it $3 million. This year, FairPoint […]
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Avg. Maine gasoline price rises to $3.16
Prices are 35.7 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago.