WATERBORO — The real gift giving isn’t supposed to take place for another day or so. Yet the girls basketball team from Massabesic got going a little early, presenting themselves with its first win of the season, 57-47, over previously unbeaten Thornton Academy, Friday, at Ronco Gym. Morgan Reny’s 19 points, which tied her with […]
2011
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Top 10 Photos of 2011
Lila Musgrave looks up in awe at one of the many opulent Christmas trees on display at the Saco Museum, which held an opening reception Nov. 25 to kick off the seventh annual Festival of Trees. JEFF LAGASSE/ Journal Tribune
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Top 10 Photos of 2011
Matt Richards, left, co-director of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association’s annual tournament, unwraps buckets of baseballs from their protective coating in May along with Old Orchard Beach Town Manager Jack Turcotte at the Old Orchard Beach Ballpark, prior to the start of that evening’s home run derby. JEFF LAGASSE/ Journal Tribune
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Death Notices
Elsie W. Cann, 96, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at the home of her daughter, Janice Geaumont, in Dayton. Funeral services will be held in St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, 14 Treble Cove Road, North Billerica, Mass. on Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 11:30 a.m. Relatives and friends are invited. Visitation in the Burns Funeral […]
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Wells fireworks ban to begin mid-January
WELLS — Consumer fireworks will be banned in town, effective in mid-January, following a Tuesday vote by selectmen on an ordinance prohibiting the sale and use of the explosives. The ordinance, per town charter, does not go into effect for 30 days from the Dec. 20 meeting, but selectmen said it will maintain the status […]
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Massabesic earns first win of season
Christina Fetter (34) of Massabesic is closely guarded by Thornton Academy’s Olivia Shaw, during the second quarter at Ronco Gym in Waterboro Friday. Shaw scored 18 points, but Massabesic took a 57-47 win. (DAN HICKLING/Journal Tribune)
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College Roundup: Maine wins third in row
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Justin Edwards and Alasdair Fraser scored 17 points apiece Friday to lead Maine over Brown 71-58 for the Black Bears’ third consecutive win. Raheem Singleton added 11 points and Gerald McLemore 10 for Maine (6-4). Brown (5-8) led 30-29 at the break, but Edwards’ three-point play early in the second half helped […]
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LePage wants plan for heat-aid crisis
LePage’s agency directors say they’ll suggest an approach used by LePage’s predecessor, Gov. Baldacci, to address a $16 million shortfall in federal home-heating aid.
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High School Roundup: Tigers’ charge engulfs Blazes
BIDDEFORD – Bobby Cote scored 21 of his 27 points in the second half as Biddeford erased a 13-point halftime deficit and earned a 67-53 win over Westbrook in a Southern Maine Activities Association boys’ basketball game Friday night. The Tigers (3-2) trailed 39-26 at halftime but outscored Westbrook 20-6 in the third quarter. Cote’s […]
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No word on missing girl
The toddler’s mother and family members gathered with supporters in Portland on Friday for a candlelight vigil. Meanwhile, the search in Waterville has stretched into its eighth day.