Old Orchard Beach’s Quincy Grace (21) fights for a rebound against Dirigo Saturday night in the Western Maine Class C title game at the Augusta Civic Center. Dirigo beat OOB to advance to the Class C title game on March 3. (GARY CURTIS/Special to the Journal Tribune)
February 2012
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OOB’s title run ends against Dirigo
AUGUSTA — It was the best of times for the Old Orchard Beach boys basketball team leading into its Western Maine Class C regional final game. But after halftime, it soon became the worst of times. Down just 10 points midway in their contest against Dirigo on Saturday night at the Augusta Civic Center, the […]
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Monday, Feb. 27, 2012
Leo Roger Dumais, 60, a 35-year resident of North Berwick and formerly of Sanford, passed away on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, with his family by his side. Visiting hours for Leo will be on Tuesday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the Lafrance-Lambert & Black Funeral Home, 29 […]
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‘The Artist’ wins Best Picture, dominates the night
‘The Artist’ won Best Picture and four other awards at the Oscars on Sunday night, becoming the first silent film in 83 years to win the Academy Awards’ biggest prize.
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Pressure builds for civilian drone flights at home
Police and other potential users say they’re safer than planes, but skeptics fear collisions and threats to privacy.
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Mainers return from Tanzania, medical mission accomplished
Seventeen Mainers take the trip to deliver medical supplies to a hospital and help out with other tasks.
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Afghan riots won’t alter U.S. policy, envoy says
The top U.S. diplomat says the Taliban would regain power if the United States were to walk away.
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Follow the evidence: City gets the goods, then they go to online auction
Beneath the Portland Police Department, in a locked cage, rare swords sit in their sheaths and scabbards.
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Sports Digest
SKIING Vonn wins super-G, takes over career lead Lindsey Vonn captured a World Cup super-G Sunday at Bansko, Bulgaria, to become the career leader in the discipline. By winning her 18th super-G, she overtook Austria’s Renate Goetschl for the record. Vonn has 10 World Cup victories this season and 51 for her career. She was […]
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Homeless-shelter residents in Skowhegan work off sewer fee
The $4,000 sewer bill rose this year because the number of residents has nearly tripled since 2008.