Mercy Hospital/Red Claws free throw tourney upcoming Mercy Hospital, the official healthcare provider for the Maine Red Claws, kicks off its annual Best Shot for Youth Initiative with its popular free throw tournament, Sunday, April 1, at 12:30 p.m. at the Portland Expo. The tournament is open to all York and Cumberland County grades 6-12 […]
March 2012
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NCAA Men: A tight Orange squeeze
Syracuse gets the offense it needs but still barely reaches the East final when Wisconsin misses a final opportunity.
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Chancellor freezes discretionary raises
James Page is ‘troubled’ by salary increases at University of Southern Maine amid a budget shortfall and says he’ll investigate.
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Celtics spring a road surprise
Near the end of a rough eight-game road trip, Boston snaps the Bucks’ winning streak at six.
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Flyers come away with shootout win
PHILADELPHIA – Matt Read and Wayne Simmonds scored shootout goals to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night. Claude Giroux scored his 27th goal for the Flyers, and Alex Ovechkin had his 33rd for the Capitals. PENGUINS 5, PREDATORS 1: Evgeni Malkin scored twice, James Neal had four […]
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Committee may seek investigation of DHHS
Democrats especially accuse DHHS of covering up a computer error that allowed as many as 19,000 ineligible people to receive MaineCare coverage during the past two years.
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Dispatches
Justices deny man’s appeal of 2010 murder conviction / Faulty wiring sparks fire that leaves OOB man homeless / Woman sentenced for trying to smuggle drugs into jail . . . and more Maine news
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Red Sox salvage tie with Yankees
Sox Manager Bobby Valentine wanted to continue playing. The Yankees had other ideas.
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Maine committee votes against public dollars for religious schools
The idea of allowing public dollars to go to private religious schools is one of the big educational changes proposed by Gov. LePage’s administration.
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Sports Digest
HIGH SCHOOLS Garet Beal of Jonesport-Beals given honor as Maine basketball Gatorade player of year Garet Beal, who led Jonesport-Beals High to the Class D state championship this past season, was honored Thursday as the Maine Gatorade boys’ basketball player of the year. Beal became the first Gatorade winner from Jonesport-Beals. Beal, a 6-foot-5 junior […]