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Portland Sports Roundup

Cheverus boys’ hockey ousted The high school hockey season came to a close last week when the Cheverus boys lost to Marshwood/Traip, 5-3, in the Western A quarterfinals. The Stags, seeded fourth, fell behind the fifth-ranked Hawks, 3-0, after one period and never caught up. Cameron McLain scored twice and Liam Fitzpatrick once as Cheverus’ […]

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A better way to put bullying in its place

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Junior High School Civil Rights Team and a new state effort aim to take the “bully” out of bullying. Brandon Baldwin, director of the Maine Attorney General’s Office’s Civil Rights Team Project, delivered that message to students during a talk Monday at the school — one of nine talks he gave […]

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Morse adds drug checks

BATH — Morse High School students were locked down in their classrooms Monday morning as five police canine units searched the school for drugs — but came up empty. The “teaching lockdown” followed two practice drills in February, Morse Principal Peter Kahl said Tuesday. This week, classes continued as dogs swept the school’s library, theater, gym […]

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Early poll places King at head of U.S. Senate field

AUGUSTA — The first public poll conducted on Maine’s now-wide-open U.S. Senate race showed independent Angus King with an edge in a hypothetical threeway matchup against Democrat Chellie Pingree and Republican Charlie Summers. A Public Policy Polling survey of 1,256 Maine voters conducted over the weekend also showed King — who announced Monday that he’s officially […]

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Romney, Santorum share momentum

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney padded his delegate count on the biggest night of the GOP presidential primary season but Rick Santorum demonstrated enough strength to ensure that there’s more convulsion ahead as Republicans struggle to settle on a candidate to take on President Barack Obama. Super Tuesday gave Romney a narrow victory in pivotal Ohio, a […]

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Vital Connections hosts gathering Friday at Sweetser

BRUNSWICK — Vital Connections, described by organizers as “ a forum that gives opportunity for various localization efforts, initiatives and activists for social change to hear and learn from and about one another,” will take place Friday at the Sweetser office, 329 Bath Road. The gathering will begin with a potluck supper at 6 p.m. […]

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Friday fundraiser benefits Jacob Cuff

BATH — An evening of food, music and auctions to benefit Jacob Cuff, a 31-yearold Morse High School graduate recently diagnosed with leukemia, takes place Friday at Morse High School. A silent auction starts at 6 p.m. The benefit performance is slated to kick off at 7 p.m. A musician, Cuff has been living with […]