Yarmouth learned to combine top players from other sports with a genuine basketball star. The result? The Clippers are in their first championship game in 39 years.
March 2012
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Maine Voices: When it comes to kids, LePage’s actions don’t match his rhetoric
The governor has proposed cutting state Head Start funding and other critical programs.
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Letters to the editor, March 2, 2012Rising seas and other threats
Kudos to the Portland City Council and their penchant for the long view of the problems facing this great city. I refer to their recent foray into the dreaded effects of climate change that would have the sea level rising a couple of feet in the next hundred years. This is based on credible testimony […]
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New England Dispatches
BOSTON Teacher accused of filming sex abuse is held on bail A former Newton elementary school teacher accused of sexually assaulting two children and filming the abuse has been ordered held on $100,000 bail. David Ettlinger pleaded not guilty Thursday in Suffolk Superior Court two counts each of aggravated assault and battery on a child […]
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Italian singer-songwriter dies during concert tour
ROME – His musical roots were in jazz, but his songs ranged from folk to pop to classical to opera, creating a soundtrack beloved by generations of Italians. Lucio Dalla, one of Italy’s most prolific singer-songwriters, died Thursday in Switzerland during a European concert tour. Dalla, 68, apparently died of a heart attack in a […]
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At this show, the art sales benefit artist community
Aucocisco Galleries is using some proceeds to build a fund to assist colleagues in need.
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‘Birther’ movement not dead for Arizona sheriff
Joe Arpaio says he found probable cause of forgery and fraud regarding Obama’s birth certificate.
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Our View: Governor is right to let process play out
There will be plenty of qualified candidates to choose from, even with a short filing window.
Posted inOpinion
Another View: Contraception debate turns fundamental issue on its head
Saying that the church should not be forced to pay for birth control denies access to no one.
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Maryland gay marriage law heads for vote
Opponents are counting on members of black churches to help overturn the legislation this fall.