Mt. Ararat High School did not catch Leavitt/ Edward Little on a good day, nor in a good mood. The Red Hornets fell for the first time in a regular-season contest to York a week ago, and then to Cheverus in the second game of a holiday tourney Wednesday. Friday, they wanted to get back […]
2012
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Patriots gain bye
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots needed a win to get a playoff bye. They got a rout. Now they get a weekend off to rest and prepare after dominating the Miami Dolphins 28-0 on Sunday and gaining the second seed in the AFC. “Whoever we’re going to face is going to be […]
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Adrian Peterson rushes for over 2,000 yards
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Adrian Peterson’s remarkable comeback season now has a magic number to punctuate it. Peterson became the seventh player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season, plowing through the Green Bay Packers for a 20-yard gain that put him over the top in the third quarter Sunday. He finished with 199 yards […]
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Carbon’s travels
f you weigh 100 pounds, 18 pounds of you is pure carbon. Plants are almost half carbon. Even pure carbon (that is, carbon not combined with anything else) comes in many forms, such as coal, charcoal, even diamonds. Carbon is versatile. Carbon moves. Let’s follow a single carbon atom for a while to see where […]
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Twelve visitors
I t was bitterly cold outside. The sky was a sea of stars, and in the distance there were sounds of fireworks and shouts of joy. It was New Year’s Eve, and the clock began to strike, Tra-ta! Tra-ta! People heard the sound of a horn, and the mail coach appeared at the town gate. […]
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2012: A year for enduring pop culture icons to shine
Marilyn Monroe. The Rolling Stones. And Bond — James Bond. What do they have in common? Sure, one’s long gone, and one’s fictional. But all three marked a golden anniversary in 2012. And after a half-century in our pop-culture consciousness, they each displayed a surprisingly enduring appeal. So even though, as a culture, we still […]
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Aquaculture grant for Brunswick firm
A Brunswick-based company has won a $150,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation to study moving aquaculture farms onshore. In a press release, RAS Corp. announced that the grant will provide additional funding for ongoing research with the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research in Franklin. That research studies the creation of […]
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Topsham selectmen to consider tree inventory grant
TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen will meet Thursday for a short agenda that will end with an executive session so the board can review the town manager performance evaluation it conducted at its previous meeting Dec. 20. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. in the municipal building located at 100 Main St.Selectmen are […]