Richard Omer Boisvert, 59, of Scarborough, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2012 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, surrounded by his loving family and friends. The funeral service will be held at Unitarian Universalist Church of Saco & Biddeford, 60 School St., Saco, ME 04072, on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 10 a.m. Flowers can be […]
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Easter: A magical time
BIDDEFORD — On Saturday at Rotary Park, 3-year-old Ava Pimpare of Arundel and 4-year-old Laura Huff of Dayton were petting a bunny in a top hat as they waited in line to begin hunting for Easter eggs, which Parks and Recreation Department staff hid around the area. The young girls were old pros at the […]
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Thumbs up to Alyssa Kavanagh and Nick Planeta, a couple with local ties, who will receive a $100,000 dream wedding after winning a contest sponsored by Real Maine Weddings magazine. Kavanagh and Planeta met at Colby College, and overcame the deaths of several of their loved ones over the last few years together. As recent […]
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Our View: Maine’s strip search standard the right one
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling wrongly calls these humiliating searches constitutional.
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McAuley Lions Winter Athlete of the Year
2011-12 Winter Female Athlete of the Year: ALEXA COULOMBE, Senior-Basketball ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CITATIONS * Miss Maine Basketball * Class A state champion * Edward “Red” McMann Award winner (MVP of Western A tournament) * SMAA all-star, first-team * SMAA All-Defensive team * SMAA blocked shots leader * SMAA Senior All-Star * Maine McDonald’s Senior All-Star […]
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Portand Bulldogs Winter Athletes of the Year
2011-12 Winter Male Athlete of the Year: BEN ALLEN, Sophomore-Nordic skiing ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CITATIONS * Third in the classic at Class A state meet * Seventh in the freestyle at Class A state meet * Eastern High School championships qualifier The Portland Nordic ski program flies under the radar, but year after year, it produces […]
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Cheverus Stags Winter Athletes of the Year
2011-12 Winter Male Athlete of the Year: TREBOR LAWTON, Junior-Swimming ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CITATIONS * New England champion, 200 individual medley * New England champion, 100 backstroke * Class A Performer of the State Meet * Class A state champion, 100 backstroke * Class A state champion, 200 IM * Class A state champion, medley relay […]
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Mike Wallace, ’60 Minutes’ newsman, dies
The “60 Minutes” newsman had such a fearsome reputation that it was often said that “Mike Wallace is here to see you” were the most dreaded words in the English language, capable of reducing an interview subject to a shaking, sweating mess.
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Easter rising
Taffy Field of Portland holds her 1-year-old granddaughter Katherine James of Connecticut during an Easter sunrise service at the gazebo on the Eastern Promenade in Portland on Sunday. The service overlooking Casco Bay was conducted by the Stevens Avenue Congregational Church.
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2 appear in court in Tulsa shooting rampage
Two men are charged in five random shootings of black people, which left three dead and two critically injured.