Furbush held opposing batters to a .176 average this spring but was among the final two cuts, as Seattle trimmed its roster to 25 in preparation for Major League Baseball’s Opening Day.
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Olympia Snowe to speak at USM commencement
U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, will be the speaker for the University of Southern Maine’s 132nd Commencement, the school announced Wednesday.
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New plan for Biddeford to buy MERC
The owner of Maine Energy Recovery Co. says it’s negotiating to sell the incinerator to the city for $7.5 million.
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Service firms grow at steady pace, boost hiring
Rising consumer and business spending is boosting hotels, restaurants, retailers, entertainment and recreation firms, construction companies and financial services providers.
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Bath Iron Works marks start of destroyer with visit by admiral; shipyard faces OSHA fines
BATH — With the push of a button Wednesday, the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations launched the construction process for Bath Iron Works’ latest destroyer. Adm. Jonathan Greenert visited both the shipyard and BIW’s Hardings Steel Fabrication Facility in Brunswick on Wednesday, accompanied by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who had invited him. The visit came […]
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Magazine ranks Portland among ‘greenest cities’
Travel & Leisure also says Portland is the No. 1 city in America to live in and visit during the summer.
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Former Cheverus star, Freeport resident excels at swim NCAAs
Freeport’s Matt Libby, a graduate of Cheverus High School, helped Gettsyburg to a 14th-place finish at the recent NCAA championships in Indianapolis, Ind. Libby swam in seven events, including all five relays, and earned All-America honors in all three freestyle relays. Libby anchored the 200- and 400-freestyle squads that placed seventh to earn first-team All-America […]
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Cumberland's Keough wins national snowboard title
Cumberland’s Katie Keough recently won the women’s snowboard giant slalom national championship at the 2012 United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships at Sunday River. Keough, racing for the University of Maine Farmington, defended the 2011 title she won at Sun Valley, Idaho by posting the fastest time in the first run and tuning […]
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Mentoring a hit on the breakfast menu at South Portland's Kaler Elementary School
SOUTH PORTLAND — It’s 8:30 in the morning and workers in the Kaler Elementary School cafeteria are loading up cardboard boxes with cereal, juice and milk, and even hot, pre-packaged pancakes. The boxes of food are on their way to classrooms, where students will arrive 15-30 minutes before classes begin to eat at their desks […]
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Warm and fuzzy T. rex? New evidence surprises
Movies often depict T. rex as having scaly skin. But new evidence suggests the king of dinosaurs may have actually had soft, fluffy feathers.