BASTROP, Texas — Greg Creacy stops his Texas Parks and Wildlife pickup on the side of Park Road 1A and points to a gully clogged with black mud and ash. A nearly 5-inch January rain at Bastrop State Park had filled every low spot in sight with the thick muck. “See all of that?” Creacy says. […]
2012
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IBM, hospital training Watson in cancer
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The medical training of IBM’s speedy Watson computer will continue with a residency at a renowned Manhattan cancer hospital. IBM and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center said recently that they will add the latest in oncology research — and the hospital’s accumulated experience — to Watson’s vast knowledge base, and keep updating it. […]
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THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR
A battle unfolded out West 150 years ago this week during the Civil War. On March 26, 1862, a Confederate force of about 300 Texas fighters camped near Glorieta Pass in New Mexico Territory — a strategic location at the southernmost end of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on the Santa Fe trail. Several hundred […]
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Georgetown school community mourns teacher who died in crash
GEORGETOWN — In the wake of 26-year-old Georgetown Central School music teacher Elizabeth Polletto’s death in a car crash Wednesday morning, Principal Matt Carlson said today that the school is “taking it day by day.” After learning of Polletto’s death Wednesday, Carlson said grief counselors from Alternative Organizational Structure 98 and Regional School Unit 1 came […]
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John Lackey apologizes
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Boston Red Sox pitcher John Lackey has apologized for using “a thoughtless choice of words” during an interview this week. Speaking with a Boston Globe columnist, Lackey said it was “retarded” to make too much of reports about some Red Sox starters drinking beer and eating fried chicken in the […]
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Ararat Babe Ruth registration open
TOPSHAM — Registration forms for the 2012 Ararat Babe Ruth Baseball season are available at all town offices in School Administration District 75 and Mt. Ararat Middle School. The cost is $95, with tryouts scheduled to be held on April 22 at Mt. Ararat Middle School at 4 p.m. For more information, contact Scott Ford […]
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UNE women’s lax rolls to victory
BIDDEFORD — Cara Cole and Hannah Tavella combined to score 12 goals and record six assists to lead the University of New England women’s lacrosse team to a 21-11 win over New England College in a non-conference match played Tuesday afternoon at the Big Blue Turf. Winners of five consecutive outings, the Nor’easters improved to […]
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She’s ‘Gott’ it all
UNE catcher Ashley Gott takes a cut against Gordon College at UNE in Biddeford on Tuesday. She is trying to replicate an outstanding 2011 season for the Nor’easters, in which she hit .450 with 29 RBIs. (DAVE DYER/Journal Tribune)
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Alice M. (Blais) Bunker, 921â„2, of Acton, passed away, surrounded by her loved ones, at her home on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Visiting hours will be on Thursday, March 29 from 6-8 p.m. at the Carll-Heald & Black Funeral Home, 580 Main St., Springvale. A graveside service will be held on Friday at 11 a.m. […]
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Clean Elections system should not be weakened
Legislators in Maine have voted to weaken the citizen-initiated Clean Elections Act, and now they are considering raiding the funds Mainers put there to keep elections accessible to all who are interested in serving this state. Recently, the Maine House and Senate voted to remove the “matching funds” provision from the Clean Elections Act, and […]