(Ed. Note: For the complete Freeport-Cape Elizabeth girls’ soccer and Yarmouth-Waynflete field hockey games, please visit theforecaster.net) By press time, almost every local fall sports team will have begun play. Football got plenty of attention last weekend (please see story), but there’s a lot more to the fall landscape than just the gridiron. Here’s a […]
September 2013
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Don Nelson, brother of Ozzie, dies at 86
LOS ANGELES – Don Nelson, a screenwriter, film producer and musician who co-wrote scripts for “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” — the classic American television series centered on his brother Ozzie’s family — as well as for more than two dozen other films and TV series, has died. He was 86. Nelson, who had […]
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Dispatches
Police investigate fight that injured three / Passers-by save three from burning car / Library gets grant from King charity … and other news from around Maine.
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Syria Briefing
United Nations report calls war crimes widespread Summary executions, torture, hostage-taking and indiscriminate shelling of civilian homes are among the war crimes committed by both sides in the Syrian conflict, a special investigative panel of the United Nations Human Rights Council reported Wednesday. The report, based on 258 interviews with survivors of the violence and […]
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Red Sox win on Carp’s slam in the 10th
Mike Carp hits the first pinch-hit grand slam for Boston in 10 years, beating Tampa Bay, 7-3.
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Major League Roundup: Royals rip Indians to stay alive
CLEVELAND – Alex Gordon homered on the game’s first pitch, James Shields dominated after a shaky first inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 6-2 on Wednesday in a matchup of teams fighting for an American League playoff spot. Kansas City took 2 of 3 in the series between clubs that are […]
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Pan Am Railways official: We label, ‘check’ cars
She reacts to news that oil in the Lac-Megantic disaster was incorrectly labeled for its volatility.
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Field Hockey Roundup: Lakers get goal, go on to win
NAPLES – Destiny Durant scored unassisted at 19:30 of the first period Wednesday and Lake Region went on to a 1-0 victory against Kennebunk in a Western Maine Conference field hockey game. The Lakers (2-1) took 14 shots on goal while holding the Rams (2-1) without a scoring opportunity. FALMOUTH 1, GREELY 0: Sydney Bell […]
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Contractor says Maine politician’s actions cost him personally
He testifies that Carole Swan harassed him in her extortion efforts, which led in part to his divorce.
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Bulletin Board
The Libby-Mitchell American Legion baseball team will hold a tryout Sunday for the 2014 season at Cape Elizabeth Middle School. The tryout will start at 4:30 p.m. Players from Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough are eligible. Players must bring an original copy of their birth certificate, and spikes and glove. For more info, contact Dan Warren […]