2012-13 Winter Male Athlete of the Year: TANNER HYLAND, Senior-Basketball ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CITATIONS · SMAA All-Star, first-team · SMAA Senior All-Star · Maine McDonald’s Senior All-Star Hyland had a sensational senior campaign, scoring clutch hoop after clutch hoop and making his teammates better in the process, helping the Red Riots to their first state final […]
2013
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH: Scammers on street corners
Several years ago, my wife and I, along with another couple, were in Dublin, Ireland, visiting the old sod of our ancestors. One day as we were walking along St. James Street on our way to the Guinness Storehouse, I noticed a woman wearing a distinctive, bright green shawl, standing alone next to a building. […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH: Scammers on street corners
Several years ago, my wife and I, along with another couple, were in Dublin, Ireland, visiting the old sod of our ancestors. One day as we were walking along St. James Street on our way to the Guinness Storehouse, I noticed a woman wearing a distinctive, bright green shawl, standing alone next to a building. […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES: Three-time loser
Let’s test your knowledge of useless information. Can you name the only two people in modern times who’ve run for all the major offices in Maine – U.S. representative, U.S. senator and governor – unsuccessfully? I’m not talking about fringe candidates with write-in campaigns. I mean folks who qualified for the ballot, but couldn’t convince […]
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Scarborough Red Storm Winter Athletes of the Year
2012-13 Winter Male Athlete of the Year: JERRY GRAVEL, Senior-Swimming ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CITATIONS · Outstanding boys’ Performer, Class A state meet · Class A state champion, 200 IM (state record) · Class A state champion, 100 breaststroke (state record) · All-State, first-team, IM · All-State, first-team, breaststroke · All-State, first-team, 200 medley relay · All-State, […]
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Portland spending plan, 'modest' tax hike, assume LePage budget won't fly
PORTLAND — City Manager Mark Rees is proposing a $216 million municipal budget for the 2014 fiscal year, an increase of $10 million, or 4.8 percent, from the current year. But the budget doesn’t anticipate what will happen if Portland loses more than $10 million in state funds, as Gov. Paul LePage has proposed. On […]
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Keeping folk art current
FREEPORT – At Freeport library, rug hookers meet each week to work. FREEPORT – With a fine-arts background through a degree from Skidmore College, and after teaching art for nearly 22,000 Brunswick area students before retiring, Ann Galloupe never thought she would be so drawn to the craft known as rug hooking. “As they say, […]
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Durham public works plan faces public vote
DURHAM – The creation of a town-run public works department and the purchase of a used fire truck are the two big-ticket warrant articles Durham residents will decide during their annual town meeting Saturday, April 6, starting at 9 a.m. at the Durham Community School. The meeting kicks off on Friday with a municipal election […]
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Maine-NH bridge out for 2-4 weeks after tanker crash
Four steel beams on the span were damaged in Monday’s accident; Maine, N.H. will seek reimbursement for repairs.
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Local skaters bound for Japan
PORTLAND – Takahiro “Tak” Sato, owner of Portland’s popular Yosaku restaurant, may be 67, but he’s as vital as a much younger man. One need only watch him rapidly but indefatigably preparing sushi to know he still possesses abundant life force – although, watching him play hockey might prove a still-better indication. Remarkably, Tak continues […]