Admiral says cost controls will affect Kittery shipyard / Maine college offers free recharges to electric cars / Motorist who fled trooper remains in Portland hospital . . . and more news from around the state.
2013
Posted inNation & World
Alabama standoff: Loner railed against government
Jim Lee Dykes, who shot a school bus driver and took a child, was a fan of conservative talk radio.
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Posted inLife & Culture, News
New TV coverage will show what lawmakers are up to
MPBN’s answer to C-SPAN – a channel devoted to live House and Senate action – debuts Monday.
Posted inSports
High School Notebook: Kennebunk wrestler celebrates a milestone and a title
Any time a wrestler claims his 100th career win, it’s a good day. Saturday was a great day for Evan Fecko, a senior 170-pounder at Kennebunk High. His 1-0 win against Luke Howarth of Marshwood in the finals of the Western Class A regional was his 100th career victory and gave him his second straight […]
Posted inClose to Home
College Notes
Graduations Bellevue University, Nebraska: Melissa Johnson, Portland. Advanced Degrees Clarion University, Pennsylvania: Elizabeth Orlando of Gorham, master’s degree in library science. Dean’s List American International College, Springfield, Mass.: Benjamin Cabezas, Portland; Erin St. Pierre, South Berwick. Bates College, Lewiston: Barbara VanDerburgh, Portland. Bryant University, Smithfield, R.I.: Jocelyn Davies, Yarmouth; Sarah Krabbe, Portland. Allison Orr, Scarborough; […]
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Israel hints at role in Syrian airstrike
It worries that high-end weapons could fall into the hands of Hezbollah, its enemy Lebanese militants.
Posted inSports
On Basketball: Defense rests at Celtics’ peril
BOSTON – Doc Rivers feared the Los Angeles Clippers scoring easy baskets. “You can’t let them get behind you,” Rivers said Sunday before his Boston Celtics played the Clippers at the TD Garden. “I’m sure every team goes in against them with that goal. Very few are successful.” For Rivers, the bridge between his players […]
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Marie Poitras, 90, always made the best of any situation
BRUNSWICK – Marie Rose Poitras was one of those people who could always find some good in a tough situation. Both her parents had died by the time she was a teenager, and she had to help support her siblings by working at a local textile factory, Verney Mill. But she eventually became trained in […]
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Girl shot by Taliban undergoes skull reconstruction, ear surgery
The Pakistani teenager, targeted for advocating girls’ education, remains in a British hospital.
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Maine video camera will give bear’s-eye view of world
Unity College students will trap up to five female black bears this spring and attach special collars.