Girls’ basketball: A 52-39 win over a good Freeport team puts the Patriots at 10-2 and ‘in the elevator.’
2013
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Tom Caron: Can Bard regain his 2010 form?
Red Sox pitchers and catchers report in 21 days. That’s important to note as you try to avoid the endless coverage of Harbaugh-palooza and 24/7 tributes to Ray Lewis. Football season is over in these parts, and it’s time to look forward. New Red Sox manager John Farrell has been looking forward to the start […]
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Posted inNation & World
Ohio pileup leaves 12-year-old dead
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio – Blowing snow and slick roads around the state Monday set off multiple highway pileups, including one near Cincinnati involving at least 86 vehicles that left a 12-year-old girl dead. The 12-year-old had gotten out of a damaged vehicle in the Interstate 275 pileup and was standing in a median near a cable […]
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Girls’ Basketball Notebook: Light schedule is done, McAuley’s back as No. 1
The seemingly inevitable has happened. Two-time defending state champ Catherine McAuley has now ascended to the top spot in the Western A Heal Point standings. The Lions had languished around No. 4 for much of the season due to a light opening schedule. Last week’s double dominating wins against top contenders Cheverus (51-30) and Scarborough […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the Editor: Lawsuit plaintiffs laud mural decision
We are pleased for the people of Maine that Gov. LePage relented and has allowed the History of Maine Labor mural by Judy Taylor to be put back on display in a Maine state building. This is a clear and decisive victory not only for the First Amendment, the artist and the people of Maine, […]
Posted inNation & World
Former managing editor of Ebony dies at age 87
MIAMI – Hans Massaquoi, a former managing editor of Ebony magazine who wrote a distinctive memoir about his childhood growing up black in Nazi Germany, has died. His son said Massaquoi died Saturday, on his 87th birthday, in Jacksonville. He had been hospitalized over the Christmas holidays. “He had quite a journey in life,” said […]
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New England Dispatches
Trial starts today in alleged Mass. foster abuse / Autopsy hoped to ID body pulled from N.H. river / One UMass student dies in fire at off-campus housing … and more news from around the region.
Posted inNation & World
Files show how church hid abuse reports
Los Angeles archdiocese personnel records reveal a pattern of damage control to shield molester priests.
Posted inNation & World, News
Sheriff: NM teen planned more shootings
The teenager describes to a detective how he shot his parents and siblings, and planned to go to a Wal-Mart and randomly shoot more people.
Posted inBusiness
Briefcase
Under pressure, Groupon suspends gun-related deals Groupon Inc. has stopped all current and future gun-related deals, bowing to customer pressure a month after the deadly mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. The Chicago company said Monday it has cancelled existing and planned discounts for shooting ranges, conceal-and-carry and clay shooting. The statement didn’t specify the company’s […]