BIDDEFORD — In February, Biddeford Boy Scout Troop 308 held a Court of Honor, which is a special recognition night. The troop awarded Life Scout Devin Cheetham-Wilmot with the Michael Bouffard Scout of the Year Award. The troop elects one scout for the award based on several factors, such as spirit, rank advancement, completed merit […]
May 2014
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Toilers-By-The Sea will host its 112th annual worship service in Porter Hall at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 25 with worship leader Rev. Howard Krueger, retired American Baptist minister and resident of Ocean Park. Jerry Scheinfeldt will provide music, joined by Suzanne Morin, fourth-generation member of Ocean Park and resident of Scarborough. All are invited […]
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State grades down at some Maine schools, up at others
AUGUSTA — About 28 percent of Maine’s schools received lower grades from the state this year than last, and two-dozen more received failing grades, new state report cards released Thursday show. The Maine Department of Education released its grades for the state’s 537 schools for the second year in a row, reigniting a debate over […]
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Town’s white police official calls Obama N-word
By LYNNE TUOHY Associated Press WOLFEBORO, N.H. — A police commissioner in a predominantly white New Hampshire town says he won’t apologize for calling President Barack Obama the N-word, and he sat with his arms crossed while angry residents at a meeting called for his resignation on Thursday. Wolfeboro Police Commissioner Robert Copeland, who’s 82 […]
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Trout homers in 9th lifts Angels over Rays
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout greeted Brad Boxberger with a three-run walkoff homer to cap a four-run ninth inning and give the Los Angeles Angels a 6-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series. Rays closer Grant Balfour came on in the ninth to try […]
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WHS students recognized in ‘Newspapers in Education’ contest
WELLS — In March, eight Wells High School art students of Vanessa White-Capelluti placed in the annual Newspapers in Education contest sponsored by the Bangor Daily News. Their black-and-white, line-drawn editorial cartoons, along with winning drawings or written editorials from many other contestants, were featured in the paper March 21. Senior Charles Taylor received first […]
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Bruins’ season ends earlier than expected
BOSTON — The Boston Bruins went to the TD Garden for Game 7 of their playoff series against Montreal knowing that someone’s season would end. They just never considered it might be theirs. “Oh, it’s tough to swallow,” defenseman Johnny Boychuk said after a 3-1 loss to the Canadiens eliminated the Bruins. “We have such […]
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Mustangs deal Stags 1st defeat, and a little revenge
WATERBORO — Sometimes, there’s just something about two teams that makes them bring out the best in one another. The Cheverus and Massabesic girls lacrosse teams definitely have that unquantifiable element when they step on a field together, and it showed in Thursday’s matchup as they took each other to the very limit once again. […]
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LDS essay examines Mormon violence
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Vigilante violence was endemic to 19th-century America, with Mormons on both ends of it. Members of the new faith that emerged in upstate New York in 1830 saw their homes destroyed, their lands lost, their women brutalized and their prophet murdered, but they also perpetrated “inexcusable” attacks of their own […]
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Piping plovers return to southern Maine
OGUNQUIT — In late April, Maine Audubon reported that several piping plover nesting pairs have returned to southern Maine beaches. All beach-goers and beachfront landowners along the coast should be aware of nesting plovers, from Ogunquit Beach up the coast to Reid State Park in Georgetown. As of April 1, no dogs are allowed on […]