LIVERMORE FALLS Pitchers are ahead of hitters? It’s to be expected when teams didn’t get outdoors until the third or even fourth week of April, but Spruce Mountain baseball took the tendency to an agonizing extreme. One unearned run and a singledigit hit total through three games outweighed three quality pitching performances and had the […]
May 2014
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The Lazy Rabbit’s Ways (an Algonquin Indian tale)
Long long ago, Ableegumooch, a rabbit, was a forest guide. As time passed, he grew lazy, and though his grandmother scolded him for this, nothing changed his ways. So his poor grandmother was forced to do the work to feed the family. When Glooscap, the legendary hero of the forest and all its creatures, saw […]
Posted inTimes Record
Police ID Gardiner man whose remains were found in Richmond this morning
RICHMOND After local police found human remains in Richmond this morning, Maine State Police said this afternoon they believe the remains belong to a Gardiner man and are asking for the public’s help to find out what happened to him. The case in considered suspicious. Lt. Christopher Coleman of Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit […]
Posted inJournal Tribune, Obituaries
John Hewes Sr.
KENNEBUNK — John Libbey Hewes Sr., 91, of Kennebunk and formerly of Waterboro and Saco, passed away on May 2, 2014 in Kennebunk. He was born on Sept. 15, 1922 in Biddeford, a son of Clyfton and Frances (Libbey) Hewes. He graduated from Thornton Academy, Class of 1941. In the fall of 1941, John enrolled […]
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Growing up green: Piersons Lane youth tend plots
BIDDEFORD — Ten-year-old Mackenzie Orgill was enthusiastically digging for worms Sunday at Piersons Lane Park garden. Worms are good for gardens, she said, explaining that as they move through the dirt, they make tunnels that allow air in, and the worm waste is good fertilizer. Though hesitant at first, her friend, 8-year-old Jazzlyn McCollum, touched […]
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UNE softball team ends season with loss at CCC championships
BEVERLY, Mass. — Kelly Duggan curled a two-run homer around the foul pole in left in the second inning, and Taylor Ahearn surrendered just two hits and zero walks, as third-seeded Curry College stayed alive in the Commonwealth Coast Conference Softball Championship with a 2-0 elimination-game victory over No. 4 University of New England on […]
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Republican legislators should have stood up to governor
Now that the dust is starting to settle after the work of the 126th Legislature, one thing is startlingly clear: In spite of the collaborative, bipartisan work of the Legislature, Gov. Paul LePage has chosen politics over people at every opportunity. He has vetoed more pieces of legislation than any other governor in Maine’s history. […]
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Casino law hinges on Massachusetts high court case
BOSTON — The fate of casino gambling in Massachusetts may hinge on a case before the state’s highest court Monday. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is set to hear arguments in a case centered on whether a question should be allowed on the November ballot asking voters if they want the state’s 2011 casino law […]