BANGOR (AP) — Bangor police are investigating an early morning fatal crash. Police say the victim’s pickup drove the wrong way down a street at about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday before crashing down an embankment. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim’s name was not immediately made public. An officer on routine patrol […]
October 2014
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A token reminder
BIDDEFORD — Hannaford supermarket customers who request bus tokens this month will see a change: The tokens have gone pink. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease, according to information from the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The pink ribbon is a common symbol for breast cancer awareness. […]
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UNE tops Gordon in 5-set volleyball thriller
WENHAM, Mass. — Leah Janelle totaled a match-high 16 kills, and the University of New England fended off a comeback bid by host Gordon College to take a 3-2 win in a Commonwealth Coast Conference women’s volleyball match played Tuesday evening at the Bennett Center. Set scores were 25-21, 18-25, 25-21, 23-25 and 15-9. The […]
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Country Music Hall of Famer Gribbin will be remembered
Maine Country Music Hall of Fame member Betty Gribbin passed away on Saturday, Aug. 16. She was one of the first six members elected to the Hall of Fame in 1978 and 1979. Betty was the ninth Maine Hall of Famer we have lost this year and the ninth in the past two months. Betty […]
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Red Sox Buchholz has minor knee surgery
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox right-hander Clay Buchholz has undergone minor knee surgery after an inconsistent season. The operation to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee took place Tuesday, two days after he started the team’s final game. General manager Ben Cherington said Buchholz pitched with the injury throughout the season. Buchholz finished with […]
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Turgeon’s goal, solid defense lift Tigers over Spartans
BIDDEFORD — With a young team that is almost devoid of depth, scoring first has been critical for the Biddeford field hockey team this season. On Tuesday, the Tigers did, and they carried that early momentum all the way through to a big win. Taylor Turgeon got Biddeford that all-important lead by scoring off a […]
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Bond between grandparents and grandkids benefits both
What used to be the “golden years” of life for seniors is now turning into any opportunity to spend even more time with their youngest family members. Nowadays, a growing number of grandparents are called on to provide child care for their grandkids, many of whom are growing up in two-income households. Others are helping […]
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Halfway home and a lot of excitement to come
(Ed. Note: For the complete Waynflete-NYA and Waynflete-Yarmouth boys’ soccer, Deering-South Portland girls’ soccer and Cheverus-Deering field hockey game stories, with photos, see theforecaster.net) The entertaining fall sports season has hit the midway pole and there are still a ton of questions to be answered. While football turned its share of heads last week (see […]
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Deadline nears for North Yarmouth fire chief applicants
NORTH YARMOUTH — The town is accepting applications through Wednesday, Oct. 8, from candidates for the fire-rescue chief job vacated last month by Ricky Plummer. In the meantime, Michael Robitaille – Yarmouth’s fire-rescue chief – has been appointed by the town to serve in North Yarmouth in an interim capacity until Plummer’s permanent replacement has […]
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Northern Meetings: Oct. 2-8
Chebeague Island Mon. 10/6 5:30 p.m. Ad Hoc Sunset Committee Historical Society Wed. 10/8 6 p.m. Board of Selectmen IH Cumberland Mon. 10/6 7 p.m. Town Council (Special Meeting) TH Wed. 10/8 7 p.m. Town Council (Special Meeting) TH Falmouth Mon. 10/6 7 p.m. School Board (Workshop) Elementary School Mon. 10/6 7 p.m. Conservation Commission […]