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 […]
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Have some fun if she’s not the one
Sometimes it’s better when you know a date isn’t going to work out. It takes some of the pressure off. Instead of nervously trying to impress the person sitting across from you with some overeager theatrical performance, you can relax and just stuff your face with pad thai. You don’t even have to take your […]
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Survivors face tough future 6 months after Haiyan
MANILA, Philippines — Six months after the strongest typhoon to hit land killed his mother and tore down much of their house in the eastern Philippines, Sofronio Cervantes wants to return home ”“ if only he can scrape together the money to rebuild his life once he gets there. Like thousands of others, the 38-year-old […]
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Tigers top Blue Blazes
BIDDEFORD — Host Biddeford jumped out to an 8-1 halftime lead and cruised to a 12-7 victory over Westbrook in an SMAA girls lacrosse game at Waterhouse Field on Thursday. Mia Laflamme scored a game-high five goals for Biddeford (4-1), and Taylor Turgeon pitched in with four goals and two assists. Emily Boisvert turned away […]
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Town of Ogunquit plans to end relationship with Ecomaine
OGUNQUIT — The Town of Ogunquit is looking to end a 20-year relationship with Ecomaine, the nonprofit recycling and waste collection agency, based in Portland, that manages waste disposal and recycling for 25 percent of the state’s population. Ogunquit is one of 21 Maine municipalities that bought into the nonprofit as owners several decades ago. […]