LEWISTON — The Mt. Ararat High School freshman boys basketball team rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit, but Lewiston held on late for a 34-30 victory on Tuesday. The Eagles had their nine-game winning streak snapped. Michael Rogers played well on defense for Mt. Ararat, which visits Brunswick today at 4 p.m.
February 2015
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Okaloosa Island
OKALOOSA ISLAND, Fla. F rom the moment it was discovered, Okaloosa Island has drawn people to its sugar-white shores. As early as the 1920s, folks from across the country came to fish and swim in the Gulf of Mexico and Santa Rosa Sound, picnic, lounge in the sun and collect shells. But it didn’t take […]
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Museum collects neon blast from Orlando’s past
WINTER PARK, Fla. Looking for a sign from the past? Turn a corner in an otherwise nondescript warehouse in Winter Park and you’ll find yourself in a glowing, neon fantasyland — as if your fondest memories of nighttime car rides across Central Florida all reassembled themselves in one location. Of course, whether your fondest memories […]
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THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR
Confederate Robert E. Lee was made commander-in-chief of all Confederate forces on Jan. 31, 1865, receiving the promotion even as the Southern war effort was faring badly. By early 1865, the secessionists were hard-pressed by the Union on several sides. In early February 1865, Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s troops were beginning to enter the […]
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Biddeford girls fall in quarterfinals
BIDDEFORD — The No. 4 Biddeford Tigers gave up two early goals and could never final the equalizer as they dropped a 3-2 decision to Cape Elizabeth/Waynflete/South Portland on Wednesday in the Western Maine girls hockey quarterfinals. “It’s always a tough way to end the season on a loss,” said Biddeford coach Ashley Potvin. “But […]
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More than 64,000 sign up for coverage
AUGUSTA (AP) — More than 64,000 people in Maine have signed up for health insurance on the exchange with just more than a week left before the open enrollment period ends. Federal officials said Wednesday that 64,069 people have enrolled as of Friday. Nationally, nearly 7.5 million people enrolled as of January 30 in the […]
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European leaders push new peace plan as Ukraine fears mount
KIEV, Ukraine — In a new push for peace in eastern Ukraine, the leaders of France and Germany announced today they were heading to Kiev and Moscow with a proposal to end the fighting. The surprise move came as the U.S. edged toward offering Ukraine lethal military aid, something many Europeans oppose. The flurry of […]
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Smoke alarm effort targets seniors, disabled, kids
SANFORD — The piercing, persistent “blat blat” of a smoke detector can wake you up at night. It can bring you to your feet, fast, from that cozy spot on the sofa in the living room to the sure knowledge that something’s really wrong in the kitchen. It can save your life. And so if […]
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Hearing postponed in alleged benefits fraud
PORTLAND —The initial court appearance of a Lyman man accused him of continuing to collect his deceased mother’s Social Security benefits for four years after her death has been postponed. Mark John LaPierre, 55, had originally been scheduled to appear before Magistrate Judge John Rich at U.S District Court in Portland on Wednesday on a […]
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1 hurt, dozens displaced by apartment fire
GARDINER (AP) — One person has been hurt and dozens displaced by a two-alarm fire at a Gardiner apartment complex. The blaze at the 28-unit Highland Avenue Terrace complex was reported just before midnight Wednesday. Fire Chief Al Nelson says one woman was taken to the hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. The cause remains under […]