BIDDEFORD — The 33rd annual La Kermesse Franco-Americaine festival will begin Thursday and continue through Sunday. For the second year in a row it will held on the field at Biddeford Middle School. On Friday, a group of La Kermesse board members, volunteers and inmates from York County Jail in Alfred worked to set up […]
2015
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Parade, large rally celebrate NBA champion Warriors
OAKLAND, Calif. — The streets of Oakland were awash in yellow and blue as hundreds of thousands of fans watched and cheered the Golden State Warriors victory parade, which has been 40 years in the making. In a rare moment of glory, Oakland ”“ a city that usually makes news for crime, corruption, protests and […]
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Leopold Nolette
BIDDEFORD — Leopold Nolette, 92, of Biddeford died Thursday, June 18, 2015 at Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough after a short illness. He was born in Biddeford on Oct. 23, 1922, the son of Alfred and Eva Bellerose Nolette. He was educated in Biddeford schools. On Oct. 20, 1943, he married Pauline M. Loranger in […]
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Public should have access to public business
“The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.” Patrick Henry, 1788 Legislators in Maine, as reported in this newspaper on Tuesday, discussed the state budget in closed sessions with only a few committee members in attendance. In Biddeford, the City […]
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Senate easily overturns LePage’s $60M in budget line vetoes
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s effort to strike out $60 million in state spending failed Friday when the Senate ”“ controlled by members of his own party ”“ easily overrode each of his 64 line-item vetoes. The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives overrode the governor’s budget vetoes on Thursday. The Senate rejected LePage’s attempt to […]
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Patriots sign top draft pick Malcom Brown, cut TE Davis
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots have signed their first-round draft pick, defensive lineman Malcom Brown from Texas. The Patriots chose Brown with the 32nd pick after his three-year college career in which he had 8 1/2 sacks, two fumble recoveries and 165 tackles in 39 games, 26 of them starts. It was […]
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Greek crisis matters to US
That was Greek to me.” These words, written by Shakespeare in 1599, means something is too hard to understand. Now, it applies to Greece itself. What’s all the fuss about and does it matter to us? The answer to the second question: Your job could depend on how the Greek financial crisis is settled. The […]
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Mainers pull away for win
SANFORD — The Sanford Mainers blew open a close game with a five-run eighth inning to down the visiting Vermont Mountaineers, 8-2, Friday night at Goodall Park. The Mainers led 3-2 heading into the frame, then sent nine batters to the plate to pile on a quintet of insurance runs. Dan Hetzel drove in Trae […]
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TD Garden would host hoops finals, gymnastics in Boston Olympics
BOSTON — Boston’s TD Garden has been named as the preferred venue for Olympic and Paralympic basketball finals and Olympic gymnastics and trampoline if Boston is named the host city for the 2024 Summer Games. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and Boston 2024 Partnership Chairman Steve Pagliuca made the announcement Thursday inside the 19,600-seat arena, home […]