KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — This year is proving doubly rewarding for Lisa Leslie. The three-time WNBA most valuable player and four-time Olympic gold medalist will enter the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday. Three months later, the former Southern California and Los Angeles Sparks star will enter the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in […]
2015
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Life revolves around the special moments
“Life is a mixture of sunshine and rain, teardrops and laughter, pleasure and pain.” — Helen Steiner Rice The weather is tipping from spring to summer and that is a song everyone is looking forward to. Summer is a time of pure growth, full of leafing and blooming. As spring becomes summer, we look to […]
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Gerald Marsh Jr.
WELLS — Gerald Blair “Jerry” Marsh, Jr., 48 of Wells, passed away June 10, 2015 at Mass General Hospital. He is survived by: his wife, Judi; three sons and two daughters, Blair, Casey, Ryan, Bailey, and Ethan; father, Gerald Marsh Sr. of South Yarmouth, Massachusetts; his mother, Sandra Marsh of Middleton, New Hampshire; his brother […]
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Before Francis, a long line of popes voiced environment alarm
VATICAN CITY — Anxiety has so gripped American conservatives over Pope Francis’ upcoming encyclical on the environment that you might think a pope had never before blamed fossil fuels for global warming. Or accused energy companies of hoarding the Earth’s resources at the expense of the poor. Or urged the rich to consume less and […]
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Officials: Hack exposed up to 14 million federal records
WASHINGTON — As many as 14 million current and former civilian U.S. government employees have had their personal information exposed to hackers, according to two people who were briefed on the investigation, a far higher figure than the 4 million the Obama administration initially disclosed. American officials have said the cybertheft originated in China and […]
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Local wrestlers compete in Pa. tourney
Four members of the Massabesic wrestling team traveled to Athens, Pennsylvania last weekend to compete in the Athens Summer Duals, which featured talented wrestlers from across Pennsylvania and New York. Brayden Melvin, Leo Amabile, Noah Schneider and Trevor Walton all competed in the tournament. The entire Massabesic team will visit Athens in December for the […]
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Partisan battles tarnish Maine, US images
Appearances matter. But recently the images projected by the Maine and U.S. governments have contributed to a loss of the positive reputation Mainers and all Americans consider their birthright. Maine has a reputation of being populated by hard-working people with their own sense of humor and a serious, if not dour, demeanor. Mainers are often […]
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Murder trial witness: victim wanted grandson out of her house
ALFRED — On Friday, at York County Superior Court, an extended family member said Derek Poulin’s grandmother told her she needed to ask Poulin to leave the house. Now Poulin, 26, is on trial for the murder of his grandmother. He has been charged with arson and intentional, knowing or depraved indifference murder. He is […]
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Can civility be maintained during public discourse when emotions run high?
BIDDEFORD — In the minutes following a City Council meeting Monday night, several people gathered on the steps of City Hall, and a few of them bitterly stuck their middle fingers into the air and shouted expletives at Mayor Alan Casavant as he left the building. The council had just met in executive session for […]
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Nine-run seventh inning lifts Blue Jays over Red Sox
BOSTON — Russell Martin broke a tie with a three-run triple in a nine-run seventh inning as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 13-10 by overcoming an 8-1 deficit Friday night. The Blue Jays won their ninth straight game and scored at least six runs for the eighth time in that stretch. […]