COLOGNE, Germany — Five days after beating the Netherlands for the first time, the United States defeated Germany in Germany for the first time. The Americans could not be more confident heading into next month’s CONCACAF Gold Cup. “It makes us world champions, right?” goalkeeper Brad Guzan joked after Wednesday night’s 2-1 victory over the […]
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Prominent NH Republicans want debate open to all candidates
CONCORD, N.H. — More than 50 prominent Republicans in New Hampshire want Fox News to change the format of its Aug. 6 presidential debate so every candidate can participate. Fox plans to restrict the first scheduled GOP debate to the top 10 candidates, based on polling averages from the five most recent national public opinion surveys. […]
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Julien says he’s still on thin ice with Bruins
WILMINGTON, Mass. — Claude Julien knows that just because he’s now the NHL’s longest-tenured coach doesn’t mean his stint with the Boston Bruins has more stability. “It just means that I’m probably the next one to fall off the totem pole, right?” Julien said Wednesday. “I’m going to try to make it last as long […]
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Old Orchard Beach Surge sign three players
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Old Orchard Beach Surge recently signed three new players to contracts, including a former member of the OOB Raging Tide and a former major league prospect. The Surge signed infielder Skip Flanagan, who previously played for the Raging Tide, which was a collegiate summer league team in OOB that folded […]
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Kennebunk High School names Top 10 Percent
{{tncms-asset app=”editorial” id=”847bd0b2-1049-11e5-80c6-838a50eae94b”}} Samantha Auriemma Samantha Auriemma of Kennebunkport, daughter of Dean Auriemma of Kennebunk-port and Cristy McInerney of Chicago, is a member of National Honor Society and varsity field hockey. Moving from Chicago in 2013, Sami quickly embraced her new community, becoming a member of Kennebunkport Emergency Medical Services/Kennebunkport Fire Department. An assistant CPR […]
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OOB man’s murder trial begins today
ALFRED — An Old Orchard Beach man accused of murdering his grandmother has been declared mentally competent to stand trial. The trial for Derek Poulin was originally scheduled to begin Wednesday, but was delayed for a competen -cy hearing. Poulin, 26, faces charges of arson and intentional, knowing or depraved indifference murder. He was arrested […]
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Good work Carl
Carl Johnson’s column on “The Fall of the AL East” on Sunday, June 7, was excellent. It was well researched and well written. He was able to document how baseball’s American League East Division, where the Red Sox reside, has gone from being one of the strongest division’s in baseball to one of its weakest. […]
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Police: man had twins in car during drug buy
LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — Police have arrested a man they say drove from Maine to Massachusetts to buy heroin with his 2-year-old twins in his car. The Eagle-Tribune reports that Jeremiah Hollenbeck, of Lebanon was held on bail after pleading not guilty Wednesday to charges including possession of heroin and child endangerment. Authorities say the […]
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Blackhawks edge Lightning to even series, 2-2
CHICAGO — Brandon Saad drove the net and had the puck poked away by Andrei Vasilevskiy. When he somehow found it again, Saad gave it a desperate backhand whack that just happened to send it right between Vasilevskiy’s moving pads. Saad refused much credit for his tiebreaking goal in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup […]
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New U.S. military base in Iraq could be model
NAPLES, Italy (AP) — The Pentagon’s top general says the new U.S. military base being setting up in Iraq’s western desert could be a model for more such U.S. hubs if Iraq is able to regain momentum against the Islamic State group. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the comment […]