Shalane Flanagan and Desiree Linden could take advantage with last year’s Kenyan champ suspended.
2015
Posted inSports
Video and photos: From Duke to Deering
A barnstorming basketball team from the Atlantic Coast Conference plays a team of Maine high school players.
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Local option sales tax proposed
By LIZ GOTTHELF Staff Writer AUGUSTA — State Senator Linda Valentino, D-Saco, has proposed a bill that would allow municipalities to implement a local sales tax. The bill, LD 594, “An Act To Allow the Creation of a Local Option Sales Tax by Referendum,” would allow a municipal sales tax that would be “strictly optional” […]
Posted inJournal Tribune, Obituaries
Philip Bender
BIDDEFORD — Philip T. Bender, 79, of Biddeford, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2015 in Biddeford. He was born in New Jersey, a son of Taite Bender. Philip was educated in local schools and received his Masters in Education. Philip’s passion was advocating for mental health. He was employed as a mental health counselor […]
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Dayton fire damages firefighter’s home
DAYTON — Firefighters answer the call of duty every day. On Friday morning, Biddeford firefighters answered the call for one of their own. Around 8 a.m., Alycia Loshaw dropped off her two young girls at the Biddeford Fire Department on her way to school, said Timothy Sevigny, president of Biddeford Career Firefighters at a press […]
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Merritt’s 61 trumps Masters champion Spieth’s 62
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Little-known Troy Merritt one-upped the Masters champion Jordan Spieth at the RBC Heritage. Merritt shot a 10-under 61 on Friday to tie the course record at Harbour Town Golf Links only a few hours after Spieth wowed the gallery with a bounce-back 62 to match his lowest PGA Tour round. […]
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Editorial Roundup
What does it mean to live long and prosper? It’s worth thinking about as the baby boom generation heads into retirement and as their parents head into the final stages of life. More and more, people are bombarded with advice on how to stay healthy and vital. Often, it involves eating some sort of food […]
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Saco River bridge to close, reopen in spring of 2016
BIDDEFORD — The Somesville Bridge, which crosses the Saco River at Pine Street in Biddeford and Market Street in Saco, will be closed for more than a year starting Monday. The Maine Department of Transportation will be replacing the bridge entirely, and it’s scheduled to reopen in May of 2016. The 13-month project won’t include […]
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Obama getting tough on critics
WASHINGTON — Just as Congress is hitting something of a bipartisan stride on such issues as Medicare, Iran and trade, President Barack Obama and his White House team have decided to go after their Republican critics, picking fights and scornfully calling them out by name. In just the past week, the president and his spokesman […]
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Warriors grit out win over Lake Region
WELLS — The Wells baseball team should be ready for anything that an opponent throws at it this season, because the Warriors got a crash course in situational baseball for seven innings in their season opener against Lake Region Friday. Wells scratched across all five of its runs, and then had to hold on late […]