SPRINGVALE — Charlene May Vigue passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening, Jan. 7, surrounded by her loving family. Charlene was born on May 27, 1940, to William and Margaret Rancourt in Waterville. She received her high school diploma in 1958 from Mount Merici in Waterville. When she married her husband, Robert Vigue, she worked as […]
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Running around the bend
Wells’ Keri Allaire, right, runs the 200-meter dash during a Western Maine Conference indoor track meet on Friday night at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham. (PAT McDONALD/Journal Tribune)
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OOB fire victim asks for help from public
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The owner of an Atlantic Avenue house who has vacated the home after it was involved in an electric fire earlier this week has put out a public plea for help. On Tuesday, around 2:45 a.m., firefighters were called to a fire on the second floor of 36 Atlantic Ave. The […]
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Alliance on trade raises hopes for new agreements
WASHINGTON — Trade pacts create odd politics. That’s why advocates hope new trade agreements might advance this year despite tensions between the Republican-run Congress and the Democratic White House on so many other issues. President Barack Obama, like presidents of both parties before him, wants renewed authority to negotiate complex, multinational trade deals that Congress […]
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Depleted Celtics push Pacers to brink, fall in OT, 107-103
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Roy Hibbert scored 19 points, C.J. Miles added 17 and the Indiana Pacers held off the Boston Celtics 107-103 in overtime Friday night. The Pacers (15-23) have won four of six. Short-handed Boston (12-22) was led by Avery Bradley with 23 points, but the Celtics played without leading scorer Jeff Green as […]
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LePage aims to slash income tax in $6.3B budget proposal
By ALANNA DURKIN Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine — Republican Gov. Paul LePage unveiled a two-year $6.3 billion budget proposal Friday that would lower the state income taxes for Maine residents while raising sales taxes and eliminating state aid to cities and towns. The governor wants to reduce the individual income tax rate from 7.95 percent […]
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Sanford school project to be decided Tuesday
SANFORD — Approving the new high school and technical school project ”“ proposed to be built with $92 million in state school construction funds and a maximum of $10.6 million in local funds ”“ is seen by many as a defining moment for Sanford. Mayor Tom Cote says the two-question, city-wide referendum on the project, […]
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Celtics send off Green, Wright
PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns made a move to add front-line depth Friday by acquiring Brandan Wright from the Boston Celtics for a protected first-round draft pick. The 6-foot-10, 210-pound forward averaged 7.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 35 games this season for Dallas and Boston. The former first-round draft pick is […]
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Ichiro deserves chance to reach 3,000 hits
Baseball World As we get closer and closer to the start of spring training, the number of free agent players still out there slowly diminishes. Word spread this week that a team ”“ nobody knew which one ”“ had offered $110 million to James Shields and it began to appear that Max Scherzer would reach […]
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Trojans roll over Noble
SACO — Thornton Academy held visiting Noble to just four field goals in about as complete a victory as possible in basketball. The Trojans throttle the Knights 71-10 in an SMAA girls basketball game at Linnell Gymnasium on Friday night. Noble didn’t score more than five points in a quarter, while the Trojans jumped out […]