Before going into the main part of my column this week, as many of you know, Youland’s Jewelers on Main Street in Biddeford, will be closing soon, January 24th to be exact. This family owned business has served our community for 53 years. They are offering up to 55-percent off on their merchandise. Don’t miss […]
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Broncos safety Rahim Moore even-keeled as he seeks atonement
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The physical scar serves as Rahim Moore’s motivation. So, too, the emotional one. But the Broncos free safety doesn’t want to ponder either one this weekend in his first playoff game since his infamous gaffe two years ago, which led to a franchise-jolting, double-overtime loss to Baltimore. Moore missed Denver’s drive to […]
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Family of journalist seek his deportation
CAIRO (AP) — A statement from the family of a Canadian-Egyptian Al-Jazeera journalist, imprisoned in Egypt, says they have requested his deportation and were told by a senior official the process is in its “final stages.” Three Al-Jazeera English journalists — Canadian-Egyptian Mohammed Fahmy, Australian Peter Greste and Egyptian Baher Mohammed — have been held […]
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Tigers put forth special effort in draw with Clippers
BIDDEFORD — Sometimes the difference between winning and losing a hockey game is how the special teams battle plays out. That sentiment held true on Tuesday in a Western Maine girls hockey game between Biddeford and Yarmouth/Freeport/Gray-New Gloucester, though neither team won or lost. But a Biddeford team that has struggled as of late won […]
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Gambling panel defends Wynn license
BOSTON (AP) — Gov.-elect Charlie Baker says traffic congestion in Charlestown is a big concern of his as it relates to a planned casino in neighboring Everett. Baker said Tuesday he was not familiar with the details of a lawsuit filed against state gambling regulators by the city of Boston that could halt development of […]
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Vermont settles suit with Dollar Tree
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont attorney general says Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. will pay the state $42,500 in a settlement of a lawsuit alleging that it sold jewelry that the state says contains toxic substances. The attorney general’s office said Tuesday that the national discount chain has agreed to keep all jewelry off its […]
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12 dead in attack on Paris newspaper; France goes on alert
PARIS — Masked gunmen shouting “Allahu akbar!” stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing 12 people before escaping. It was France’s deadliest terror attack in at least two decades. French President Francois Hollande called the attack on the Charlie Hebdo weekly, which has frequently drawn condemnation from Muslims, “a terrorist attack without […]
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Big Blue blows by Wentworth with 2nd-half run
BOSTON — The University of New England women’s basketball team compiled a 39-5 stretch in the 2nd half to surge past Wentworth Institute of Technology to a 70-48 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) victory on Tuesday evening at Tansey Gymnasium. It was the 13th consecutive win over the Leopards for Big Blue (6-2), which improves to […]
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Council names deputy mayor, sets pay rates
SANFORD — The city council voted unanimously Tuesday to name Councilor Maura Herlihy deputy mayor for another year. The council also voted to approve slightly modified rules of procedure, signed off on the its code of conduct and set councilors’ salaries, as required by the city charter. In Sanford, the deputy mayor is elected by […]
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Man convicted of killing physicist gets 58 years in prison
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man was sentenced Tuesday to 58 years in prison for his role in the 2004 killing of a New Hampshire physicist who was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and champion of cold fusion. Mozzelle Brown, 41, formerly of Norwich, was sentenced in New London Superior Court for the killing of Eugene […]