LAS VEGAS — Imagine a world in which your garage door opens automatically as you pull into the driveway. The living room lights and heater turn on ”“ perhaps the oven starts warming up, too. In the so-called “smart home,” cars, appliances and other devices all have sensors and Internet connectivity to think and act […]
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Favorable report on Saco audit
SACO — City expenditures were less than anticipated in fiscal year 2014, according to an outside audit report. Roger Lebreux, of the accounting firm Runyon Kersteen Ouellette, gave an overview of the city’s financial audit at Monday night’s city council meeting. “The report indicates a favorable financial position going into the new year for the […]
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TA’s Zuke, Kennebunk’s Normandeau named Gaziano semifinalists
The semifinalists for the fifth annual Frank J. Gaziano Offensive and Defensive Lineman Awards were announced on Monday, and two local athletes were among the 14 senior players named. Thornton Academy’s Ben Zuke was among seven offensive linemen to be named semifinalists. He is joined on the list by Falmouth’s Grant Smith, Lisbon’s Darren Ward, […]
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Dried oak leaves make good nesting materials for squirrels
In nature, nothing is ever wasted. So I have long pondered the reason that many oak leaves remain on the branches long after they’ve died and withered. Of all the possibilities ranging from the tree hating to part with its last leaves to their serving some sort of nutritional purpose through the winter months, I […]
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Kentucky holds firm at No. 1 in AP poll
Kentucky’s week off didn’t weaken the Wildcats’ hold on the No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25. If anything, coach John Calipari is hoping it gave his team the chance to focus on getting better. “We’ve tried to zero in on a couple areas that we’ve really got to get better at offensively,” Calipari […]
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Supporting a new school in Sanford
I just wanted to say briefly that I wholeheartedly throw my support in the new Sanford High School and Technical Center referendum taking place on Tuesday, Jan. 13. I would like to think I have been a part of this process from the beginning when it was first made public. From the very first meeting […]
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Commentary: Scott was a sports icon
The sports world lost a great one on Sunday. He never had a game-winning home run, touchdown, goal or basket in his professional career, but he was undoubtedly a star. By now you have probably heard that longtime ESPN personality Stuart Scott has passed away at the age of 49 after a lengthy battle with […]
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OOB school beautified
Members of the Loranger Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization painted and beautified the front entryway of the school on Saturday.
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Ravens stand in Patriots’ playoff path again
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots waited a week only to learn that a familiar foe will be making a return visit. An opponent with a history of playoff success in a stadium where the Patriots rarely lose. The Baltimore Ravens will fly to Foxborough for Saturday’s divisional game after their 30-17 wild-card win, […]
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Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers around New England:
The Day of New London (Conn.), Dec. 27: Nearly a century ago, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., in issuing an opinion on a First Amendment case, famously wrote, “The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre.” We wonder how Justice Holmes and […]