It usually starts right around Halloween each year. Just as cooler temperatures send our active bodies into hibernation mode, the kids bring home bags of candy, which sit in big bowls on the counter while we dutifully enforce a daily candy limit on the children in interest of their health. Then, you catch yourself reaching […]
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Wesleyan surges out of halftime to cruise by UNE
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Wesleyan University scored 13 unanswered points at the start of the second half to stretch its lead into double digits, on the way to an 88-49 men’s basketball victory over the University of New England in the first round of the Red & Black Holiday Tournament played Friday evening at Wesleyan’s Silloway […]
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Dog rescue in Waterboro garners a lot of attention
The rescue by fire department officials of a dog that fell through thin ice on Ossipee Lake in December gave people in the Waterboro area and beyond a good feeling. The dog spent the afternoon after his ordeal in front of a warm fire, and had doggy ice cream as a treat. Waterboro Fire Department […]
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Watt, Gronk lead All-Pro team
NEW YORK — J.J. Watt found a unique way to make the 2014 Associated Press NFL All-Pro team announced Friday. Houston’s Watt was listed on all 50 ballots by a nationwide panel of media members who regularly cover the league, with 45 of the votes for defensive end and the other five for defensive tackle. […]
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UNE’s Bilsky named member of Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives
BIDDEFORD — Dr. Ed Bilsky, vice president for Research and Scholarship, founding director of the Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences and professor of pharmacology at the University of New England, has been selected as a member of the prestigious Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, or DABI. He is the first neuroscientist from Maine to […]
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Sanford goes ‘new’ for 2014
New mayor, new quest for new technology, new film festival, new school progress ”“ there’s a great deal of use of the “new” adjective to describe Sanford’s 2014. A new young professionals group formed, and there was new movement on the quest to entice investors to build a theme park in the southern end of […]
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Final mothballing underway at Bucksport mill
PORTLAND — A handful of employees at the shuttered Bucksport paper mill will likely remain as caretakers until a metal recycling company takes over the property, the owners said. The Verso Paper Corp. mill shut down production this month, putting more than 500 people out of work. About a dozen employees remain at the 8-decade-old […]
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Iraq’s birds of mercy take flight from din of war
SAEBERAN, Iraq — Khalil Ibrahim watches from his tent as the orange light of dusk is darkened by a flock of European starlings arriving on their annual migration to northern Iraq. He prepares to trigger his nets as they circle the field, but at the last minute a child throws a stone in the distance and […]
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Rondo returns to Boston, helps Mavs win
BOSTON (AP) — Rajon Rondo scored the Mavericks’ first 10 points in his return to Boston, finishing with a season-high 29 on Friday night to lead Dallas to a 119-101 victory over the Celtics. Rondo had a career-high five 3-pointers and also finished with six rebounds and five assists in his first game at TD […]