PORTLAND (AP) — Police in Portland and Westbrook are hoping the Maine State Police crime lab will be able to determine if the same gun was used in drive-by shootings in each community. There were no injuries in either of the Sunday shootings. The locations of the shootings were less than two miles apart. In […]
2015
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Bangor police investigate fatal crash
BANGOR (AP) — Bangor police say a 37-year old Maine woman is dead following an early morning crash on Finson Road. Police and rescue crews were called at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday. Police say passenger Elizabeth Horlieca of Hudson, Maine was pronounced dead at the scene. The car’s driver — 42-year-old Shawn Macnevin, also of […]
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2014 … What a year in sports!
BRUNSWICK The calendar has turned to 2015. Now it is time to mess up our checkbooks by continually writing “2014” on the date line. One of the fun things to do at the end of a year is to look back at all the successes, struggles and ups-anddowns, something we will do here when recalling […]
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Buckeyes upset Alabama, 42-35
NEW ORLEANS Cardale Jones came through again at the Sugar Bowl. Ezekiel Elliott ran all over mighty Alabama. And Urban Meyer’s quest to turn Ohio State into SEC North is one victory away from a national championship. Jones turned in another savvy performance in his second college start and Elliott ran for a Sugar Bowl-record […]
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Oregon crushes Florida State, 59-20
PASADENA, Calif. Touchdown. Turnover. Touchdown. Turnover. Touchdown. And on it went for Oregon. Marcus Mariota and the Ducks are built for speed and in a flash they turned the first College Football Playoff semifinal game into a Rose Bowl rout. The Ducks dusted Florida State 59-20 on Thursday and now it’s on to Texas to […]
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Winter Classic goes to Caps
WASHINGTON A bit too much sunshine filled the sky at the opening faceoff of the Winter Classic, and seat cushions rained down when the winning goal was scored just before the final whistle. The replica of the U.S. Capitol in center field was a nice touch, given that the real thing is obscured by scaffolding […]
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Polar Bear women improve to 9-2
BRUNSWICK — Tournament MVP Shannon Brady scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Bowdoin College women’s basketball team over MIT, 63-45, to claim the 2014 Coastal Maine Classic crown on Wednesday evening. The Polar Bears closed out the calendar year with a record of 9-2 while MIT dropped to 5-6. In addition […]
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NFL playoffs start
After a strong finish to the regular season, Pro Picks hopes to peak in the postseason. So the search begins for Best Bets and Upset Specials. Our focus turns to a team with an awful recent playoff record. Yes, the Bengals (10-5- 1, No. 9 AP Pro32) are in the playoffs for the fourth straight […]
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The fascinating Republic of Colin Woodard
Colin Woodard of Freeport has had a pretty spectacular few years by anyone’s reckoning. He is an award-winning investigative journalist at the Portland Press Herald, winning the 2012 George Polk award for education reporting, and this year, was named Maine Journalist of the Year. Woodard began his career as a foreign correspondent, working for dozens […]