Ohio State is looking for its first national title since 2002. Oregon is seeking its first, period. Pac-12 champion Oregon and Big Ten champion Ohio State will meet in Arlington, Texas, at the home of the Cowboys on Jan. 12 in the first College Football Playoff championship game. “It’s perfect,” Oregon linebacker Derrick Malone Jr. […]
2015
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New year, new library?
WELLS — 2015 is an important year for the Wells Public Library. For the past nine months, the library’s Board of Trustees has been overseeing the first phase of a capital fundraising campaign to support a new two-story, 13,700-square-foot wing. This week, the library announced it has raised $530,000 ”“ one-third of the total capital […]
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Where church meets Earth
Two buses filled to capacity traveled from southern Maine to New York to take part in the People’s Climate March, New York City, in September. Travelers Vicki Adams, Paul Beach, Cynthia Howard and Stacy Wentworth, as well as Dennis Andersen, will offer a worship service titled “Climate Change and the Spiritual” on Sunday, Jan. 4, […]
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Scouting has changed since Belichick’s dad did it
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Steve Belichick would sit in his booth above the field with his pencils and charts as he watched Navy’s future opponent through binoculars. More than half a century later, the son of the renowned scout gets video just hours after his next opponent’s game ends. That certainly will speed the process once […]
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Laurette L. Cantara
BIDDEFORD — Laurette L. Cantara, a longtime resident and citizen of Biddeford, died peacefully at the age of 87, on Dec. 31, 2014 at the Seal Rock Skilled Nursing facility in Saco. Laurette was born in Biddeford on Oct. 15, 1927, to Franco-American parents, Georges and Blanche (Langlois) Blais. Laurette was the oldest of three […]
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Comets, asteroids and meteor showers on tap
The month of January is named after the Roman god, Janus. He is the god of transitions, gates, doors, endings and beginnings, and time itself. He is depicted with two faces ”“ always facing forwards and backwards at the same time. That is a good way to enter any new year, remembering what we learned […]
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No. 7 MSU shocks No. 4 Baylor in Cotton Bowl
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ”“ Connor Cook and the Michigan State Spartans want to have a different role in the playoff talk next season. With their big comeback finish in the Cotton Bowl, the No. 7 Spartans could be set up as a viable championship contender next season, after their only losses this season were to […]
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Gloria Cowell
BIDDEFORD — Gloria Cowell died Nov. 14, 2014. She was born Aug. 12, 1950. She is survived by: her four daughters, Kim Beam, Marion Mcneff, Amy Mitchell and Crissy Muti; and 10 grandchildren, Timmy, Justin, Billy, Deborah, Brianna, Katelyn, David, Kasim, Akeem and Aiden. A funeral service will be Jan. 3 at 1 p.m. at […]
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2014 is the bloody year of the Islamic state
Soon after his elevation to the Chair of St. Peter, Pope Francis warned that the world was entering a time when Satan would increasingly show his power, especially in lands in which believers were being crushed. Looking toward a rising storm in the Middle East, he warned that the persecution of religious minorities is a […]