The 2016 Thornton Academy football team certainly had a new look entering the 2016 season. The Trojans lost six starters on offense, including All-State quarterback Austin McCrum, who went on to play D1 football for Lafayette. Despite the major roster turnover, quarterback Michael Laverriere emerged as one of the top players in the state, and […]
December 2016
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Former UNE standout takes on new role
BIDDEFORD — The University of New England women’s basketball team has solidified its position as a powerhouse in recent years, winning four-straight Commonwealth Coast Conference championships and qualifying for four-straight NCAA tournament berths. Alanna Vose was one of UNE’s most impactful players during that span, playing in nearly every game during her four-year tenure. Vose […]
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Caldwell-Pope scores 25 as balanced Pistons beat Celtics
BOSTON — The Detroit Pistons’ relaxed attitude is finally paying off with some road wins. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 25 points and Tobias Harris had 21 to lead balanced scoring that carried the Pistons to a 121-114 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night. Andre Drummond added 20 points and 17 rebounds, one night after […]
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Chapecoense vows to compete, possibly with borrowed players
CHAPECO, Brazil (AP) — Six players, a handful of support staff, and deep sorrow are all that remain of Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer club. They will still try to play again. Because they know that’s what their 19 teammates who died Monday when a charter plane ripped into an Andean mountainside would want them to do. […]
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Maine expanding invasive pest eradication efforts
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s state government is giving money to a pair of groups to tackle the problem of invasive forest pests. The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is giving $35,000 to the Maine Association of Conservation Districts Employees Committee and $5,000 to the Saco River Recreational Council. The agriculture department says the […]
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Feeling jolly? Sanford’s Holly Daze kicks off with Friday parade
SANFORD — Santa may be making his list — and checking it twice — but on Friday evening, he and Mrs. Claus will be taking time out of their busy holiday schedule to make an appearance at Central Park. Parade watchers will be able to catch a good glimpse of the jolly old elf in the […]
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Landlord of home where six died in fire to be sentenced
PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine landlord who owned a building were six people died in a fire two years ago is scheduled to be sentenced for a misdemeanor code violation. Gregory Nisbet is set to be sentenced Thursday. Prosecutors described rooms in a Portland house he rented as “death traps” during his trial, which ended […]
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Downeast Sunset Trail work completed after 30 years
ELLSWORTH, (AP) – Maine officials say an 87-mile recreational trail system that has been in the works for almost 30 years has been completed. The Downeast Sunrise Trail stretches from Pembroke to Ellsworth. The project began in 1987. An 85-mile stretch of trail from Pembroke to Hancock was completed in 2010. The second phase of […]
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Alfred to vote on six-month budget Saturday
ALFRED — Voters Saturday at a transitional town meeting will decide a six-month budget as York County’s Shiretown moves to implement a July 1 to June 30 fiscal year. Voters will also say yea or nay to a hand of ordinance changes, one of which would create a design review committee to address commercial applications. […]
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Louise Graffam
LYMAN — Louise L. Graffam, 90, of Lyman, died on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Louise was born in Limington on June 4, 1926, to William and Minnie Lowell. In 1947, she married Donald Graffam and together they raised two children and shared 55 years of marriage until his […]