INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul George scored 21 points and the Indiana Pacers took advantage off the resting LeBron James’ absence to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-93 on Wednesday night.Jeff Teague added 20 points and eight assists, and Thaddeus Young had 16 points to help the Pacers improve to 6-1 at home and 6-6 overall.James sat […]
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49ers call on 2012 memories over win against Patriots
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The previous time the 49ers squared off with Tom Brady and the Patriots, they considered themselves equals among the NFL’s elite. They traveled to Foxborough, Mass., and on a cold, rainy December night in 2012 and escaped with a 41-34 victory. They played in the Super Bowl seven weeks later […]
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McCourty: Cure for Patriots’ defense is simple — play better
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Devin McCourty had a quick answer for how the New England defense can settle the nerves of fans after last week’s poor performance.“It’s simple. We’ve just got to play better,” the defensive captain said Wednesday. “There’s nothing I can say to calm that or anything, we’ve just got to go out […]
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Man charged with sexual assault of state prisoner scheduled for court
ALFRED — A former corrections officer at a state-operated center designed to prepare women for life outside prison walls is scheduled to appear at York County Superior Court Monday on a charge he sexually assaulted one of them. Joshua Dall-Leighton, 31, of Standish is no longer employed as a state corrections officer. He was indicted […]
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Police: Hollis woman wounded by man trying to help her
HOLLIS — Maine State Police say a man who tried to help a woman who was being assaulted by her boyfriend fired shots from his handgun, wounding the woman in the stomach and the leg. At this point, no charges have been filed against Joshua Weldon, 30, said Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland. McCausland […]
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Maine teen accused of killing parents could be tried as adult
AUGUSTA (AP) — A judge will decide whether a 17-year-old Maine boy should be tried as an adult or a juvenile on charges that he killed his parents. Andrew Balcer is scheduled to appear Thursday afternoon in court in Augusta. Balcer is accused of killing Antonio and Alice Balcer in their Winthrop home. He’s charged […]
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Maine mother found with needle in arm beside toddler
WATERVILLE (AP) — A Winslow woman is facing charges after police say they found her passed out in her car with a needle in her arm and her toddler in the vehicle. Authorities say 26-year-old Kathryn Hopkins was charged Tuesday with driving under the influence of drugs and endangering the welfare of a child. Police […]
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Scallop fishermen will be able to catch more in 2017
PORTLAND (AP) — The federal government plans to allow scallop fishermen to catch more of the shellfish next year as consumer demand for them grows. The New England Fishery Management Council approved rules on Wednesday that are expected to yield about 47 million pounds of scallops during the fishing year that begins in spring 2017. […]
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Starbucks plans get Planning Board’s approval
BIDDEFORD — The Planning Board on Wednesday voted to recommend a zoning change to an Alfred Street property to allow for a proposed Starbucks coffee shop at the Five Points intersection of Alfred Street (Route 111) and U.S. Route 1. Father-son developers Bill and Patrick Donahue, of Five Star Holdings, LLC, submitted plans to construct […]
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Au revoir
SANFORD — A few decades ago, Gilles Auger, Sanford’s longtime voter register and longtime assistant French professor at Nasson College, volunteered to help document properties for the E911 project. It was a huge task, his son Paul remembered Wednesday. Auger documented every street and every driveway in the community, and as it turned out, he found […]