CHARLOTTE, N.C. Jeff Gordon is among the new nominees up for induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame next year. The four-time NASCAR champion was added to the list of 20 nominees in the first year Gordon was eligible. He retired from full-time competition after the 2015 season with 93 career Cup victories. Also added […]
March 2018
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FHS to host parent info night
FREEPORT — Freeport High School will host its spring preseason parent information night on March 22, at the school’s Performing Arts Center from 7-8 p.m. Breakout sessions with individual coaches to follow. These nights are specifically designed for parents. It is essential that parents attend. This will be an opportunity for you to have your […]
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Hops and hopes: Female brewers toast Women’s Day
Female brewers worldwide are raising a stein to International Women’s Day. Thousands of women in the beer business and female homebrewers are brewing together around the event, which falls today, seeing it as a way to raise the profile of women in a male-dominated industry. “There’s a spot for everybody in brewing and especially in […]
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Wave of exits from West Wing sparks talk of brain drain
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump once presided over a reality show in which a key cast member exited each week. The same thing seems to be happening in his White House. Trump’s West Wing has descended into a period of unparalleled tumult amid a wave of staff departures, yet the president insists it’s a place of […]
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Mission Control shifts to younger recruits
HOUSTON Ask Chris Kochling what inspired him to be a NASA flight controller and he’ll point to the heroic ingenuity and quick thinking of the men on the Mission Control room floor during Apollo 13. If it weren’t for those men, the three astronauts on the 1970 mission likely would never have returned home after […]
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Science says:
NEW YORK From the murky depths of Spanish caves comes a surprising insight: Neanderthals created art. That’s been proposed before, but experts say two new studies finally give convincing evidence that our evolutionary cousins had the brainpower to make artistic works and use symbols. The key finding: New age estimates that show paintings on cave […]
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Teen worried about walking alone creates app for safety
Medha Gupta sometimes felt uneasy making the 20-minute walk from the corner where the school bus dropped her off to her home in Herndon, Virginia — especially during the colder months, when it would get dark early. Her mother had a suggestion: Write an app. Divya Gupta was half-kidding, but Medha, a sophomore at Fairfax […]
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Old Orchard Beach Police Log
The Old Orchard Beach Police has released the names of individuals arrested or cited from Feb. 19 to Feb. 25. • Adrien Fundis, 27, of Old Orchard Beach, was issued a summons at 6:54 a.m. on Feb. 20 and charged with failing to make an oral or written accident report. • Jonathan Moses, 24, of Old Orchard […]