LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville has found its new men’s basketball coach, tapping Xavier’s Chris Mack to guide the program back to national contention after a turbulent season in which the Cardinals were linked to a federal investigation and eventually missed the NCAA Tournament. Multiple reports say that school has hired Mack and a person […]
March 2018
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Not ready to retire, Tubby Smith lands at High Point
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Tubby Smith isn’t ready to retire, so after being fired by Memphis he was looking for employment. High Point needed a men’s basketball coach and soon Smith got a call from his alma mater. Days later, the two sides reached an agreement. Now the veteran coach, who led Kentucky to the […]
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Villanova stamps itself as nation’s elite in Final Four
VILLANOVA, Pa. — The Final Four had been set for decades: Duke, North Carolina, Kansas and Kentucky were crowned as college basketball’s royalty. They are the bluebloods of basketball — where deep NCAA Tournament runs are the norm, NBA prospects play, hardwood rules the sports landscape and an air of superiority reigns in programs rich […]
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Land purchase vote fails in Waterboro
WATERBORO — Voters in Waterboro have declined a proposal for the town to spend $275,000 to buy a 38 acre tract of land off Route 5 in light voting on Tuesday. The special election referendum vote was 173 in favor and 198 against. With one blank ballot, the total vote count, including absentees, was 372 […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Arts Calendar: March 28-April 7
Greater Portland Exhibits Freeport High School Student Art, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, over 100 works in four mediums, through April. Historic Freeport Artwork, Freeport Historical Society, 45 Main St., through April 27, freeporthistoricalsociety.org. “Visions of Place: 30 Contemporary Maine Artists,” Thos. Moser, 149 Main St., Freeport, to April 29. Call for Artists: University Neighborhood Organization accepting proposals until […]
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8th Portland-area business robbed at gunpoint
WESTBROOK — Police in the city are teaming up with the police forces in Portland, Falmouth, Cumberland and South Portland to apprehend the individual, or individuals responsible for robbing eight business in the area since March 20, including a convenience store, coffee shop and sandwich shop in Westbrook. The most recent robbery took place around […]