The top 10 lacrosse teams in Maine, as voted on by reporters from the Press Herald, Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel, Sun Journal, Forecaster, Times Record and Journal Tribune, with first-place votes in parentheses, followed by total points. BOYS 1. Falmouth (4) 58 2. Thornton Academy (2) 52 3. Yarmouth 50 4. Cape Elizabeth 35 5. Portland […]
May 2018
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Ovechkin, Holtsby shine in Game 7, Caps beat Lightning 4-0
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Alex Ovechkin scored early and Andre Burakovsky added two second-period goals to help the Washington Capitals put a decade of playoff frustration behind them with a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final Wednesday night. Braden Holtby stopped 29 shots for his second […]
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Red Sox rally in 9th, Price helps 3-hit Rays in 4-1 win
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Xander Bogaerts sparked a three-run rally in the ninth inning, David Price pitched the bulk of a three-hitter and the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win. Bogaerts doubled off Alex Colome (2-5) to drive in J.D. Martinez, who reached on […]
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Stand or stay out of sight: NFL takes on anthem protesters
ATLANTA — Stand or stay out of sight. Looking to quell a national debate that was sparked by Colin Kaepernick, stoked by President Trump and some say chipped away at the very popularity of America’s game, NFL owners approved a new policy Wednesday that allows players to protest during the national anthem by staying in […]
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Rita M. LaBranche
PEMBROKE — Mrs. Rita M. (Petrin) LaBranche, 75, of Pembroke, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. Born in Biddeford, Maine, Rita was the daughter of the late Ernest and Alfreda (Bourgeault) Petrin. She was raised and educated in Biddeford, residing there until 1971. She and her […]
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Wells Police Log
WELLS — The Wells Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or issued a summons from May 15 to May 21. • Robert Pothier, 59, Leominster, Massachusetts, turned himself in on an active arrest warrant charging two counts of unlawful sexual contact at 12:25 p.m. on May 15. • Janice Clark-Whitney, 58, of […]
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When Ford snubbed Solzhenitsyn
It was 43 years ago that the conservative movement found itself in a defining moral struggle not with the liberal Left but with the establishment wing of the Republican Party.Here was the context: Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn had published his majestic Gulag Archipelago, blowing the whistle on the brutality of the Soviet system, a chilling […]
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Six new area police officers graduate academy
YORK COUNTY — Six of Maine’s 65 newest police officers who graduated Friday from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro are employees of York County law enforcement agencies. The York County graduates include: Adam T. Hubbard and Hayleigh E. O’Donnell; Biddeford Police Department; Jessica A. Ramsay, Buxton Police; Shannon E. Coffey, Old Orchard Beach […]
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Data: See schools where kindergarten students are not being vaccinated
About 5 percent of Maine kindergarten students were not vaccinated before attending school in 2017-2018 because their parents opted out for philosophical, religious or medical reasons. Some individual schools had much higher opt-out rates, however. For the past several years, Maine has ranked near the bottom nationally for vaccination rates.
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Vaccination opt-out rate rising among Maine kindergartners, along with the risk of illness
Five percent of students entering that grade in 2017-18 – about 600 statewide – remained unprotected, troubling health officials who point to an increased threat of infectious disease outbreaks.
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