NEW YORK When it comes to Brett Gardner, first-year Yankees manager Aaron Boone believes in metrics and makeup. Even as Gardner’s batting average dipped under .200, Boone was optimistic. For starters, Gardner’s exit velocities and other advanced stats indicated a breakout was coming. Plus, the speedy leadoff man was still getting on base. It wasn’t […]
May 2018
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After a death,
You hear it whenever someone gets sick or dies soon after losing a spouse: Was it because of a broken heart? Stress might not be to blame for former President George H.W. Bush’s hospitalization a day after his wife’s funeral, but it does the body no favors, and one partner’s health clearly affects the other’s. […]
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Businesses balance Facebook privacy concerns, ad needs
NEW YORK Some small businesses that use Facebook ads to promote themselves and attract new customers are wrestling with whether they need to change strategy after the company’s recent data-misuse scandal. The revelations that Cambridge Analytica gathered personal information from 87 million Facebook users made some people and small businesses jittery. Small business owners don’t […]
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Science says: The amount of straws, plastic pollution is huge
WASHINGTON Cities and nations are looking at banning plastic straws and stirrers in hopes of addressing the world’s plastic pollution problem. The problem is so large, though, that scientists say that’s not nearly enough. Australian scientists Denise Hardesty and Chris Wilcox estimate, using trash collected on U.S. coastlines during cleanups over five years, that there […]
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Get into my car … Amazon begins delivery to vehicles
SAN FRANCISCO Amazon’s latest perk … free delivery to your car. The Seattle company has begun offering delivery in 37 cities to Amazon Prime members who own newer General Motors or Volvo vehicles. The company will expand the number of locations as well as eligible vehicle makes and models going forward. Amazon has steadily expanded […]
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Sanford Alternative High School students study area birds
SANFORD — During this 2018 school year, Sanford Alternative High School students, with assistance from Dr. Bud Johnston, President of the Sanford/Springvale Mousam Way Land Trust, embarked upon a scientific study of the students’ choice of birds. Individual bird species’ habitat, behaviors, and nesting requirements are under study by these energetic nature lovers. Nesting boxes […]
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County Emergency Food and Shelter Program receives $64K grant
KENNEBUNK — The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program has chosen United Way of York County to administer a $64,625 grant that will provide additional resources to local organizations that help area residents meet basic needs. United Way has been designated to provide the administrative support for the program’s fund distribution through a local board […]
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Seduction by Air Power: Then and Now
Air power is seductive. From the Army Air Service’s Col. Billy Mitchell’s Winged Defense, written in the aftermath of the slaughter fields of the Great War, to U.S. Air Force Colonel John Warden’s The Air Campaign, first published in 1988, air power prophets have promised quick victories at low costs. Following World War II, the Truman administration […]
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Learn all about Ranked Choice Voting in Biddeford
Editor, Maine’s June 12 Primary Election is just around the corner. I, for one, am looking forward to casting my vote. Maine traditionally has a strong showing at the polls, even during the mid-term elections. Many Mainers like me are interested in the new Ranked Choice Voting system that will be used on Election Day, June 12. This […]
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