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 (2) 542. South Portland (1) 503. Thornton Academy (1) 464. Yarmouth (1) 445. Brunswick (1) 426. […]
May 2018
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Lightning strike quickly, beat Bruins 4-1, lead series 2-1
BOSTON — Between the birth of his first child in Tampa Bay and Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in Boston, Yanni Gourde squeezed in what could be his last nap for a while.The Lightning forward spent the night with his wife and newborn daughter in the hospital on the off-day and flew to […]
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Betts homers 3 times as Red Sox beat Royals 5-4
BOSTON — Mookie Betts heard the name Ted Williams, and that was enough for him.Betts belted three solo homers and J.D. Martinez also went deep, powering the Boston Red Sox to a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.It was the fourth three-homer game for the 25-year-old Betts, snapping a tie with Williams […]
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Celtics’ Brown 1 of many injuries impacting NBA playoffs
Injuries are having a major impact on the NBA playoffs.A tweak, turn or strain to this or that has sidelined or limited players from All-Stars to reserves — and that has influenced the early outcomes of Round 2.After Jaylen Brown strained his right hamstring in Boston’s Game 7 win over Milwaukee, he all but begged […]
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Crews battle wildfire in Kennebunk
KENNEBUNK — Firefighters from several communities have been working alongside forest rangers to put out a wildfire reported to have spread across 60 acres in three communities. The Maine Forest Service posted on Twitter early Wednesday evening that rangers were responding to a fire off Wild Turkey Lane in Kennebunk. Around 9 p.m. the Maine Forest Service […]
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Site falsely reports legislator’s death
LEBANON — State Rep. Karen Gerrish is very much alive, despite a post that appeared on a Facebook page on Tuesday evening that indicated otherwise. The false posting disturbed Gerrish, who suddenly found herself in the position of notifying her family members, friends, colleagues and constituents that she was indeed very much alive. “It took […]