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Locals still alive in state tennis tourney

PORTLAND — The Maine Principals’ Association singles tennis tournament kicked off on Friday at Deering Oaks Park in Portland and three local players are still alive heading into the second day. Kennebunk/Wells’ Rosemary Campanella and Grace Campanella are the top two seeds in the girls tournament and both standouts dominated their only match on Friday. […]

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Grim warning for lobster, clam fisheries

AUGUSTA — Two new scientific studies are highlighting the current and future impacts that rising ocean temperatures will have on lobster, clams and other important commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Maine. Research on nearly 700 North American fish species predicts Atlantic cod habitat could shrink by as much as 90 percent by century’s end and […]

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Powerful cyclone lashes Oman, Yemen

SALALAH, Oman (AP) — Cyclone Mekunu blew into the Arabian Peninsula early Saturday, drenching arid Oman and Yemen, cutting off power lines and leaving at least three dead and 40 missing, officials said. Portions of Salalah, Oman’s third-largest city, lost electricity as the cyclone made landfall. The Arabian Sea churned Saturday morning, sending mounds of […]