KAPALUA, Hawaii — Tiger Woods is playing twice in California over the next six week as he begins another comeback on the PGA Tour from back surgery. Woods announced Thursday he will play the Farmers Insurance Open on Jan. 25 at Torrey Pines, the San Diego course where he has won eight times. That includes […]
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National Championship matchups: Hurts v. Smith; Fromm v. Fitzpatrick
ATLANTA — Alabama and Georgia should know a lot about each other when they meet in the College Football Playoff national championship game Monday night, even though the teams have not played in a few years. With Nick Saban on one side and his former defensive coordinator, Kirby Smart, leading the Bulldogs, the teams competing […]
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Carm Cozza, Yale’s Hall of Fame football coach, dies at 87
Carmen “Carm” Cozza, who coached Yale to 10 Ivy League football titles over 32 years as well as the famed 29-29 tie with Harvard, died Thursday. He was 87. Cozza coached the Bulldogs from 1965 to 1996 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002. He retired as the winningest coach […]
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Bills RB LeSean McCoy’s status uncertain vs Jaguars
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy says he’s making progress with his right ankle injury but his status is uncertain for Sunday’s AFC wild-card playoff game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. McCoy spoke to the media on Thursday for the first time since suffering the injury in Sunday’s 22-16 win over the […]
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Rental dispute yields criminal mischief, harassment charges
ACTON — The boyfriend of a local landlord is free on $100 bail after he allegedly continued to harass her tenants periodically over the course of three days. Sheriff’s deputies say Steven Spooner Sr., 52, admitted to demolishing a pet fence at his girlfriend’s tenant’s rental. He is also alleged to have repeatedly blared his […]
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New housing proposed in Windham
WINDHAM — Town councilors are considering two separate requests from landowners in south Windham that, if accepted, could open the door to more housing in the area. At a Jan. 2 council workshop, the Windham councilors received a request from Bryan Mills to rezone a portion of a nearly 6-acre property he owns on River Road […]
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Legion’s license hits snag after ‘loud’ Travis Mills fundraiser
GRAY — Some neighbors of the American Legion post think the nearly 100-year-old local organization partied too hard – or at least too loudly – earlier this year at a fundraiser for the Travis Mills Foundation. Town Manager Deborah Cabana said several residents near Post 86 on Lewiston Road complained about noise stemming from the concert and barbecue […]
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It Happened in Windham: Chutes were pioneers extraordinaire
In January of 1738, 280 years ago, Windham’s first settler, Thomas Chute, was contemplating moving his family from the town of Falmouth (now Portland) to the land he had purchased the year before in the township of New Marblehead, now known as Windham. In July of 1737, he had paddled up the Presumpscot River in […]
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Ice fishermen see ‘crazy’ season ahead
Chris Erickson and Mike Ferron of Gorham hauled an ice fishing shack onto Sebago Lake in Standish this week. Chris Erickson and Mike Ferron of Gorham hauled an ice fishing shack onto Sebago Lake in Standish this week. Several ice fishing shacks sit on Sebago Lake in Standish near the Sebego Lake Station boat launch. […]
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Inside New Gloucester
Bluegrass band to perform The Grassholes, a five-piece band consisting of bass, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, fiddle and banjo, will headline the next New Gloucester Village Coffeehouse on Saturday, Jan. 6. The group has played around New England regularly for more than 15 years at various concert venues, festivals and tours. Their sets contain half […]