LOS ANGELES — Dwight Howard rejoined the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday, six seasons after his acrimonious departure. The eight-time All-Star center and 15-year NBA veteran is the Lakers’ improbable choice to fill the sudden roster vacancy created by DeMarcus Cousins’ knee injury. Howard spent one memorable season with the Lakers in 2012-13 after joining the […]
2019
Posted inTimes Record, Times Record Sports
No majors, but a major finish by McIlroy
ATLANTA — Rory McIlroy never felt richer than when he knocked in a 6-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the FedEx Cup. Only it had nothing to do with the money. It was never about $15 million. Even before he teed off in the Tour Championship — facing a five-shot deficit before he […]
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Wiscasset woman, picking up son after he was charged with drunken driving in Gardiner, is charged too
GARDINER — A Wiscasset mother and son were both charged with operating under the influence within three hours late Saturday into early Sunday in Gardiner, after police said the mother came to pick up her son from the police station. At 10:08 p.m. Saturday, Zachary Reed, 19, of Wiscasset, was driving a 2009 GMC when […]
Posted inTimes Record
Eight people displaced in Topsham fire Monday morning
TOPSHAM– Eight people were displaced Monday morning after crews “cut holes everywhere” in a Topsham apartment building to access a fire that started between the first and second floors of the three-story building, according to the town’s fire chief. Topsham Fire and Rescue responded to a report of smoke at 14 Front Street at 9 […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Lawsuit filed over rollback of child immigrant protections
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nineteen states and the District of Columbia sued on Monday over the Trump administration’s effort to alter a federal agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention. “We wish to protect children from irreparable harm,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said as he announced the lawsuit he […]
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Chili, ‘chowda’ tastings at Sanford Elks on Sept. 6
SANFORD – Fifteen chefs from various area eateries and agencies will be cookin’ up their best chili and chowder recipes for bragging rights at the annual Sanford Elks tasting contest, set for Friday Sept. 6 at the lodge at 13 Elm St. in Sanford. The “Chili and Chowda” Contest benefits the Maine Children’s Cancer Program; […]
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Man charged with stealing more than $1,000 from firewood stands
Police staking out a roadside firewood stand Saturday night in response to a string of thefts arrested a man after he allegedly stole money from the stand’s cash receptacle. Deputies from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office were doing surveillance near Roosevelt Trail in Casco as part of their investigation into a string of thefts at […]
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A lesson in giving
BIDDEFORD — The University of New England Class of 2023 will begin classes on Wednesday, but students got a head-start in learning about their local community through a service project on Monday. Nearly 600 students were bused from the Biddeford campus on Monday to do community service work at locations throughout the city, including Second […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Columnist fails to make case for exploiting Greenland
Marc A. Thiessen’s Aug. 23 syndicated column, “Trump’s idea of buying Greenland is far from absurd,” is a poor attempt to justify a bad idea, and does not reflect well on conservatives of his ilk or on the American Enterprise Institute, where Thiessen is a fellow. Yes, American presidents have made such acquisitions in the […]
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