These are some of the top performances by southern Maine athletes in the past week.
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Maine’s largest dog show to kick off in May
The 10th annual Southern Maine Coastal Classic will be held over 4 days at the Cumberland Fairgrounds.
Unity College partners with Google to offer applied computing courses
Unity College was one of 20 colleges across the country selected to participate in the program. The first course will be offered this fall and the second will be offered in spring 2020.
Tom Caron: It won’t be easy to zip up the Jackets
Columbus plays a game built for playoff success, and the trade for Charlie Coyle is one way the Bruins planned to counter that.
NBC News chairman an unexpected figure in Mississippi news
Andrew Lack has quietly been the driving force behind a news site aiming to revive the troubled local news industry in Mississippi
Varsity Maine Spotlight: Maddy Joyce, Falmouth
A three-sport captain is moving from a 2-16 basketball team to a 175-0 tennis program – trying her hand at singles after three years of unbeaten doubles play.
Vietnamese sandwich shop to open on Cumberland Avenue in Portland
Tuyet Thi Le, who has helped run her mother’s restaurant on St. John Street for the past five years, plans to serve bahn mi, as well as other Vietnamese food.
A daunting task begins: Reducing lobster gear to save whales
A team organized by the federal government recommended last week that the number of vertical trap lines in the water be reduced by about half.
Court denies Bill Cosby’s latest bid for bail
A Pennsylvania appeals court has denied the 81-year-old comedian’s latest effort to be released from prison while he appeals his sex-assault conviction.
Filmmaker John Singleton, director of ‘Boyz N the Hood,’ dies at 51
The 51-year-old director of ‘Boyz in the Hood,’ ‘Poetic Justice’ and other films suffered a stroke almost 2 weeks ago.