Every January we are given the opportunity to begin anew, and to reflect on the previous year. In Regional School Unit 5, we ended the year with the death of one of our best, Elizabeth Clark, who taught first grade at Pownal Elementary School. She lost her battle with cancer and died on Dec. 30, […]
2019
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Tom Caron: Shoveling snow? Cheer up, spring training is near
The Red Sox are likely to enter camp without a closer, but help may not be far away.
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Kennebunk police have a plan to fight opioid crisis: recovery coaches
Kennebunk Police Chief Bob MacKenzie said he’s ready to try something different to combat the opioid crisis, by enlisting police officers and other first responders to help break a cycle caused by people struggling with substance use disorder. The cycle begins with an arrest, and many times after the person is released, they return to […]
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Taxpayer cost of LePage’s stay at Trump hotel to finally be released?
AUGUSTA — With Paul LePage no longer in office, the public may finally learn how much the former governor spent at President Trump’s Washington, D.C., hotel during his travels to the capital, despite what experts say are serious shortcomings in Maine’s public records law. Throughout its final 22 months in office, the governor’s office failed […]
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Long Pond man, 57, killed in snowmobile crash
A 57-year-old Long Pond man died Saturday evening in the state’s first snowmobile fatality of the season, the Maine Warden Service said Sunday. Bryan Sylvester, an employee of the Maine Department of Transportation, was killed during a snowmobile ride he started about 2 p.m. from his Long Pond Road home, near Jackman, Cpl. John MacDonald […]
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California storm brings power outages, shuts down highway
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tens of thousands of people lost power Sunday after a powerful winter storm swept through Northern California, while another storm system in the southern part of the state unleashed mudslides in wildfire burn areas and trapped motorists on a major highway. The deluge loosened hillsides where a major blaze burned last […]
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Alabama already among greatest college dynasties
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — With five national championships in the past nine seasons, Alabama already has accomplished something never done before in the AP poll era that began in 1936. Winning another crown Monday night against Clemson would lift the Crimson Tide even further above other college football dynasties and into the conversation about […]
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Foles leads Eagles to 16-15 upset of Bears
CHICAGO (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles needed help to get into the playoffs, and Chicago provided it. Look how the defending Super Bowl champions repaid the Bears. Nick Foles hit Golden Tate with a 2-yard touchdown pass on fourth down with 56 seconds remaining against the NFL’s stingiest defense, lifting the Philadelphia Eagles past the Chicago […]
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Wild blueberry crop may be about to make a comeback in Maine
Growers in the No. 1 wild-blueberry state suffered another bad year, but agriculture officials say there are reasons to believe Maine’s historic and troubled industry is about to turn a long-awaited corner. Maine farmers collected about 57 million pounds of the wild fruit in 2018, down nearly 11 million pounds from the previous year, University […]
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Upbeat and energetic, Bridges accepts Globes’ DeMille honor
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Nearly seven decades after Jeff Bridges appeared as an infant alongside his mother in a film, the prolific — and sometimes underappreciated — actor gleefully accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards. Bridges, known as “The Dude,” stepped onstage full of energy, thanking everyone from his […]