The Polar Bears pull away in the fourth quarter to beat Bates and earn an automatic berth into the NCAA Div. III tournament.
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Consumers are pushing back against price increases – and winning
In grocery stores, they’re shifting away from name brands to store-brand items, switching to discount stores, or simply buying fewer items like snacks or gourmet foods.
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Off to Michigan, Haley is staying in the race despite Trump’s easy primary win in South Carolina
Haley insists she is sticking around even with the growing pressure to abandon her candidacy and let Trump focus entirely on Democratic President Biden, in a 2020 rematch.
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Netanyahu says cease-fire deal would only ‘somewhat’ delay an Israeli military offensive in Rafah
Israeli media reported that mediators were making progress on an agreement for a cease-fire and the release of dozens of hostages held in Gaza as well as Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
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31,000 Ukrainian troops killed since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Zelensky says
It is the first time that Kyiv has confirmed the number of its losses since Moscow started the full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.
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Letter: Trump engaged in insurrection, and that’s all that’s needed to keep him off ballot
Nancy Chesley, in her Feb. 13 letter (“Bellows weaponized law; Biden’s orders curse U.S.“) quoted G.B. Shaw: “Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.” On that, we agree. But, ironically, this describes Chesley herself, to a T. I wonder what Chesley believes Shenna Bellows did that was outside her purview. Chesley […]
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What would happen without a Leap Day? More than you might think
Have a look at some of the numbers, history and lore behind the (not quite) every four-year phenom that adds a 29th day to February.
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Letter: Support Wabanaki Nation’s rights to self-determination
Once again, as it has for the past four years, the Maine Legislature is taking on the question of whether our state will more fully acknowledge the sovereignty of the Indigenous nations within our borders. This latest push started in 2019, when a bipartisan Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing […]
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U.S. and British strikes in Yemen answer militants’ surge in Red Sea attacks on ships
This is the fourth time that the U.S. and British militaries have conducted a combined operation against the Houthis since Jan. 12.
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Community Calendar: March 1-8
Books/Authors Tuesday 3/5 Crime writers panel: Joseph Souza, Brenda Buchanan and Richard Cass, 6 p.m., Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Road. Registration required. scarboroughlibrary.org Summer J. Hart artist and poetry reading: “Out in May Back in October” beadwork tapestry and poetry reading from “Boomhouse,” 6 p.m., Hannaford Hall, 88 Bedford St., Portland. Free, registration encouraged. […]