NEW YORK (AP) — Over the years, the Broadway show about singer-songwriter Carole King has starred powerful singers in the title role. But until now it hasn’t had one thing — a singer-songwriter. Vanessa Carlton has bravely stepped into the role of the legendary King without much musical theater experience but lots from being a […]
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Scandal-ridden NRA leader digs in against gun control
In the aftermath of the back-to-back massacres in Texas and Ohio, the debate over gun control has returned to the National Rifle Association and its immense power to stymie any significant legislation on the issue. The man largely responsible for the NRA’s uncompromising stance is its decades-long CEO, Wayne LaPierre, who has been engulfed in […]
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Friends of Old Corner Church to host annual service in South Waterboro
The annual service at the historic Old Corner Church, corner of Federal Street and West Road in South Waterboro, will be held Sunday, Aug. 18 at at 2 p.m. Rev. Philip Bean will deliver the sermon and with his wife Norma provide special music. Following the service and refreshments, Friends of Old Corner Church will […]
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Patriots rout Lions 31-3 to open title defense
DETROIT — Jakobi Meyers caught two touchdown passes in an impressive preseason debut, and the New England Patriots drubbed the Detroit Lions 31-3 on Thursday night. Tom Brady and Matthew Stafford didn’t play, and plenty of other key players were also spectators, but Meyers stood out for New England. The undrafted rookie caught scoring passes […]
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Kennebunk flag football camp teaches skills, sportsmanship
KENNEBUNK — The sun beamed down on 25 enthusiastic kids on the athletic fields behind the Dorothy Stevens Community Center in Kennebunk. There was plenty of reason for excitement from the group of first through fifth-graders on Thursday afternoon, too. After all, it was the last chance they’d have to show off the skills they’d […]
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Sale fans 13, Red Sox beat Angels 3-0
BOSTON — Red Sox ace Chris Sale and assistant pitching coach Brian Bannister logged long hours in the video room after Sale was lit up twice by the rival Yankees recently. With a few tweaks, the lanky left-hander was picture perfect Thursday night. Sale righted himself and struck out 13 over eight innings of two-hit […]
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Local golfer wins amateur tournament
BRUNSWICK – In a day full of tension over looming thunderstorms and tight races in each flight, the 2019 B&C Championship wrapped up with plenty of drama at Brunswick GC. Two of the four flights required extra holes to decide on a winner, and by days’ end four players went home with trophies for their […]
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Yankees, White Sox to play at ‘Field of Dreams’ in 2020
Major League Baseball is going to build it — and the White Sox and Yankees are coming to Iowa. The Chicago White Sox will play the New York Yankees next summer at the site in eastern Iowa where the movie “Field of Dreams” was filmed, MLB announced Thursday. The game is set for Aug. 13 […]
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Rosie Ruiz, Boston Marathon course-cutter, dies at 66
BOSTON — Rosie Ruiz, the Boston Marathon course-cutter who was stripped of her victory in the 1980 race and went on to become an enduring symbol of cheating in sports, has died. She was 66. Ruiz, who was also known as Rosie Vivas, died in Florida of cancer on July 8, according to an obituary that […]
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