BIDDEFORD — A summer camp is providing socialization and fun opportunities for children with autism and some practical work experience for University of New England students. Finding the Pieces is a two-week summer camp for children with autism who are in Kindergarten through fifth grade, brought together through a collaboration with UNE, the City of […]
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Youth baseball summer camp a hit
WESTBROOK — The Hitters Count Youth Baseball Summer Camp is more than just a clinic for young ballplayers looking to improve their skills on the diamond. For Jason Lariviere, the owner and operator of Hitters Count in Saco and the head coach of the Thornton Academy varsity baseball team, the four-day camp offers a fun […]
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Red Sox, Royals suspended by rain tied 4-4 in 10th
BOSTON — Ned Yost had better things to do than return to Boston to finish a suspended game. The Kansas City Royals manager, whose team is 29½ games out in the AL Central, would have preferred to wait until the end of the season to see if making up the game was really necessary. “That’s […]
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Mayors push Senate to return to Washington for gun bill vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 200 mayors, including two anguished by mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, are urging the Senate to return to the Capitol to act on gun safety legislation amid criticism that Congress is failing to respond to back-to-back shootings that killed 31 people. In a letter Thursday to Senate Majority Leader […]
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Massabesic High grad serving in Navy in Hawaii
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii –An Alfred native and 2007 Massabesic High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii. Petty Officer 2nd Class Michelle LaRoche serves as a Navy master-at-arms assigned to the security department at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in the U.S. Pacific Fleet area of operations. The […]
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On Tap Band performs at Wells Harbor on Saturday
WELLS—The band On Tap is this week’s featured performer at the Wells Harbor Concert Series on Saturday, Aug. 10 at 6:30 p.m. This band features wonderful instrumentation and quality vocals mixed with a wide variety of music – mostly Rock and Pop with some Country and Blues. The free concert is at the Hope Hobbs Gazebo in Wells […]
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Jim LaBelle: Positive Momentum
Have you ever felt like you’re on a roll? It’s a great feeling. Like a sports team on a winning streak, sometimes you are “in the zone” and things just seem to be going your way. Or you go for a jog, and it feels like you are running downhill the whole way. That’s positive […]
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Let the sun shine: Sanford solar project moves forward
SANFORD – With the land now cleared, NextEra Energy Resources is looking to mobilize construction crews for the 50 megawatt solar array at Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport later this year. NextEra project manager Liz Peyton told the Sanford City Council on Tuesday that the site will be prepared this fall, a fence will be installed […]
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Biddeford kindergarten center gets new top administrator
BIDDEFORD — Rico Mariello, the successor to Lindsey Nadeau as John F. Kennedy Memorial School’s early childhood coordinator, said he’s ready to take on his new duties as administrator. Nadeau is the new principal at Biddeford Intermediate School. Before taking the position, Mariello was the service coordinator at Biddeford Intermediate School, and previously taught at […]
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