BIDDEFORD — The Biddeford High football program will host its first silent auction in hopes of raising money for some necessary upgrades. The auction and 50/50 raffle are scheduled from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Elements and Letellier RE/MAX Realty One, located at 265 Main St. The event’s proceeds will support the Biddeford […]
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Red Sox 2B Pedroia has another surgery on knee
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox say second baseman Dustin Pedroia has had another surgery on his troublesome left knee. The 35-year-old Pedroia has played only six games this season, all in April. The four-time All-Star was limited to three games last year. The Red Sox say Pedroia had knee joint preservation surgery in Colorado […]
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New equipment designed to alert drivers to stop for school buses
WATERBORO – As opening day draws closer for Maine school children, one school district is beefing up their efforts to keep students safe as they get on and off the bus. And in a separate program, they’re also looking to keep parents – and students – better informed about bus routes, where the bus is […]
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Vacation Bible School coming to Dayton
Athens, Paul ‘s Journeys Vacation Bible School runs from Aug. 19 to Aug. 23 between the hours of 6 and 8 p.m. at Goodwins Mills Advent Christian Church, 503 Goodwins Mills Road, Dayton, and is for students in Kindergarten to Fifth Grades. Parents are welcome too. For more information, call 499-2817
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Village Idiot: You’ll love our low, low prices
Get your checkbooks out — it’s bargain time. The average price of a Manhattan apartment has dropped from $1.2 million to $1.1 million. And at those prices, we’re talking about real luxury: a 500-square-foot studio on the fifth floor, with a view of the service entrance of the 30-story building next door, which blocks out […]
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El Paso opens healing center as it prepares for Trump visit
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — El Paso opened a grief center on Tuesday to help people cope with last weekend’s mass shooting at a Walmart, in which 22 people, nearly all with Latino last names, were killed and many others were wounded. The center opened a day before President Donald Trump was due to visit the border […]
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Around the World in 80 Days
Editor, I just heard someone talking about “Around the World in 80 Days.” I didn’t know if they were referring to the Jules Verne novel or the new Old Orchard Beach to Portland bus route. On a more serious note, I’ve noticed that none of the coverage about Shuttlebus-Zoom’s recent route restructuring has mentioned the […]
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Thankful for the Electoral College System
Editor, Did you notice that the Electoral system is only unfair when the Democrats lose? Also, have Democrats in Congress introduced any legislation or initiated a Constitutional Amendment to eliminate the Electoral College? Why did nobody complain about the Electoral system when Bill Clinton was elected with less than 50 percent of the popular vote […]
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World mourns the death of Nobel laureate Toni Morrison
NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in “Beloved,” ″Song of Solomon” and other works transformed American letters by dramatizing the pursuit of freedom within the boundaries of race, has died at age 88. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced that Morrison died Monday […]
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