The 2006 AL MVP was in the final year of his contract with Minnesota.
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Twins trade Morneau to Pirates
The 2006 AL MVP was in the final year of his contract with Minnesota.
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Twins trade Morneau to Pirates
The 2006 AL MVP was in the final year of his contract with Minnesota.
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With Cumberland County Civic Center lease in jeopardy, Portland Pirates eye Lewiston
PORTLAND — As the Portland Pirates hockey team considered vacating home ice at the the Cumberland County Civic Center, the arena’s board of trustees on Tuesday afternoon called a special meeting for Wednesday morning to address the team’s lease. “The issue on the agenda is simply the Pirates,” Steve Crane, the Civic Center general manager, […]
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Kindergarten preview in Portland
Cindy Rotolo, a kindergarten teacher at East End Community School in Portland, talks to a group of incoming students on Aug. 29 during an introductory session designed to allow the kids to meet teachers and see their classrooms before the first day of school on Sept. 9. East End Community School kindergarten students Anita Raka, […]
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Portland Water District encourages filling stations for bottle users
PORTLAND — The venerable water fountain, invented in the early 1900s, has a 21st-century cousin that the Portland Water District is hoping will become very popular in southern Maine. The district will provide free water bottle filling stations for businesses and nonprofit organizations through a new grant program announced at a press conference Aug. 29. […]
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Martin's Point Bridge work to close Falmouth street Tuesday, Wednesday
FALMOUTH — Installation of drainage pipes for the new Martin’s Point Bridge will close Bay Shore Drive in Falmouth from 7 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4. Residents of Bay Shore Drive will have to use Reg Roc Road to access their homes. The new bridge is expected to be open […]
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Portland schools to lease former Falmouth school building
FALMOUTH — The Portland School Department has signed a 10-month, $75,000 lease for the former Sampson D. Plummer Elementary school, to house its West Day Treatment Program. The West program provides education to about 40 children who have emotional disabilities and mental health diagnoses. It previously operated at the West School, and more recently at […]
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Maine state universities pay agents to recruit international students
ORONO — This September, among the new students attending the University of Maine’s orientation will be two students from China and one each from India, Vietnam and Bangladesh. That the students are from abroad is not new; the University of Maine had 341 degree-seeking, international students last year. But the way they got here is […]
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Penney’s largest investor quits, taking huge loss
NEW YORK — J.C. Penney’s biggest investor is selling his entire stake in the struggling company for about $504.4 million, $470 million less than what he paid for it. The move comes two weeks after William Ackman resigned from J.C. Penney Co.’s board as part of a deal to resolve an unusually public battle between […]