Maybe you’re not smiling over your snow plowing bills, but here’s a mid-winter treat that will keep you laughing despite the white stuff: One of the most successful musical comedies in Broadway history is currently running at the St. Lawrence Arts Center. Good Theater’s professional production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to […]
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Cheverus dispatches South Portland Hyland and Red Riots no match for Stags in 60-41 victory
PORTLAND — The potential team for the ages proved to be too much for the individual superstar Friday evening at Keegan Gymnasium. The Cheverus Stags continued their perfect defense of their Class A crown by holding South Portland junior standout Keegan Hyland in check and riding a 14-0 second half run to an emphatic 60-41 […]
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SUBHEAD-Portland High QB earns national honor Portland senior Andrew Lieberman was named the Play It Smart National Student-Athlete of the Month for December. Lieberman, a senior quarterback for the Bulldogs, was nominated by Portland academic coach and athletic trainer Audrey McKenzie for his ability to persevere through multiple challenges while managing to maintain impressive grades, […]
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PNMS-sportsMPA_012809 MPA votes in minimal changes Regular season games, season length, New England participation unaffected
The news was largely good for athletes, coaches and fans of high school sports Monday when the Maine Principals’ Association’s Interscholastic Management Committee backed off several proposed changes to deal with reductions in state subsidies. In December an MPA ad-hoc committee announced it was considering several controversial changes to high school athletics to “ensure a […]
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P-sportsPortBB-012809 Portland boys' basketball no match for Westbrook Bulldogs bounce back to beat Scarborough
PORTLAND — The Westbrook Blue Blazes served up a big helping of Dominic Borelli Friday night, riding a 27-point, 12-rebound effort from the 6-foot-7-inch center to a 62-48 win over the Portland Bulldogs at the Portland Exposition Building. Borelli, a junior, scored 20 points in first half, including seven during the Blue Blazes’ 21-point second […]
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pnms-lobster-012809 Lobstermen realize value of creative sales, marketing
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — In a crowded hall on Chebeague Island, a handful of men in thick flannel shirts joked: “How many lobstermen does it take to change a light bulb? … Change?” But that’s exactly what they were setting out to do. As fishermen in an industry typically slow to change, these men had come […]
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p-clothesline-012809 Lawmaker's laundry list includes clothes line protection
PORTLAND — A local legislator is going on a line to protect the right of residents to use solar energy at home. According to state Rep. Jon Hinck, D-Portland, “An Act to Protect the Right to Use Solar Energy” would prohibit municipalities, landlords and condominium associations from restricting the rights of residents to hang clothes […]
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Margaret A. Shehan, 92: Longtime fan of harness racing
PORTLAND — Margaret Alice Shehan, 92, died Jan. 21 at the Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough. Born in Lewiston in 1916, she graduated from Edward Little High School in Auburn before moving to Portland. While living in Auburn, she was active in the community and acted as a co-host of a children’s puppet show on […]
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pn-BRFoui-012809 Deputy arrested, charged with OUI
PORTLAND — A 36-year-old Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy was arrested Thursday night for allegedly operating under the influence and driving to endanger. Sgt. Charles Ryder, of Falmouth, was arrested by Maine State Police after the agency received several reports of a sports utility vehicle traveling south in the northbound lane of Interstate 295 between Falmouth […]
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pnms-newman The winter of our discontent
At the risk of inducing unwelcome flashbacks to high school English classes and the complexities of Shakespeare’s “Richard III,” I am wonder whether we are still mired in the winter of our discontent, or whether, owing to the election of President Barack Obama, a warming trend is imminent. Surely the inauguration of the president marked […]