PORTLAND and GRAY – The Children’s Dyslexia Center of Portland is gearing up to host their 12th annual Teddy Bear Scramble golf tournament. The event, a fundraiser for the Center, is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 23; registration begins at 7 a.m. with a shotgun start to follow at 8:15. As usual, Spring Meadows Golf Club […]
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Women's Football: Maine Mayhem announce tryouts
The Maine Mayhem semi-pro women’s football team has announced an upcoming tryout. The mini-camp will take place at Narragansett Field, on Narragansett Street) in Gorham, on Saturday, September 16th from 9-11 a.m. Organization President (and standout player) Alicia Jeffords is rightly proud of Mayhem’s achievements in recent years. “Our 2017 record was 7-1,” Jeffords […]
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Baseball: Spartans surge past Nor'easters, advanced to GNCBL winners' bracket
OLD ORCHARD BEACH – The Spartans battered the Nor’easters at the Ballpark on Sunday afternoon, pulling away in the fifth on a barrage of singles and doubles, a barrage that brought them seven runs and propelled them toward the 15-8 final. “Oh, God, we were in last place, we were four,” said Spartans head coach […]
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Brunswick bicyclist in critical condition after hit-and-run crash
Police arrest a Brunswick woman and charge her with operating under the influence, leaving the scene and other violations.
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Driver charged in wild I-295 chase told police he was ‘having a bad day’
The 29-year-old man made obscene hand gestures ‘while sitting on the door frame’ during the rush hour pursuit from Freeport to Brunswick, the sheriff’s office says.
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Most school districts, taxpayers benefit from additional state education dollars
PORTLAND — With additional funding for education approved in the new state budget, most area school districts are expecting to use that shot in the arm to provide property tax relief to residents. A few, like Portland, South Portland and Brunswick, however, may use a portion of the new subsidy to restore items that were […]
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Most school districts, taxpayers benefit from additional state education dollars
PORTLAND — With additional funding for education approved in the new state budget, most area school districts are expecting to use that shot in the arm to provide property tax relief to residents. A few, like Portland, South Portland and Brunswick, however, may use a portion of the new subsidy to restore items that were […]
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Maine’s youngest fishermen: Hooked on tradition, challenged to innovate
HARPSWELL — Josh Todd’s memories of growing up aboard his father’s fishing boat are of deck hands shoveling shrimp and being allowed to place rubber bands on lobsters as they came out of the ocean. When he was old enough, the Chebeague Island native was allowed five lobster traps of his own. Now a rising […]
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Cumberland County residents urged to get CodeRED app
PORTLAND — Government officials are urging residents and business owners to sign up for CodeRED on their municipal government website or download the app on their cell phones to receive emergency alerts. CodeRED is used by public safety agencies throughout the county for alerts about severe weather, dangerous situations, evacuation notices and missing persons. The effort was […]
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Brunswick police close street so ducks can get to the other side
The duck walk halts traffic on busy Mill Street.