Cuban pitcher Misael Siverio told a Spanish-language newspaper he has defected to the United States and is going to try to make it to the major leagues.
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES: Bad job blues
Bruce Poliquin, former state treasurer and unsuccessful candidate for governor and U.S. senator, has decided he doesn’t want to be the new chairman of the Maine Republican Party. Smart move. (Please note the preceding paragraph marks the first time I’ve ever written anything even vaguely complimentary about Poliquin. I doubt it’ll happen again.) One good […]
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Tri-Town Weekly calendar – 7/17
Upcoming events Program on tick- and mosquito-borne infections, by Kate Colby, field epidemiologist from Maine Center for Disease Control & Preventon, Wednesday, July 17, 5-6 p.m., Freeport Town Hall. Program sponsored by the town and Cumberland District of the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention. Free. Stories in Stone, July 17, 2 p.m., Wolfe’s […]
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Durham News – 7/17
Office hours The new town office hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; closed Wednesday. For more information 353-2561. Meetings Durham selectmen will meet Tuesday, July 30, at 6:30 p.m., in the Durham Town Office. CEO available The codes enforcement officer is available on Wednesdays, July 17, 24 and […]
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Jameson Tavern redux: Quiet debut pleases owners
FREEPORT – After abruptly closing this February, longtime Freeport eatery Jameson Tavern quietly re-opened July 7 under a new ownership group headed by Maine restaurant veterans Christian Erdmann and Tom Hincks. Hincks, who has 32 years of experience in Maine kitchens, signed a five-year lease on May 21 from longtime Jameson Tavern owner Jack Stiles, […]
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Fla. town somberly absorbs Zimmerman verdict
Nearly 70 years after Jackie Robinson was run out of town, Sanford is absorbing what some see as another blow to race relations . . .
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Kate’s Homemade Butter has cameo in new comedy film
The Maine product gets some screen time in Adam Sandler’s new movie ‘Grown Ups 2.’
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Robots could revolutionize farming, ease labor woes
Researchers are designing robots that use advanced sensors, powerful computing, electronics, computer vision, networking and high precision GPS.
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Halle weds actor at French chateau
PARIS – Halle Berry married her fiance, French actor Olivier Martinez, in a weekend ceremony in a village church where princes are buried in France’s Burgundy region. The owner of the Chateau de Vallery, where the couple stayed with their 60 guests, said Sunday that the betrothal a day earlier ended with a dinner and […]