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High school regional championship results and state championship game schedules

Softball Class A regional final South Portland 5 Scarborough 2 Class A state championship Saturday, June 19 at St. Joseph’s College, Standish South Portland vs. Bangor- 4 p.m. Baseball Class B regional final Cape Elizabeth 5 Yarmouth 1 Class A state championship Saturday, June 19 at St. Joseph’s College, Standish Biddeford vs. Oxford Hills-noon Class […]

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Stuck for days, man tries to cut off arm

HARTFORD, Conn. – Jonathan Metz had been trapped for two days in his basement with his left arm stuck in a broken furnace. Smelling rotting flesh, he decided that amputation was his only hope. So the 31-year-old fashioned a tourniquet near his shoulder and began cutting. He made it almost all the way through, but […]

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Lobster panel could impose five-year ban

BOSTON – Lobstermen in southern New England face a five-year fishing ban because biologists have told regulators that the drastic step is needed to save the depleted stock. The Lobster Technical Committee of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission acknowledged such a moratorium’s “catastrophic effects” on lobstermen, but said it is needed to rebuild the […]

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Upta camp – a tradition endures

No matter how humble, there’s no place like a Maine camp – cabins and homes tucked in the woods that families have visited and cherished for generations. Many are built by hand and fortified with a lifetime of memories. Katie Rubino thought she had concocted the ultimate birthday party when she turned 12, inviting a […]