Boston Red Sox’s Mitch Moreland is congratulated after he hit a two-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the seventh inning Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Toronto. TORONTO — Mitch Moreland had a pinch-hit homer and drove in four runs, Hanley Ramirez added a solo blast and the Boston Red Sox beat the […]
August 2017
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Body cams in Androscoggin Sheriff's budget for 2018
AUBURN — The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department is asking to purchase body cams for its patrol deputies. The request was made Wednesday evening during the third and final budget presentation to the commissioners for the 2018 Androscoggin County budget. The third presentation focused mostly on the Sheriff’s Office — patrol, communication, civil process and the […]
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Cross country preview 2017: Several boys' looking to rise to the top
Lewiston’s Abbas Muktar runs with Scarboroughs’ Harrison Osborn during the Class A Mstate cross country championshops in Belfast in Nov. 2016. There’s plenty of room at the top of the tri-county boys’ cross country hill. The girls’ scene should be more of the same. Most of last year’s top runners return: Edward Little’s Jillian Richardson, […]
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Cross country preview 2017: Revived Oak Hill geared towards improvement in Year 2
James Greenwood, front, and Haley Gunn, in black, help pace the Oak Hill cross country team in a preseason practice. WALES — James Greenwood was more than satisfied with how he ran during Oak Hill’s 2016 cross country season. “For me, I thought I did wonderful because I had never run 5Ks competitively like that,” […]
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Field hockey roundup: Hall-Dale takes season opener with Telstar in overtime
BETHEL — Telstar struck first, but Hall-Dale had the last laugh Wednesday in the teams’ field hockey season-opener. Georgie Marston rattled the cage with 41 seconds left in overtime to lift the visiting Bulldogs to a 2-1 win over the Rebels in an MVC contest. Lauren Hendrickson had Hall-Dale’s first goal in the first half, […]
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Democrats tell Lewiston progressives they will bring change to Maine
LEWISTON — There wasn’t a hint of romance in the air during a speed dating event Wednesday in a venue featuring the requisite exposed ducts, wooden columns and pizza. Ten Democrats tried to woo about 100 progressives brought together there by the Maine People’s Alliance during 150-minute tour through an acoustically challenged room in an old […]
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PTSD expert says trial lawyer lacked understanding of disorder
AUBURN — A psychotherapist who specializes in treating veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder testified Wednesday that the defense attorney who represented a Lisbon man charged with aggravated attempted murder should have delved deeper into discussion of the disorder during questioning at his client’s 2010 trial. Bartolo Ford is serving a sentence of 20 years with […]
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RSU 16 creates advisory committee to fix communication problems
POLAND — The Regional School Unit 16 board of directors has agreed to form a nine-person advisory committee to help address communication problems among the board, community members and school staff. The move comes after some parents and community members have spent months repeatedly telling the board they’re angry over Superintendent Tina Meserve’s performance and, […]
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Livermore Falls: Voters take $100,000 for tax relief
LIVERMORE FALLS — Voters on Wednesday approved taking $100,000 from the general fund balance, resulting in a tax rate of $21.60 for 2017-18. Five voters attended the special town meeting, deciding to use the money to reduce the tax commitment. If they hadn’t, the rate would have been $22.20. The 2016-17 tax rate was $20.90. […]
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Field hockey: Winthrop puts away Dirigo
Winthrops’ Kinli Dibiase controls the ball past Dirigo’s Ashley Walker in the season opener field hockey game at Winthrop High School on Wednesday afternoon. WINTHROP — The way Winthrop was playing in its opener Wednesday, a late timeout to set up a potential game-winning goal shouldn’t have been necessary. Yet despite dominating in scoring chances […]