SALISBURY, Mass. — Eiko Janet Thurlow, age 92, longtime resident of True Road in Salisbury, Mass., passed away peacefully Wednesday, July 11, 2018. She was married for 68 years to the late Henry P. Thurlow Jr. The eldest daughter of the late Takeji and Frances (White) Matsubara, Eiko was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May […]
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Jays snap Red Sox winning streak at 10
Toronto Blue Jays’ Justin Smoak, center right, celebrates his two-run home run that also drove in Aledmys Diaz (1) as Boston Red Sox’s Sandy Leon, left, looks on during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Boston, Friday, July 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) BOSTON (AP) — Kevin Pillar had four hits and Justin […]
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Therese G. McPhee
AUBURN — Therese G. McPhee, 92 passed away peacefully Wednesday, July 4, at Clover Manor Health Care in Auburn. She was born Nov. 22, 1925, in Lynn, Mass., and was raised and educated in Marblehead, Mass, graduating from Marblehead High School in 1944. The day after graduation, she moved to Washington, D.C., and worked for the […]
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The Hot Corner: Taking stock in the Sox brings good and bad
Ninety games into the baseball season, and the Boston Red Sox have won more than two-thirds of them. They lead the majors in batting average, runs, hits, doubles, extra base hits and a bundle of other offensive categories I don’t study because I’m old and stubborn. And if you’re anything like me, you still can’t […]
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USS Constitution sails Boston Harbor, fires guns
BOSTON (AP) — The USS Constitution sailed in Boston Harbor and fired its guns again to mark Independence Day. The world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat left its berth at the Charlestown Navy Yard on Wednesday morning. It glided through the harbor to mark 242 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The […]
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Yanks pummel Price
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Hicks hit three home runs and the New York Yankees pummeled David Price again, connecting five times in the first four innings Sunday night on the way to an 11-1 rout of the Boston Red Sox. Luis Severino became the first 13-game winner in the majors, cruising through 6 2/3 […]
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NHL: Bruins sign Moore, former Maineiac Halak
The Boston Bruins have added seven players on the first day of NHL free agency, including defenseman John Moore and former Lewiston Maineiacs goaltender Jaroslav Halak. Moore is a 10-year veteran who spent the last three seasons with the New Jersey Devils. He got a five-year deal with an annual cap hit of $2.75 million. […]
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Martinez powers Red Sox past Angels
BOSTON — J.D. Martinez hit his major league-leading 25th home run, Rafael Devers delivered a tiebreaking double and the Boston Red Sox beat the skidding Los Angeles Angels 9-6 on Wednesday night after squandering a six-run lead. Martinez’s homer capped a six-run second for the Red Sox, who won for the fifth time in six […]
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Edythe J. Estes
BOSTON — Edythe Deedee J. Estes, 63, of South Paris passed away Sunday, June 24, at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. She was born in Lewiston on Jan. 15, 1955, the daughter of Robert and Frances Bean Vezina. Deedee married Gregory Estes. She enjoyed working at The Penley Corp., the Progress Center, H & R […]
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Bruins among suitors for John Tavares
(AP) — The first big free agent re-signing with his own team is just the beginning of what’s to come around the NHL. Defenseman John Carlson signed a $64 million, eight-year deal with the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals. His agent and the representatives for other pending unrestricted free agents were able to start talking […]