The Phantom Punch at 50 Interactive guide to our stories, photos, audio and video | Audio: Listen to the radio broadcast from the fight | Video: Can you see the punch? | Interactive timeline of the fighters’ careers | Newspaper coverage & readers’ memories from 1965 In 1965, both the Twin Cities travel agent and the world heavyweight champion were off to a pretty good start […]
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Fast lane to get a bit faster on some parts of Maine’s highways
Post by MaineDOT. Post by MaineDOT. PORTLAND — Just in time for the busy summer travel season, Maine is increasing the speed limit on most of Interstate 295 and long sections of the state-run portion of Interstate 95, but motorists will have to wait until later in the summer to go faster on the Maine Turnpike, […]
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Auburn-Lewiston YMCA Boys’ Basketball Team
The fifth-and-sixth grade Auburn/Lewiston YMCA boys’ basketball team remained undefeated in the Cape Community League A division with a 55-17 victory over Saco recently. Storm Jipson led the attack with 15 points. Dan Milks was next with 10 points followed by Max Creaser with nine points,Devonte Scott had eight, Austin Brown seven points, Giles Paradie […]
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Storm wreaks havoc on Thanksgiving travel plans
Woman on noon news said travel was a bit slow this AM. Took her little under an hour 2 go from Lew-Aub area to Kennebunk. Ya It’s 50+ miles! — Maine Turnpike (@MaineTurnpike) November 27, 2013 GRAY — Whipping winds, driving rain and snow throughout the state have prompted multiple weather advisories and delayed and […]
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Thanksgiving travelers cast wary eye as storm heads east
DALLAS (AP) — A winter storm blamed for at least 11 fatal accidents in the West, Texas and Arkansas threatens to dampen the Thanksgiving holiday for millions of Americans traveling this week. Nearly 300 American Airlines and American Eagle flights were canceled in and out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Monday due to the […]
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Storm expected to affect Thanksgiving travel with mixed precipitation, high winds
GRAY — Forecasters are keeping their eyes on a storm expected to blow into the area Tuesday and continue into Wednesday. “We’re looking at rain and wind coming in,” Steve Capriola, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Gray office said Monday morning. Forecasters are expecting a significant amount of rainfall and mixed precipitation — […]
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Police: Labor Day travel weekend safest in three years, with one fatality
AUGUSTA — One of the summer’s busiest travel weekends proved to be the safest in three years, according to state police. Only one person was killed on Maine highways during Labor Day weekend, marking the safest travel holiday weekend since 2010, according to Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland. The 2013 figures compare to […]
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Global travel warning: U.S. cites al-Qaida threat
WASHINGTON — The United States issued an extraordinary global travel warning to Americans Friday about the threat of an al-Qaida attack and closed down 21 embassies and consulates across the Muslim world for the weekend. The alert was the first of its kind since an announcement preceding the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. […]
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Famous hobo left mark in Bethel area
A famous hobo of the early 20th century who went by the name “A No. 1” was played by actor Lee Marvin in the 1973 film, “Emperor of the North Pole.” The man, whose real name was Leon Ray Livingston, left his mark wherever he went by carving “A No. 1” on trees and buildings, […]