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 LIVERMORE — Thousands of tri-county residents got within shouting distance of Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston during the lead-up to May […]
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Former Mexico man dies in Bangor
BANGOR — A former Mexico man who was struck by a vehicle on Hammond Street earlier this week has died, Bangor police said Friday. Timothy Gotto, 55, died of his injuries at Eastern Maine Medical Center on Thursday night, according to Bangor police Sgt. Tim Cotton. Gotto had been staying in the Bangor area, Cotton […]
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Flashlight, water pump taken from camp in northern Franklin County
ALDER STREAM TOWNSHIP — Franklin County Deputy Cpl. Nate Reid investigated a report of a camp burglary on Saturday. There was nothing missing from the camp, but the person reporting the burglary stated that a flashlight and a water pump had been stolen from a shed, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. The value of the […]
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Leading a pristine life at camp is out of the question
“Cleanliness is next to Godliness,” my mother so admonished me as a child. It did little good, however, as my wife Diane will attest. Even the U.S. Navy could never really changed me permanently. Oh, I went along with the spit-polished shoes and Brassoed buttons just to get through basic training, but not for the […]
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Stuffed bear heads among items stolen from Alderstream camp
ALDER STREAM TOWNSHIP — Camp chairs, stuffed bear heads and flashlights were reported stolen Friday from a camp on Route 27 between mid April and Aug. 15, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Monday. A North Waterboro woman reported that unknown persons entered the camp and spent some time there between those months, sleeping […]
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Reporter’s Notebook
OTISFIELD — During the Seeds of Peace Camp flag-raising ceremony Aug. 2, past campers, called “peer-support counselors,” told new campers what to expect during their three-week stay. Aziz, a young man from India, used humor to illustrate the diverse, multinational aspect of the camp, which brings together teens from several countries for a three-week journey into […]
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Momentum keeps Pats’ Siliga going
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Sealver Siliga knows about trying to stand out in a crowd. The youngest of 11 siblings finally found steady work with the New England Patriots after being let go by three NFL teams. Now he’s part of a large group of defensive tackles trying to stay with the club. Siliga played […]
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After 15 seasons, Brady wants to improve
It’s the 15th for Tom Brady, the fourth for Ryan Mallett and the first for Jimmy Garoppolo. All had plenty to learn. “It’s about making improvements and I think it goes from the guy who’s the newest on the team to the guy who’s the oldest on the team,” Brady said. “I don’t think you […]
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South Portland homeless encampment destroyed
SOUTH PORTLAND — Authorities in South Portland have torn down a homeless encampment in a wooded area near a shopping center, saying it was a health hazard. Crews on Wednesday piled up cardboard boxes and other items that the homeless had used at the camp behind Mallside Plaza, and then the fire department set the […]
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Elderly woman dies in fire in Livermore
LIVERMORE — Fire officials say a woman has died in a late night fire Tuesday that destroyed her home in Livermore. Dorothy Goding, 83, who lived alone at her early 1880s home on Poland Hill Road, died in the fire, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office. Spokesman Steve McCausland said the blaze was reported […]