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Wait is over! Cubs win first World Series in 108 years

CLEVELAND — The wait ‘til next year is finally over. The Chicago Cubs are World Series champions. Ending more than a century of flops, futility and frustration, the Cubs won their first title since 1908, outlasting the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in 10 innings of a Game 7 thriller early Thursday. Lovable losers for generations, the […]

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Jon Lester chooses Cubs over Red Sox

SAN DIEGO — Jon Lester agreed Tuesday night to a $155 million, six-year contract with the Cubs, the first big deal of the offseason involving a top-level starting pitcher and one Chicago hopes will help end more than a century of frustration at Wrigley Field’s Friendly Confines. Lester’s contract, agreed to on the second day of […]

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Mother bear, cub spotted in Bangor

BANGOR — A mother bear and cub were reported seen in Rolland F. Perry City Forest early Saturday afternoon, police said. A woman walking with her daughter on a nature trail in the wildlife habitat off Tripp Drive reported seeing the two bears at about 1 p.m., police said. A dispatcher for the Maine Warden […]