An employee at a Major League Baseball stadium was fired and arrested this weekend after a video appeared to show him spitting on a pizza he prepared at one of the ballpark’s food stands. The video was taken during a Friday game at Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers. The employee, clad in a […]
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Maine man charged after allegedly throwing cinder block through windshield of mother’s car
A 20-year-old Detroit man who already was wanted by police in connection with a domestic violence incident in January in Madison was arrested this week after he allegedly threw a cinder block through the windshield of his mother’s car and assaulted his teenage brother. Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster said William Smith was out on […]
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'Detroit' is season opener for Theater Project
BRUNSWICK — The Theater Project of Brunswick will open its 2017-2018 season with “Detroit” by Lisa D’Amour, running Oct. 12 through Oct. 29. Director Christopher Price leads a cast of four professional actors in this dark comedy that revolves around a modern middle class struggle. In a first-ring suburb just outside a city that might […]
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Elizabeth Brooks Bartlett
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — It is with regret and sadness that we announce the passing of Elizabeth “Betty” Bartlett on September 22nd, 2017 in Fredericksburg, VA, while surrounded by loved ones. Born September 14th, 1931, she grew up in Portland and became active in the southern Maine equestrian scene. While attending Oak Grove School in Vassalboro, ME […]
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Upton’s slam helps Tigers avert sweep, win 8-3 over Red Sox
Detroit Tigers’ Nicholas Castellanos throws to first for the out on Boston Red Sox’s Christian Vazquez during the eighth inning of a baseball game on Sunday, June 11, 2017, in Boston. BOSTON — Justin Upton hit a grand slam off the right-field foul pole, Nicholas Castellanos hit a two-run homer and the Detroit Tigers averted […]
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Bradley rallies Red Sox to 5-3 win over Tigers
Boston Red Sox outfielders Andrew Benintendi, left, Mookie Betts (50) and Jackie Bradley Jr. celebrate the team’s 5-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers in a baseball game at Fenway Park on Friday, June 9, 2017, in Boston. BOSTON — Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a two-run homer in the eighth as Boston rallied for three runs […]
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Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell dies at age 52 in Detroit
In this Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010, file photo, musician Chris Cornell of Soundgarden performs during the Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park in Chicago. According to his representative, rocker Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died Wednesday night in Detroit at age 52. (AP Photo/Nam Y. […]
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Sox whip Tigers, 7-2
DETROIT (AP) — Jackie Bradley Jr. showed off his considerable promise in one big afternoon for the Boston Red Sox. Bradley homered and drove in a career-high five runs, and the Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 7-2 on Sunday. “Today is a flash of what Jackie is capable of doing,” Red Sox manager John […]
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Sox toy with Tigers
DETROIT (AP) — David Ortiz homered while Hanley Ramirez and Xander Bogaerts added two-run doubles to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 7-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night. Boston improved to 2-2 on its eight-game trip. J.D. Martinez hit his 30th homer for the Tigers. Daniel Norris (2-2) gave up three […]
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Lakshmi Das
1924 – 2015 AUBURN — Lakshmi Das died at her home at Schooner Estates on July 23, completing a remarkable journey which took her from British-occupied India to Stetson Road in Auburn. Born on July 2, 1924 in Secunderabad, India, to Ambat and Thankam Menon, she was educated at Keyes High School for Girls (Secunderabad) […]