LEWISTON — Friday’s weigh-in for New England Fights XIII couldn’t call itself the biggest mixed martial arts unveiling in the state over a 24-hour period. That distinction went to Thursday’s announcement by Ultimate Fighting Championship president and Maine native Dana White. The name synonymous worldwide with cagefighting will storm Bangor’s Cross Insurance Center for a […]
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Mixed Martial Arts: Big Bang Theory
AUBURN — Athletics in the Bang family appear governed by some simple principles. If it’s grueling, perhaps a little bit dangerous, and out of reach for a majority of the populace, it’s probably right in their wheelhouse. Sheldon Bang won’t graduate from Edward Little High School for another month, yet he already has conquered the […]
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MMA solidifies strong bond between brothers
WINTERPORT — The first six nights of the week training at the Team Irish MMA Fitness Academy often aren’t enough for Jarrod and Jeremy Tyler. And Sunday mornings, during some down time at Tyler’s Garage and Auto Parts, the brothers work while contemplating moves and countermoves that make for a successful mixed martial arts practitioner. […]
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Our View: Do not create an unfair barrier to public access
On Tuesday, a working group of the municipal officials presented the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee with a handful of recommendations, including vastly increasing the cost for public access to documents under Maine’s Freedom of Access Act. A very similar proposal came before the state’s Right to Know Advisory Committee and then the Judiciary Committee last year […]
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Livermore resident required to petition for warrant articles
LIVERMORE — A resident will need to circulate petitions to get 10 articles on the June town meeting warrant. Dwight Hines sent selectmen Chairwoman Megan Dion a letter dated Feb. 23, suggesting the articles. The Board of Selectpersons voted unanimously March 10 that Hines should circulate petitions to get the articles on the warrant, Administrative […]
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New owner, new name: MMA to become the Central Maine and Quebec Railway
HERMON — Once the sale of the bankrupt Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway is complete, that name will be filed away in the history books. Railroad Acquisition Holdings, the affiliate of New York-based investment firm Fortress Investment Group that is in the process of buying Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway out of bankruptcy, will change […]
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Fight Night XII: Sanders stops Davis
LEWISTON — If you blinked or sneezed, you missed a pair of savage pro fights where the blows and blood flowed freely before a raucous crowd of around 3,000 during New England Fights’ Fight Night XII at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Saturday night. The headlining fight between Marcus Davis and Ryan Sanders turned out […]
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Games moved as Colisee loses ice
LEWISTON — The Lewiston High School girls’ home playoff hockey game won’t be so homey, after all. The No. 2 Blue Devils were to host No. 3 Greely on Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in the Eastern Maine semifinals, but a compressor malfunction due to an electrical problem at the […]
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Wrongful death claimants in Lac-Megantic disaster want George Mitchell to oversee allocation of railroad’s funds
BANGOR — A Chicago law firm on Wednesday filed a proposal that would appoint former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell to oversee the allocation of available funds in the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway’s bankruptcy case to the victims who have filed wrongful death and personal injury claims. The firm Meyers & Flowers filed the […]
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After bankruptcy sale, what’s next for beleaguered Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway?
The sale of the bankrupt Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway is all but certain at this point, but the buyer — Fortress Investment Group — remains mum on its reasons for wanting to acquire the bankrupt railroad or its future plans. While Fortress may not be talking, the Bangor Daily News is able to piece […]