FloTrack.com, one of the nation’s leading sources of track and field news, took to its Twitter feed on Saturday and likely echoed the sentiments of everyone watching Isaiah Harris at the Big Ten indoor track and field championships. “WHO IS THIS KID! 1:46.24 for the FRESHMAN for the Win!!!!” the site Tweeted at its more […]
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State investigator finds ground for claim of whistleblower at Norway auto shop
An investigator for a state agency sided with a former manager of a Norway auto repair shop who claims he was fired because he complained that he was underpaid. Michael W. Record filed a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission, saying he was fired for blowing the whistle on the owners of the Grease […]
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Dow closes at another record
NEW YORK — There weren’t any major economic developments or blockbuster earnings. But that didn’t stop investors from pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to another record Wednesday. Instead, investors focused on the big economic news yet to come this week — third-quarter U.S. economic growth on Thursday and the October jobs report Friday. Both […]
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Maine’s 2012 seafood harvest worth record $528M; haul by weight was largest since 1950
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s seafood harvest topped half a billion dollars for the first time as fishermen had the second-largest haul by weight since 1950, according to preliminary 2012 statistics released by the Department of Marine Resources. For the year, fishermen harvested 318 million pounds of fish, shellfish and other marine species valued at $527.7 […]
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Caribou hits 91, a record
CARIBOU (AP) — Warm weather that’s taken hold over New England led to a new record in northern Maine. The National Weather Service says the temperature climbed to 91 degrees Sunday in Caribou, breaking the old record of 90 degrees that had stood since 1943. The region is in for a stretch of continued sunny, […]
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Record-holding motorcycle racer dead after crashing bike while attempting 300 mph at Loring
LIMESTONE — A Florida man who set the world record for fastest speed on a conventional motorcycle died Sunday from injuries suffered when he lost control of his motorcycle and reportedly slid 1,000 feet during a speed trial at the former Loring Air Force Base. William “Bill” Warner, 44, a speed racer and tropical fish […]