AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Public Safety hopes lawmakers will change the state’s public information law that would allow them to shield 911 call information of victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. A bill being proposed by the department also would strengthen provisions in state law that prohibit the release of personal medical […]
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Class D Football Championship: A-Mace-ing repeat for Oak Hill in 41-21 win over MCI
Mace and sidekick Kyle Flaherty spent four years sharing the load of leading Oak Hill. Flaherty gave the Raiders a piggyback ride to the 2013 Class D title. Saturday afternoon, in defense of that crown, it was Mace’s turn. Three touchdowns and 341 all-purpose yards later, Mace and the Raiders repeated with a convincing 41-21 […]
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Class C Football Championship: Winslow Black Raiders hammer Leavitt Hornets
ORONO — Dylan Hapworth will reap the headlines, the highlights, the postseason banquet hardware and a lion’s share of the acclaim for Winslow’s 10th football state championship. Let’s not make any mistake: Leavitt lost to more than one player in Friday night’s Class C championship at Morse Field. Big-boy, smash-mouth, old-time football won. Physical, go-ahead-and-try-to-stop-it […]
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Class C Football Championship Preview: ‘Getting to know you’ not necessary
Geography ensures that not many state championship football matchups can be construed as renewals of a rivalry. Rarely do opponents even have a history. Friday night’s Class C clash between Leavitt and Winslow at the University of Maine is a distinct exception, on all counts. It’s the second consecutive meeting with a Gold Ball in […]
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Class D Football Championship Preview: MCI, Oak Hill different, but same
Oak Hill is the defending Class D football champion. Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield, winless only two seasons ago, is making its first state title game appearance since 2000 and seeking its first Gold Ball in 40 years. Yet the Raiders, who embrace the underdog role the way your long-lost aunt puts you in a […]
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Legion Baseball: Beauchesne bolsters Bessey into final day with 4-3 walkoff win
BANGOR — Three columns comprise the report card on every baseball scoreboard. Each conveyed a bizarre reality at the end of Saturday’s American Legion state tournament elimination game. And the relentless Bessey Motors middle infield of Nick Attaliades-Ryan and Matt Beauchesne played a pivotal role in every step of the trifecta. Beauchesne laced a walkoff […]
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American Legion Baseball State Tournament: Bessey Motors beats Post 51, 7-2
BANGOR — The team in red went by the name Post 51, not Messalonskee, although there were enough Eagles on the Oakland-based American Legion baseball squad to make Bessey Motors of Oxford Hills nervous after three springs worth of mixed results on the high school diamond. Summer heat, a few additions on both sides, and […]
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Legion Baseball: Bessey bashes Fayette-Staples, advances
Hard to believe that it has been four years since Bessey Motors appeared in the American Legion baseball state tournament. The Oxford Hills-based team doesn’t need a reminder and wasn’t about to let the small matter of a play-in game interfere Saturday afternoon. Bessey banged out 14 hits to back the complete-game pitching of Mike […]
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Farmers’ barns and gates open Sunday
STATE — Farmers across the state are opening barn doors to the public on Sunday, July 27, for the 25th annual Maine Open Farm Day. The bounty of the farmer’s table will be matched by the number of farms — close to 90 from all 16 counties — holding open house for consumers to learn about […]
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More money, less money: the effects of not expanding MaineCare
The head of the Portland Community Health Center and her chief financial officer sat down last week to figure out which bills they could pay. They don’t have the money to pay all of them. More than half of their patients are uninsured, up from about 30 percent a few years ago. The health center […]