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2015 Oxford Hills/Buckfield football preview

Coach: Mark Soehren (fourth year) Conference: North Class: A Last year’s record: 4-5, lost in Class A East quarterfinals Returning players: Seniors — Matt Smith (QB/S); Kyle Dexter (RB/LB), Gunnar Docos (T), Kaleb Currier (DE), Jake Spinhirn (RB/DB), Caleb Jewell (WR/CB), Cordell Stewart (WR); Juniors — Ryland VanDecker (FB/LB), John Bowen (WR). Key losses: Brady […]

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NBC suspends anchor Brian Williams for 6 months without pay

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC announced Tuesday that it is suspending Brian Williams as “Nightly News” anchor and managing editor for six months without pay for misleading the public about his experiences covering the Iraq War. NBC chief executive Steve Burke said Williams’ actions were inexcusable and jeopardized the trust he has built up with […]

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Sumner meeting gets heated over icy roads

SUMNER — Tempers flared at Tuesday’s Board of Selectmen meeting as members defended the town’s winter road maintenance program. The spirited defense was in response to a letter read by Planning Board member Thomas Standard, who called the roads “unreasonably dangerous.” He further accused selectmen of “wanton failure to perform the duties of office.” Selectman Walter Litchfield […]

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The Hot Corner: Tragedy we can’t (and shouldn’t) shake

It is the story that won’t go away. Easy in this culture that struggles comically to separate rumor from fact to wish that it would. Failure to learn from the blink of an eye that has linked Tony Stewart and Kevin Ward Jr. for eternity, however, would heap tragedy upon tragedy. Ward’s life inexplicably is […]

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Theater Project season opens Sept. 6

The Celebration Barn buddies: Al Miller, Fateh Azzam and Nat Warren-White. BRUNSWICK — The Theater Project’s 2013-2014 season will open on Friday, Sept. 6, with “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett, featuring several Theater Project favorites on stage, including Al Miller, Christopher Price, and Nat Warren-White. Directed by Davis Robinson, founder and director of Boston’s […]

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Manslaughter charge filed in Hudson boat crash

PIERMONT, N.Y. (AP) — A deadly nighttime speedboat crash on the Hudson River hurled a bride-to-be and her fiance’s best man into the water and left the groom and three others injured, including a friend charged with vehicular manslaughter on Saturday, just two weeks before the couple was to exchange their vows. Six friends were […]