ITHACA, N.Y. — Junior guard Kaitlin Donahoe scored a team-high 20 points and hit a clutch second half basket as the Bowdoin College women’s basketball team beat the University of Southern Maine 75-68 in the NCAA Division III National Championship tournament Friday night.
March 2012
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COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Black Bears eliminated by top-seeded Terriers
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Top-ranked Boston University ended the University of Maine women’s basketball team’s season with a 52-43 win in the America East quarterfinals Friday.
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Snowe mourns the death of compromise
PORTLAND — Lamenting that the “sensible center has now virtually disappeared,” U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe on Friday renewed her call for consensus building in the polarized Senate. She said voters need to reward instead of punish lawmakers willing to set aside partisanship to find common ground.
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Portland diocese has plan to oppose gay marriage
PORTLAND — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland will take no active role in the campaign against a same-sex marriage proposal that’s expected to be on the state ballot in November, Bishop Richard Malone announced Friday.
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37 new American citizens sworn in Friday
FALMOUTH — Miranda Qahalliu on Friday summed up her reason for moving from Bulgaria to the United States in a simple phrase.
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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HOCKEY: Eagles try to reach new heights
The Messalonskee High School hockey team is enjoying one of its finest seasons in program history, winning 16 games and earning the No. 2 seed in the Eastern B playoffs.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Mt. Blue’s Sennick, Cony’s Diplock named finalists
Cony’s Mia Diplock and Mt. Blue’s Cam Sennick were both the focus of their highly successful teams this season. Now they’re among the six finalists for another honor.
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AMY CALDER: Set up for success
When Nicole Desjardins was 9, she and her cousins, Matthew and Kevin, owned and ran a make-believe business, Friel Executive Enterprises.
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Blomquist awarded for display of heroism
MADISON — A 1988 Madison Area Memorial High School graduate and U.S. Air Force veteran has received a command civilian award for valor.
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Couture inducted into English Honor Society
IRVING, Texas — Mary Couture of Sidney was among the first group of inductees to gain membership into the University of Dallas chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, an international honor society for English founded in 1924. The organization’s central purpose is to confer distinction upon students of the English language and literature in undergraduate, graduate and professional studies.