UNITY — A sapling from famed American pioneer Johnny Appleseed’s original apple tree lineage is growing on Quaker Hill.
April 2012
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SNAPSHOT: Never the same stream twice
Mary Shepard, of Gardiner, photographs a raging Cobbossee Stream on Wednesday in Gardiner. The Kennebec River and several of its tributaries are still coursing at elevated levels due to torrential rainfall earlier in the week. Shepard made a few images of the swollen stream as part of a year long photo contest with 16 girlfriends.
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NFL: Patriots trade up twice
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots have selected defensive end Chandler Jones of Syracuse in the first round of the NFL draft.
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MLB: Youkilis hits slam, Red Sox win 4th straight
CHICAGO (AP) — Kevin Youkilis hit a grand slam, Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered twice and the Boston Red Soxroughed up Philip Humber in a 10-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night.
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NBA: Celtics beat Bucks; open playoffs at Atlanta
BOSTON (AP) — As much as he wanted to keep playing in his return from a sore lower back, Rajon Rondo knew it was much more prudent to rest on the bench in the second half.
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MLB: Crawford has sprained ligament in elbow
CHICAGO (AP) — Carl Crawford has a sprained ligament in his throwing elbow and the Boston Red Sox left fielder will remain sidelined for a while.
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NFL DRAFT: No surprise: Luck goes 1st to Colts
NEW YORK (AP) — Six weeks after saying goodbye to Peyton Manning, the Indianapolis Colts handed Andrew Luck a blue and white jersey and the daunting task of leading a rebuilding team as its quarterback for the next decade.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL NOTES: Offense, bullpen key for Cougars
The bad news for the Mt. Blue High School baseball team is, in three games, the Cougars haven’t had a starting pitcher get through the third inning yet. The good news is, the Cougars are hitting and have a relief ace, and that’s led them to a 2-1 record despite the early inning struggles on the mound.
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SNAPSHOT: PRUNING RASPERRIES
Ken Shephard prunes a raspberry patch on Thursday afternoon in Farmingdale. He said that was just cutting out the old and dead canes to make room for the new green ones to grow.
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Fowler sharp in MCI victory
GARDINER — Courtney Fowler took a no-hitter into the sixth inning as the Maine Central Institute softball team beat Gardiner Area High School 1-0 in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B game Thursday.