PORTLAND — The four finalists for the Miss Maine Softball Award, given to the state’s outstanding senior player, were announced Saturday.
June 2012
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War of 1812 very unpopular in Maine
John Diguo, a 20-year-old apprentice shipwright from Cape Elizabeth, was traveling on the brig Spitfire, on his way to New York City, when his life took a dreadful turn.
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SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Hayward lifts Old Town by Fryeburg
BREWER — Batter after batter trudged back to the Fryeburg dugout with the same bewildered look.
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‘Women have broken the glass ceiling,’ Samuelson says
Growing up in Cape Elizabeth with three brothers, Joan Benoit Samuelson never felt slighted on the ski slopes or the tennis courts or the vacant lots where they played baseball.
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Appalachian Trail hiker drowns in pond
BOWTOWN TOWNSHIP — A man who was through-hiking the Appalachian Trail drowned while swimming in Pierce Pond in Bowtown Township Friday night, the Maine Warden Service said Saturday. His name was not being released pending notification of his family.
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J.P. DEVINE: The angst of change
I confess. I am an animist. Animism is simply a belief that all inanimate objects, such as rocks and plants, have souls, and therefore have feelings. This includes glass beads, drift wood and old soccer balls.
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Hanson,Fortin
OAKLAND — David and Linda Hanson of Farmington are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Lisa Hanson of Oakland to Justin Fortin of Oakland, son of Kathy Hotham of Albion and Wayne Fortin of Oakland.
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Jean,Ledoux
AUGUSTA — Gary and Rosalyn Jean of Augusta are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Jean, to Matthew Ledoux, the son of Greg and Deborah Ledoux of Standish.