CAPE ELIZABETH — Understand this about Sheri Piers: Running, to her, isn’t just about winning.
August 2012
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JUNIOR LEGION BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Post 14 falls to Libby Mitchell
FAIRFIELD — Post 14 of Fairfield dropped a 3-0 contest to Libby Mitchell of Scarborough on Saturday afternoon.
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BEACH TO BEACON 10K ROAD RACE: A hot day for a race
CAPE ELIZABETH — It’s not every competition where 14-minute milers are greeted at the finish line with handshakes and high fives from an Olympic gold medalist, but Joan Benoit Samuelson’s Beach to Beacon 10K is not your ordinary road race.
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ON BASEBALL: A new knuckler joins the Red Sox system
PORTLAND — In 2011, Steven Wright decided to go for it. No more simply fooling around with the knuckleball. He became committed.
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Closure of Riverview group homes forces relocation
AUGUSTA — Enoch Petrucelly had nowhere to live except inside the locked doors of the state’s only forensic hospital.
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Truth Test: Ad inflates Pingree’s spending for 2012
“Four years ago, Chellie Pingree ran and stated she was going to Washington to take the money out of politics. Just this year my opponent has already spent more than $400,000 with no primary opposition.” — From a Jon Courtney For Congress ad Sorry, not quite true. Pingree has indeed spent more than $400,000, but […]
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Analysis: Nine reasons Mitt Romney’s tax plan doesn’t add up
For openers, it’s mathematically impossible for him to keep his promise that the top 1 percent would pay the same or more.
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Political Notebook: LePage invokes Friedman, Sweden
The governor proclaimed July 31, 2012, as ‘Milton Friedman Day’ in his continuing effort to promote school choice, and made a curious reference to Sweden.
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Electons 2012: Hot on the money trail
Anthony Corrado sniffs out the funding that is pouring into American politics these days from two emerging forces: super PACs and nonprofits.
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Actor Clint Eastwood makes Romney’s day
The ‘Dirty Harry’ star and Oscar-winning director of ‘Unforgiven’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby’ endorsed the GOP presidential candidate Friday night.