MLB: Red Sox go down fighting in loss to Yankees

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September 13, 2012

MLB: Red Sox go down fighting in loss to Yankees

BOSTON (AP) — Curtis Granderson hit two home runs, Robinson Cano also homered and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Wednesday night to remain tied for first place in the AL East.
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September 13, 2012

Dar Willimas to perform in Dover-Foxcroft

On Sunday, Sept. 16, Dover-Foxcroft's Center Theatre for the Performing Arts will host singer-songwriter Dar Williams, who is touring in support of her ninth studio album, "In The Time of Gods" (released on Razor & Tie Records on April 17 of this year). The album features 10 songs that, though set in today's chaotic world, borrow from classic Greek archetypes. In a recent phone interview from her New York home, Williams, who's career began in the early 90s, talked about her album, her fondness for Maine and the tour that will bring her to our fair state.
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September 13, 2012

ABOUT THE MOVIES

"Finding Nemo" Arguably Pixar's best movie returns, this time in three dimensions. 96 minutes (PG-13)
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September 13, 2012

‘Sleepwalk With Me’ fails to awaken

His name is Mike Birbiglia, and that's the last time I use it. But that's his real name, and he's a real stand up comic who found success in a long one act about himself Off Broadway that ran for 36 weeks. Not a bad run.
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September 13, 2012

Poetry reading at Harlow Gallery

HALLOWELL -- A poetry reading by UK poet William Ayot of Wales will begin at 7 p.m. Friday at the Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St. Ayot's powerful and accessible poetry speaks directly to the heart as he charts an underworld journey through loss, self-loathing and grief, to acceptance, reconciliation and a sense of belonging, according to a release.

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September 13, 2012

MOVIE TIMES

Movie times are good for Friday, Sept. 14, through Thursday, Sept. 20 AUGUSTA Regal Augusta 10, Marketplace Drive, 623-8183 Unavailable at press time. FARMINGTON Narrow Gauge Cinemas, Front Street, 778-4877 Unavailable at press time. PITTSFIELD Pittsfield Community Theater, 487-5461 “ParaNorman,” 7:30 daily; 10 a.m. Wednesday; 2 p.m. Sunday SKOWHEGAN Skowhegan Drive-In Theater 474-9277 “The Dark […]
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September 13, 2012

LOCAL ROUNDUP: UNE tops UMF

BIDDEFORD—Kyle McGlone, Matthew Christie and Jeremy Hill each scored to lead the University of New England men’s soccer team to a 3-0 victory over the University of Maine at Farmington in a non-conference game at Barbara J. Hazard Field on Wednesday.
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September 13, 2012

Dill defends absence

SOUTH PORTLAND -- As Cynthia Dill settled in to teach her government class at Southern Maine Community College, one of her students asked the obvious question: Aren't you supposed to be at the U.S. Senate candidate debate?
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September 13, 2012

Fireworks-restricting rule fails in Fairfield

FAIRFIELD — A town ordinance that would have restricted fireworks usage to 19 days of the year failed to pass Wednesday night during a Town Council meeting.
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September 13, 2012

Sen. Collins calls efficiency agency’s spending ‘outrageous,’ wasteful

WASHINGTON — Maine's U.S. Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday blasted what she called "outrageous" wasteful spending at the General Services Administration, a federal agency that is supposed to make government more efficient.

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