AUGUSTA — You usually go with your No. 1 in the first game of the playoffs, and The Red Barn went with Zack Lachance Wednesday morning against Pastime Club of Lewiston in the opener of the American Legion baseball state tournament.
July 2013
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JUNIOR AMERICAN LEGION: A taste of the big time
FAIRFIELD — Over the next few days, Fairfield Post 14 Junior Legion baseball will try not to think of the Maine Monster wall looming in left field, 37 feet high and just 315 feet from the plate at the foul line, when they play at Portland’s Hadlock Field.
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MAINE WOMEN’S AMATEUR: Bouchard wins 2nd straight
BRUNSWICK — Emily Bouchard was a little tense. She held a two-stroke lead entering the final round of the Maine Women’s Amateur golf championship but didn’t quite feel right.
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MLB: Red Sox excited about Peavy
BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz didn’t hesitate when asked what he remembered most about newly acquired right-hander Jake Peavy.
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MLB: Drug talks drag
NEW YORK (AP) — The names are mostly known and so are the possible penalties — 50 games for most, perhaps a lifetime ban for one.
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RSU 4 Board cuts $59,000 from budget in hopes it will pass third try
Purchase of iPads for kindergarten through third-graders and a hike in activity fees bring budget down to $17.65 million.
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Maine’s pulp, paper industry supports DEP proposal to relax anti-smog regulations
The Maine Pulp and Paper Association says the existing laws put the industry at a disadvantage. The DEP says a change in the law will benefit plants converting to natural gas.
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Waterville Democrats choose City Council, school board candidates
About 25 members of the party turned out to nominate candidates for the Nov. 6 city election.
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WHAT’S UP IN AUGUST: A month for a little introspection
This will be a good month to continue to develop a larger cosmic perspective of our home planet. As we become more aware of our place in space and how small the earth really is in the context of our sun and just our own family of planets, we will work more effectively together to preserve and increase our quality of life unto distant future generations instead of just continuing to degrade it as we have been doing in the past.
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NORTH CAIRN: A trace of September in summer
I have harvested precisely four wild raspberries.