For the second time in three years, two high school cross country runners from Maine earned a trip to compete on a national stage. Seniors Abbey Leonardi of Kennebunk and Matthew McClintock of Madison qualified for the Foot Locker Cross Country national championships in San Diego next month by placing among the top 10 runners […]
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KEVIN THOMAS — ON BASEBALL: Ex-Sea Dog pays tribute to former owner
Ryan Cameron pitched for 10 years in the minor leagues, from 1998 to 2007, playing in 10 different cities for three organizations — the Rockies, Red Sox and Phillies.
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Many variables influence oil cost
MANCHESTER — John Babb looks at the computer screen at his desk as numbers bounce up and down with the constant stream of information from Wall Street.
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J.P. DEVINE, ON THE EDGE: That’s amore!
Let’s talk about pizza. But first, let’s see a show of hands. Who wants to be the first in Maine to call President Barack Obama and Congress and tell them that the tomato is not a vegetable, it’s a fruit?
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Dealers feel oil squeeze
Calling for an oil delivery these days can make one cringe. But homeowners are not the only ones who detest soaring oil prices, said John Babb, president of Manchester-based J&S Oil. Volatility, especially, and the rising cost of oil in general, has forced a number of dealers out of the industry.
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COMMENTARY: Siri may be every woman’s best friend
In case you’re one of the people who took part in this American atrocity called Black Friday — made even more obnoxious this year by corporations that are beginning the retail orgy on Thanksgiving Day — let me give you a little shopping advice.
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OUR OPINION: It’s up to us to demand politicians do our bidding
We survived the fruitless deliberations of the congressional supercommittee.
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Concierge medicine debuts in state
When Gladys Curtis no longer could stand the sharp pain in her back earlier this month, she called her doctor. It was the middle of the night, but Dr. Philip Frederick of Yarmouth picked up the phone, just as Curtis knew he would.
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NFL: Patriots wary of underachieving Eagles
PHILADELPHIA — Tom Brady talked up the Philadelphia Eagles more than Vince Young.
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COMMENTARY: Taxpayers to pay for unpopular revival of horse slaughter
The week before Thanksgiving, while you weren’t looking, Congress and the president did something the vast majority of Americans opposes.