ORONO — A $500,000 donation from a University of Maine alumnus will be used to renovate Alfond Arena, home of the Black Bears hockey and basketball teams, and Memorial Gym and Field House on the Orono campus. The gift comes from Tom Savage, a retired attorney who graduated in 1968, and his wife Sally. […]
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Outage disrupts Time Warner Internet, phone service
The outage affected service throughout New England, but the company would not say how many customers were affected.
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Coroner: Amy Winehouse diedfrom too much alcohol
Amy Winehouse drank herself to death. That was the ruling of a coroner’s inquest into the death of the soul singer, who died with empty vodka bottles in her room and lethal amounts of alcohol in her blood.
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Portland Sea Dogs ownerDan Burke dies at 82
The former media executive acquired the franchise in 1992 and served as chairman of the team until last year.
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Farmer catches farmstand thief with video surveillance
So much for the honor system. The unstaffed roadside stand in Troy has suffered a series of thefts totaling about $1,000.
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Bethel boy injured in August crash dies
The third-grader was involved in a car crash with his mother on Aug. 12 on Route 26 in Oxford.
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2 Maine programs cited in outdoors report
Maine’s programs were cited as being some of the best to connect Americans to the natural world.
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Maine chief justice to propose free legal services program
Chief Justice Leigh Saufley will announce a new program by the Maine bar to encourage pro bono services for civil cases.
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Conn. lawmakers to vote on Jackson lab proposal
After abandoning plans to expand in Florida, the Bar Harbor lab has proposed partnering with two universities and the Connecticut state government to build a research lab in Farmington, Conn.