FARMINGTON — After losing a doubleheader on Saturday and another game Sunday, Franklin County’s Zone 2 playoff chances were in the hands of a pitcher who hadn’t started a game all season.
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The line’s first ‘major accident’
Monday’s collision between a Downeaster train and a tractor-trailer was the first “major accident” in the nearly 10-year history of Amtrak’s Portland-to-Boston passenger service, said Patricia Quinn, executive director of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority.
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COMMENTARY: ON BASEBALL: All-Star game secondary for many
PHOENIX — Forty years ago, the All-Star game really was played by stars.
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MLB All-STAR GAME: Halladay, Weaver get starts tonight
PHOENIX (AP) — Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay will start for the National League in tonight’s All-Star game against the Los Angeles Angels’ Jered Weaver.
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Trucker killed in train collision
NORTH BERWICK — An Amtrak train traveling at 70 mph smashed into a tractor-trailer Monday in a fiery collision that killed the truck driver, injured a half-dozen other people and sent flames more than three stories high, a witness and officials said.
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State voids prison deal
THOMASTON — Gov. Paul LePage suspended sales of state property Monday in response to a finding by Attorney General William Schneider that the sale of three state-owned houses in Thomaston to the warden of the Maine State Prison violated state law.
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SOCCER: Locals help team win regionals
The Portland Phoenix Under-20 men’s soccer team won the Northeast Region with a 4-2 win over the Massachusetts Bulldogs last week. With the win, the Phoenix earned a spot in the national tournament later this month in Tampa, Fla.
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Winslow councilors approve Fort Halifax plan
WINSLOW — It’s official: big things are planned for the historic Fort Halifax Park.
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WOMEN’S WORLD CUP: U.S. women all the rage after epic win
DUSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — The U.S. women’s soccer team shared the Yankee Stadium scoreboard with Derek Jeter, made an appearance on “Good Morning America” and can now count Tom Hanks, Lil Wayne and Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers among their list of star-studded admirers.
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LePage ignoring safety laws, environmental group says
AUGUSTA — An environmental group accused the LePage administration Monday of ignoring deadlines in two laws aimed at curbing the use of dangerous chemicals because it disagrees with the laws.