ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — All-Star David Price pitched six solid innings and Ben Zobrist hit his fifth career grand slam, helping the Tampa Bay Rays tighten the AL East standings with a 9-6 victory Friday night that snapped first-place Boston’s six-game winning streak.
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Camp teaches survival skills
BELGRADE — Rebecca Waterman, daughter of a firefighter, giggled recounting how she blistered her hands trying for nearly two hours to start a fire during Camp Loon’s Survivor Island.
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State senator takes position as Sportsman’s Alliance director
The lawmaker who spearheaded the state’s new whitetail deer plan will take over as executive director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine.
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NFL LABOR: Owners, players say they are making progress
Noting that “progress has been made,” NFL owners and players wrapped up a round of intensive talks Friday without a full agreement to end the league’s four-month lockout, but determined to keep pushing over the weekend.
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FIELD HOCKEY: Local teams join fight against cancer
The Drive Out Cancer Challenge has been held in Augusta and Gardiner the last two summers. Next week, something similar will take place in Waterville.
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On debt, Obama presses sides for ‘something big’
WASHINGTON — Struggling to avert an unprecedented national default, congressional leaders jettisoned negotiations on a sweeping deficit-reduction package Friday despite a plea from President Barack Obama to “do something big” to stabilize America’s finances.
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Officials revisit Downeaster plan in light of locals’ concerns
State officials are considering three sites for a train layover and maintenance stop in Brunswick in response to neighbors’ objections to the first site selected by the New England Passenger Rail Authority.
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Dispensaries, Mobley strike deal
AUGUSTA — A financing agreement has been finalized between the holder of half of Maine’s medical marijuana dispensary licenses and a former professional basketball player.
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Entertainment set in St. Albans July 15, 16
ST. ALBANS — The Saturday Night Old Country Night with Ray & Ryan Stafford, Dotty Farrell, Wilf Clark, Bernie Staples and Jay Smith and Friday Night Bluegrass Night with The Misty Mountaineers will be at 7 p.m., Friday, July 15 and Saturday, July 16 at the St. Albans Town Hall. Admission is by donation. For more information call 277-4331 or 277-3365.
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Devereaux named to Endicott dean’s list
BEVERLY, Mass. — Brittany Marie Devereaux of Oakland was recently named to the dean’s list at Endicott College.