WINTHROP — The collaboration of the Winthrop and Monmouth high school football teams got off to an inauspicious start Friday when its season-opening game against visiting Lisbon was postponed because the field lights failed to come on.
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ALLEN AFIELD: Fall is grand time for cyclists
The fall bicycling season begins in earnest now, a grand time of year for this crowd. Days often stay cool enough, so pedalers don’t sweat a gallon, but the September sun offers enough warmth to allow us to bicycle in shorts and a short-sleeve shirt — except at dawn and during cold snaps.
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Eliot Cutler calls for health care reform
Cutler criticizes Gov. LePage for not expanding Medicaid under the federal health care overhaul.
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US: Chemical attacks make Syria top security risk
Officials say not acting will embolden countries like Iran and North Korea that are hostile to the United States.
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BOOKS: ‘The Dying Hours’ is good to the last word
British author Mark Billingham’s talent for sculpting intensely dark police procedurals complements his skill at pinpointing believable contemporary nightmares.
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BOOKS: ‘Claire of the Sea Light’ shines light on the overlooked, undervalued
On her 7th birthday, when her father makes the agonizing decision to give her away to the local fabric vendor, who can offer a better life, Claire Limye Lanme Faustin vanishes.
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BOOKS: ‘Haldol and Hyacinths’ a report from frontlines of bipolar disorder
One of Melody Moezzi’s biggest gripes about being bipolar is that nobody rewards it. “If you have cancer, you get flowers, visitors and compassion. If you have a mental illness, you get plastic utensils, isolation and fear.
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TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Lisa’s Legit Burritos will put a smile on your face
Here’s the best news of all: Lisa’s Legit Burritos, Gardiner’s
delightful gathering place for great food and conversation,
will soon open a second location on Water Street in Augusta.
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Ohio women decline comment on captor’s suicide
The women were held captive for a decade by Ariel Castro, who hanged himself on Tuesday.