On Sunday evening, the National Hurricane Center was forecasting Florence to become a strong Category 4 hurricane just before making landfall Thursday somewhere on the Southeast or Mid-Atlantic coast. Know what’s happening, when it’s happening With each passing flight into the eye of the storm and every new forecast from the global weather models, it […]
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On Football: Phillip Dorsett earning Tom Brady's trust
New England Patriots wide receiver Phillip Dorsett runs after catching a pass against the Houston Texans during the second half Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — It’s all about trust with Tom Brady. If he has trust in you, you’re going to get the ball and have volumes […]
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Patriots notebook: Defense contains Texans' Watson
Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, center, is sacked by the New England Patriots defense during the second half Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots defense faced a huge challenge Sunday afternoon against the Houston Texans and quarterback Deshaun Watson, who puts a lot of […]
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Maine Mariners single-game tickets on sale Monday
The Maine Mariners, Portland’s new ECHL team, reveal their new logo on the scoreboard at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland in Nov. 2017. (Portland Press Herald file photo) Individual game tickets for the upcoming Maine Mariners ECHL hockey season go on sale Monday afternoon — precisely at 2:07 in a nod to the state’s […]
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Bushels of fun for Maine Apple Sunday
Arthur Hayford drives a wagon through Boothby’s Orchard & Farm in Livermore during Maine Apple Sunday. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Jovie Salgado, 1, inspects an apple she, her parents and sister from Rumford picked at Boothby’s Orchard & Farm in Livermore during Maine Apple Sunday. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LIVERMORE — Visitors at Boothby’s Orchard & Farm […]
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Monday Morning QB: Dirigo hopes to move to head of class
Dirigo’s Michael Packard sheds a Gray-New Gloucester tackler as he heads up the field during Friday’s game in Dixfield. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) After last season Dirigo made the decision to drop from Class D to the developmental Class E. It was a move made in part due to low numbers in the football program. Whatever […]
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The Hot Corner: Black Bears football team making Maine proud
Saturday was a fun night to be a Maine-born football fan in Kentucky. Western Kentucky University played the game that’s familiar to Football Bowl Subdivision programs of all shapes and sizes. The Hilltoppers paid the University of Maine Black Bears $300,000 to show up at (deep breath) Jimmy Feix Field at Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium […]
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Rumford woman, 70, seeks support for marathon walk
Connie Venskus of Rumford, who turns 71 on Sept. 19, is training for her eighth Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. The event helps support research and patient care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. RUMFORD — Connie Venskus of Rumford has been stepping up her training this summer in preparation for her eighth Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. […]
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Shawn Moody: Self-made millionaire runs on authenticity
The Republican who hopes to follow in the current governor’s footsteps banks on his proven entrepreneurial ability and a life story built on success. Editor’s note: This is the first of four weekly profiles on the candidates campaigning for Maine governor. GORHAM — Shawn Moody built an auto repair business from nothing, transformed a junkyard […]
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Take your pick: Today is Maine Apple Sunday
Norman Samuels picks Ginger Gold apples for Ricker Hill Orchards on Perkins Ridge Road in Auburn on a recent morning. Ricker is one of the orchards participating in Maine Apple Sunday today. Today is Maine Apple Sunday, an event sponsored by the Maine State Pomological Society with participating orchards around the state. The day coincides […]