After he graduated from Mt. Blue High School in 1997, the sky was limit for Dustin Ireland, who finished No. 2 in his class and was a Fitzpatrick Trophy winner on the football field.
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Despite key losses, UMaine expects to run the football 'even better than last year'
Maine’s Joe Fitzpatrick drives with the football during the Black Bears’ spring football scrimmage at Orono in May. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) ORONO — The University of Maine enters the football season without the back (Josh Mack) who led the Football Championship Subdivision in rushing last fall before transferring after the season. Maine also […]
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Weak government response to ticks threatens public health
Maine’s invasion came early this year. In recent hotbeds of tick activity – from Scarborough to Belfast and Brewer – people say they spotted the eight-legged arachnid before spring. They noticed the ticks – which look like moving poppyseeds – encroaching on roads, beaches, playgrounds, cemeteries and library floors. They saw them clinging to dogs, […]
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Short-term health plans coming to Maine won’t cover pre-existing conditions, or much else
New low-cost, short-term health insurance plans allowed by the Trump administration will be available in Maine this fall, but health care advocates say the plans won’t provide protections for pre-existing conditions and are filled with loopholes to avoid paying claims. Mitchell Stein, a Maine-based health insurance consultant, said many of the short-term plans, which cost […]
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Lewiston police: ‘You’ve always got to hope’
Constant public disrespect and misunderstanding. Big-city problems. More desk work and less time on the street. That’s life through the eyes of four Lewiston police officers as the city deals with a spike in violence. Editor’s note: This is the second of two parts. The interviews with police for this story were done before Lewiston […]
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Police deal with the 'CSI effect'
LEWISTON — The public often doesn’t understand what police can and can’t do in their jobs protecting the community, Lewiston officers say. They can’t solve all crimes in under an hour. Obtaining a search warrant alone takes hours, not minutes, unlike on TV, police Detective Tyler Michaud said. When he was a member of the […]
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Kannegieser squeezes in the U.S. Amateur during a busy summer
Will Kannegeiser pauses for a photo before playing a round of golf at Martindale Country Club recently. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, the term sick day means, “a day for which an employee receives pay while absent from work because of illness.” Minot native Will Kannegieser’s definition of a […]
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Par for the Course: Not much Maine in the Maine Open
Only four golf professionals from Maine participated in the Charlie’s Maine Open last week at the Augusta Country Club, and that could be a sign of the times. Ron Bibeau, head pro at Dunegrass and president of the New England PGA, feels that things are different than a quarter of a century ago, when many […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Seeds of recovery in Milo
Milo, like so many small, rural Maine towns, was once a robust, economically thriving community. Rewind back to the 1950s and even the late 1960s. The town of three rivers boasted three car dealerships, big churches, clothing, furniture and drug stores, many restaurants, movie theatre, regal homes, hardware and sporting goods stores, supermarkets, a hospital, […]
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Medical sources: Doctors leaving Central Maine Healthcare
Insiders say physicians are bailing for a host of reasons; officials say necessary cuts, new systems, pay talk have prompted departures of about 1 out of 4, but ‘it’s starting to turn.’ LEWISTON — Central Maine Healthcare staff members say things have been bad within the hospital system for a while. In recent months, the […]