The first thing you notice about the University of Maine’s opponent in the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs is that Jacksonville State has a heck of an offense. The Gamecocks average 41.1 points and 499 yards per game. They’re led by sophomore quarterback Zerrick Cooper, a transfer from Clemson who has thrown […]
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College football: No restrictions for mended Maine QB Ferguson
Sophomore quarterback Chris Ferguson was back at practice for the University of Maine football team Tuesday morning, saying he had no restrictions on his right shoulder. Ferguson has missed parts of the last two games, each time aggravating a right shoulder injury he first suffered in the third game of the season. He missed two […]
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Maine deer harvest is highest since 2004
The number of deer killed by hunters in Maine this year is the highest in at least 14 years. Hunters have reported killing 30,299 deer in Maine so far this fall, the most since 2004, when 30,926 were killed. State biologists say the final number likely will surpass the 2004 harvest but probably fall short […]
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Second accuser testifies that defrocked priest abused him for years in Maine
ALFRED — Keith Townsend described his memory of the bottle in Ronald Paquin’s hand: Tanqueray gin. He described how Paquin made him a drink and then got upset when the liquor made him throw up on the carpet in the trailer at a Kennebunkport campground. And he described the way Paquin touched him that night […]
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2018 Hire-A-Vet campaign going strong
More than 175 employers have joined 2018’s Maine Hire-A-Vet Campaign through the halfway point. The campaign’s goal is for at least 100 employers to hire at least 100 veterans and military family members during 100 days, ending in mid-December. The annual effort launched on Labor Day and provides support for employers to expand the hiring […]
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Local roundup: Middlebrook's 3-pointer propels Bates to double-overtime win
LEWISTON — Sophomore Julia Middlebrook hit a three-pointer with three seconds left in double overtime and the Bates women’s basketball team won an 86-85 thriller over the University of New England Sunday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium. In a battle of attrition, the Bobcats (3-0) prevailed in their longest game since a triple overtime contest at […]
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Black-capped or boreal: Which chickadee is the state bird?
FALMOUTH — Mainers have been driving around with a black-capped chickadee on their license plates for 19 years, thinking they are proudly displaying the state bird. They may not be. The Maine Legislature in 1927 named “the chickadee” as the state bird. But eight species of chickadees live in North America, and two are in […]
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Holiday blitz in bars to lure young professionals back to Maine
Looking for a young, hip professional who might think about moving to Maine for a job? Try the local bar. Even better, try the bar on Thanksgiving weekend, when it is sure to be filled with kids home from college or out-of-state jobs, as they take a break from visiting with family to catch up […]
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Pertussis cases continue to climb, and York County remains a hot spot
Pertussis cases ballooned in October, and with 64 cases reported statewide it was the worst month so far this year for the infectious disease, which produces a violent cough. The October figures bring the total number of pertussis cases to 332 for the first 10 months of 2018, according to the Maine Center for Disease […]
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Jury selection begins in York in trial of former priest
ALFRED — A rare trial tied to the Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal is set to begin next week in York County. Jury selection began Monday afternoon at the Alfred courthouse for Ronald Paquin, a former priest from Massachusetts. He was a key figure in the Boston priest sex abuse scandal in the early 2000s […]