Big challenges often take big efforts. That’s how the University of Maine is looking at this weekend’s trip to the NCAA Northeast Regional in Worcester. The Black Bears have a showdown against the defending national champions from Minnesota- Duluth Saturday and may have to do it without top scorer Spencer Abbott. It’s a tall order […]
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Street sweeper should avoid the commuting hours
Jeers to whomever scheduled street sweeping on the downtown streets in Auburn this week. Instead of doing this when the streets are void of traffic, like in the early morning hours, they decided to sweep during the commuting hours of 8-9 a.m. It would be safer and more efficient to clean these travel routes in […]
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Transparency, firefighters and LePage draw comments from online audience
Here’s a look at what readers in our online community had to say about several stories in the news over the last few days. Regarding a Monday story about by the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting on a first-of-its-kind ranking for states on government transparency and Maine’s F grade or low ranking. Reader Alan […]
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Spring may be on the calendar, but summer is in the air
Forget Maine’s annual mud season. This year’s shaping up to be more of a fast forward leap into summer-like temperatures and weather with record-setting high temperatures the last two days and more to come this week. Stacie Hanes, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, confirmed that Portland saw two record-setting days Sunday […]
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Call all moose
When it comes to an adrenaline rush for a Maine hunter, nothing quite compares with a bull moose responding to his call. As an occasional moose guide and hunter, I’ve tried about every moose calling device you can think of: voice, coffee can with a rawhide shoelace, rolled birch bark and, of course, the always […]
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College Hockey: Abbott misses game, still injured
BOSTON — The biggest cog in Maine’s offensive wheel had to miss the team’s biggest game of the season to date. Spencer Abbott, the leading point-getter in NCAA Division I this season, was officially ruled out of Saturday’s Hockey East final earlier in the afternoon after he took what appeared to be an elbow to […]
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College Hockey: Gaudreau, Eagles dispatch Black Bears
BOSTON — With the depth Boston College has displayed all season in its rise to No. 1 in Division I hockey, several of its players have done some heavy lifting one night or another this season. Saturday’s Johnny on the Spot was freshman Johnny Gaudreau. He scored the Eagles’ first two goals and assisted on […]
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Website launched for Maine-N.H. bridge project
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A new website has been launched to keep residents updated on the replacement of a bridge linking Maine and New Hampshire. The New Hampshire and Maine departments of transportation have created a website, www.memorialbridgeproject.com , that includes information regarding the design and construction process and timeline of the new Memorial Bridge […]
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College hockey: Maine’s Abbott named Hobey Baker finalist
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Ten finalists have been announced for the 2012 Hobey Baker Memorial Award honoring college hockey’s top player. They are Maine senior forward Spencer Abbott; Minnesota-Duluth senior forward Jack Connolly; Boston College junior defenseman Brian Dumoulin; Union sophomore goaltender Troy Grosenick; Michigan senior goalie Shawn Hunwick; Air Force senior defenseman Tim […]
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Mainers won’t take kindly to messing with Clean Elections
Sometimes in Maine, we live sheltered lives. Since we don’t inhabit an early primary state, we haven’t experienced the onslaught of truly awful campaign ads afflicting Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan, Ohio, et. al. But don’t worry. Our turn is coming in the fall. Many wonder whether it’s worse than usual. It is. Corporate-funded “SuperPacs” have […]