Since 2001, 18 soldiers with Maine connections have died in the Afghanistan war, according to a tally by the Bangor Daily News. Master Sgt. Evander E. Andrews, 36, Solon, Oct. 10, 2001, killed in Northern Arabian Peninsula, Air Force. Sgt. Nicholes D. Golding, 24, Addison, Feb. 13, 2004, Army. Staff Sgt. Craig W. Cherry, 39, […]
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College Football: 19th-ranked Black Bears ready to put up with Dukes
The University of Maine opened some eyes with last week’s 31-17 upset over No. 5 Delaware. Enough, in fact, to earn the 19th spot in this week’s The Sports Network/Fathead.com Top 25 poll. Coach Jack Cosgrove downplayed the significance of the Black Bears’ first appearance in a Top 25 poll since 2009. “We have no […]
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70 percent of Maine schools failing national standards
BELFAST, Maine — Camden Hills Regional High School graduates more than 90 percent of its students, sends them off to places such as Harvard University and consistently beats the state’s testing standards in reading, math, writing and science. It’s also a failing school in the eyes of the federal government, joining other so-called failing schools […]
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Maine skates past New Brunswick in exhibition
ORONO — The University of Maine’s top line showed its penchant for scoring goals early and often, and the Black Bears’ special teams came out ahead by four goals Sunday in the team’s lone exhibition contest of the season, a 7-3 victory over the visiting University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds at Alfond Arena. Junior […]
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Wilderness campaign
If this column has a familiar ring, that is because it was dredged up from the Reynolds archives so that I could have a little vacation. Its topic — physical fitness — is always timely. For what it’s worth, I have put on a few pounds since this was written (no elk hunt this year), […]
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College football: Maine opens conference schedule with Delaware
University of Maine head coach Jack Cosgrove downplays the fact that he is one win shy of 100 for his career. But he also knows if the Black Bears can get that 100th win this week, it would mean a lot to their playoff hopes and confidence. Maine opens its Colonial Athletic Association schedule Saturday […]
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2 Maine residents arrested after failing to return SUV after test drive
LEBANON, Maine (AP) — Two Maine residents are facing charges they took a vehicle for a test drive from a Lebanon car dealer and then didn’t return it as promised. Fifty-three-year-old Gregory Adkins and 50-year-old Sharon Shelton, both of Lebanon, were arrested in Keene, N.H., on Saturday, a day after they took a Chevrolet Tahoe […]
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Doing dam inspections ‘impossible’
AUGUSTA — The head of the state agency responsible for the safety of about 100 potentially hazardous dams admitted to a legislative committee Monday that the dams are not being inspected when the law says they should be. But he also said he was confident in the assurance he got from the chief dam inspector […]
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Keeping Wolves from Maine’s door
As preposterous as it sounds, it appears once again that the U.S Fish and Wildife Service (USFWS) is toying with the idea of introducing wolves into the Northeast, Maine included. Just what Maine’s moose and troubled deer populations need, right? Another major predator. The whole scheme is complicated and woven into a web of wolf […]
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College roundup: Maine bounces Albany
ALBANY, N.Y. — The University of Maine took down Albany 31-15 in a football game Saturday night. Maine was led by Pushaun Brown who had 125 yards rushing and a score. Maine got on the board first as Brown ran 33 yards for touchdown that completed a four-play, 87-yard drive with 12:24 left in the […]