PORTLAND — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump blasted Mitt Romney in Maine on Thursday after the party’s 2012 nominee criticized him, saying Romney would have “dropped to his knees” for his endorsement four years ago. The billionaire mogul rallied with Gov. Paul LePage, who became a top Trump surrogate after endorsing him last week, in the […]
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Bernie Sanders promises Portland a ‘landslide’ win
PORTLAND — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he can win in Maine “if there’s a large turnout.” Sanders rallied a capacity crowd at Portland’s State Theater on Wednesday, telling supporters that pundits once thought of him as a “fringe” candidate and Hillary Clinton as the “inevitable nominee.” He told supporters, “Guess what? She’s not […]
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Class AA boys’ basketball final: Portland outlasts South Portland in 2 OT
PORTLAND — It was the coronation most expected, but not in the one-team highlight film fashion many anticipated. The inaugural Class AA boys’ basketball final may go into the history books as the best one for a while. Portland survived double overtime to shoo away age-old, next-door rival South Portland, 52-50, on Saturday night at Cross […]
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Class A North boys’ final: Portland pounds Deering, 70-39
AUGUSTA — That playoff-tested maxim about the third game being a charm, or a curse, when two close rivals play one another in the aftermath of two similar regular-season results? Forget it. If Portland played the way they did on Friday night at Augusta Civic Center, they would beat Deering a dozen more times. Everybody […]
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Class AA boys’ semifinal: Portland puts away Edward Little, 70-43
AUGUSTA — When you face Portland in boys’ basketball, you cling to glimmers of hope. Edward Little found its ray of sunshine in the form of four minutes of lockdown defense to start the second half. Jarod Norcross Plourde’s second-chance basket pulled the Red Eddies within an area code of a miracle, 10 points down, in […]
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Class AA North Boys’ Basketball: Bright lights, big city provide tall test for Vikings, Eddies
Favorites: Portland, Deering. The two age-old rivals made it clear in the initial season of Class AA North that the traditional KVAC schools in the league have some work to do to compete night-in, night-out with the SMAA city schools. The Bulldogs (17-1) are a younger team that the outfit that won a state title […]
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Portland sound engineer could win 11th Grammy this month
NEW YORK — His role is at the finish line of an album — helping it sound as perfect as possible before it’s available to the masses. He’s won 10 Grammys, including three consecutive wins for album of the year from 2013-2015. And he’s collaborated with contemporary leaders like Pharrell and Daft Punk to iconic […]
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Pair admits to Maine, N.H. robberies, including one in Lewiston
PORTLAND — A New Hampshire couple on Wednesday admitted to committing a string of robberies at banks and a credit union in Maine and New Hampshire last year, including a heist at a Lewiston credit union in September. Crystal Dufault, 33, and Joseph Richards, 46, both of Manchester, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to […]
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‘Hound of the Baskervilles’ coming to Portland Stage
PORTLAND — Portland Stage will present “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” a wacky adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic story, from Jan. 26 to Feb. 21 at the theater, 25A Forest Ave. The minds behind the production are none other than the creators of Peepolykus, a premiere comedic theater company in the United Kingdom. […]
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Ruth L. Harradon
1930 – 2016 PORTLAND — Ruth L. Harradon, 85, a resident of Auburn and a former resident of South Monmouth, passed away Saturday, Jan. 9, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. She was born in South Portland on July 3, 1930, the daughter of Morris and Gladys (Keeler) Keene. Ruth attended school in South Portland, […]