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Girls hitting the mats in large numbers
As the lights shone down on the mat at a recent wrestling meet in southern Maine, everything was as it should be. The stands were packed with spectators who watched a wrestler, surrounded by his teammates, getting pumped up for this match. The official was readying the red and green leg bands, and the announcer was calling out the competitors’ names.
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February 03
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Sebago Pacific off the road
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February 05
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Biddeford flap won't stall Casella's Westbrook plans
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Retail development would close city road in South Portland
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posted: February 03
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Community comes together to help one of their own
- 11:49 am 02/05/2010
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Two years ago, Keith Taylor was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or what is commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Because there is no cure, many of the treatments for it are experimental and are not covered under insurance. This has made medical bills very high for the Taylor family, and the Windham community has stepped up in a big way to help their neighbors out.
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- We’re just saying…it’s the Big Football Game named after a kid’s toy
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Todd: If you didn’t know, it was Lamar Hunt, the late founder and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, who four decades ago gave the pro football championship game its name after watching his daughter play with her Super Ball, a popular 1960’s toy that could be bounced really high.
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- Girls hockey: Storm wraps up No. 2 seed
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On Monday night, the Scarborough girls hockey team wrapped up the regular season and the No. 2 playoff seed with a convincing 10-3 win over Cape Elizabeth/Waynflete at the Cumberland County Civic Center.
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- Girls basketball: Riots fend off Bulldogs
- 2:18 pm 02/03/2010
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South Portland’s girls basketball team had all they could handle to hold off their over-the-bridge rivals as they captured a 46-38 win over Portland Monday night. With the win, the Riots all but sewed up a spot in the Class A West playoffs.
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- We’re just saying…There’s No Place Like Dome
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Todd: We had to wait until the third weekend of the playoffs, but the NFL’s Conference Championship games finally managed to give us two compelling games on the same day. The Jets and Vikings may have led their respective games early, but the Colts and Saints—each perfect through the season’s first 13 games—finished strong and proved that their play in the final weeks of the regular season meant as much as a Brett Favre retirement promise. So instead of a Brett Bowl between No. 4’s current and former teams, the league’s two No. 1 seeds have advanced to the Super Bowl for the first time since 1993.
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- School budget cuts to hit hard
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State aid for local education will be significantly less next year for school districts in the Lakes Region, according to a state report released on Monday.
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- Biddeford flap won't stall Casella's Westbrook plans
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WESTBROOK – Casella Waste Systems will move forward with its plan to build a $15 million facility in Westbrook for processing the trash that currently goes to Maine Energy Recovery Co., despite losing the support of Biddeford Mayor Joanne Twomey.
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- Plagued by burglaries, Gorham fights back
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Burglaries in Gorham rose a whopping 48 percent last year, and residents are scrambling to organize crime watches.
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- Retail development would close city road in South Portland
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A proposed new shopping center in South Portland that would entail the closing of Gorham Road Extension is headed for the Planning Board this month.
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- RSU 57 towns want school budget cut
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The six towns within Regional School Unit 57 will not back a big tax increase to support next year’s school budget, selectmen told school officials Monday in a conversation featuring blunt talk about the state’s failings and the district’s teachers union.
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New arts center opens with a cappella shows
The new Westbrook Performing Arts Center will swing open its doors next weekend for its very first event – a full day of a cappella workshops and performances.
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February 03
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