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Maine Sports
Sports stories from the Morning Sentinel and the Portland Press Herald
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Beckett, Saltalamacchia lead Red Sox over Phillies
Beckett, Saltalamacchia lead Red Sox over Phillies
Josh Beckett pitched 7 2/3 strong innings and Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a three-run homer to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 5-1 win Sunday.
Created on: 20 May 2012 | 3:45 pm
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Sports Digest
Sports Digest
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Johnson claims All-Star win
Johnson claims All-Star win
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Running: Back Cove Series no longer free, but still worth price
Running: Back Cove Series no longer free, but still worth price
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High School Roundup: Greely sends Falmouth to first loss
High School Roundup: Greely sends Falmouth to first loss
Created on: 20 May 2012 | 12:29 am
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Red Sox use long ball to end Phillies' streak
Red Sox use long ball to end Phillies' streak
Boston hits four home runs in support of Jon Lester on the way to a 7-5 victory at Philadelphia.
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Sea Dogs’ comeback ruined by Mets’ homer in 10th
Sea Dogs’ comeback ruined by Mets’ homer in 10th
Portland rallies from a 5-1 deficit in the eighth before a three-game home winning streak ends.
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I'll Have Another wins Preakness, has a chance at Triple Crown
I'll Have Another wins Preakness, has a chance at Triple Crown
It's been 34 years since Affirmed swept the Derby, Preakness and Belmont and became the 11th and most recent Triple Crown champion.
Created on: 19 May 2012 | 11:21 pm
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Golf: Sunset Ridge headed toward summer rebirth
Golf: Sunset Ridge headed toward summer rebirth
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MLB Roundup: Orioles' win streak reaches 5
MLB Roundup: Orioles' win streak reaches 5
Created on: 19 May 2012 | 10:35 pm
19 May 2012 | 10:35 pm
Maine Outdoors
Sunday Outdoors stories
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John Christi: Camden-Rockport offers many options for cyclists
John Christi: Camden-Rockport offers many options for cyclists
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Saltwater Fishing Report
Saltwater Fishing Report
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They're friends in deed
They're friends in deed
Federal biologists working on seabird populations are finding help from groups who back words with deeds.
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Deirdre Fleming: Reactions mixed about Plum Creek
Deirdre Fleming: Reactions mixed about Plum Creek
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Pedal On: Dedicated Brunswick bike commuter views every day as an adventure
Pedal On: Dedicated Brunswick bike commuter views every day as an adventure
Created on: 19 May 2012 | 9:37 pm
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Carey Kish: Time to give back, lend a hand on your favorite trail
Carey Kish: Time to give back, lend a hand on your favorite trail
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Allen Afield: How bottom-dredging skills lure salmonids
Allen Afield: How bottom-dredging skills lure salmonids
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Hunting: Turkeys go early, but then the shuffle
Hunting: Turkeys go early, but then the shuffle
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Mark Latti: Seek streamer success with reprinted classic
Mark Latti: Seek streamer success with reprinted classic
Created on: 19 May 2012 | 8:18 pm
19 May 2012 | 8:18 pm
Maine History
History Stories Told by Mainers
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Protocol of Potato Picking
Protocol of Potato Picking
Growing up in Aroostook County, Maine, we knew a lot about potatoes, not because we were particularly interested in them but because they were always all around us and Dad worked with that specie all of his natural life. In[…]
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The Maine Pine Tree
The Maine Pine Tree
The Little Tree didn't really know how he had come to be, he just was. He looked all around him and all he could see was tall, green grass for miles and miles. He really wasn't as tall as the[…]
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The Laundry Lesson
The Laundry Lesson
My paternal Grandmother, Eunice Robinson Stevens was a woman of unimpeachable character and she had an inner strength and an outer beauty that didn't come from a cosmetic bottle. Her smooth, white skin glowed with a pink undertone and when[…]
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Augusta
Augusta
I remember to to school every day, having to cross the bridge t go to Cony. Sometimes some of the boards on the bridge were broken and you could see the river underneath and I was so scared to go[…]
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Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln was the town that my sisters and I grew up in. I remember the best summer I ever had being in 1977. There was so much to do in our small community and neighborhood; I don't know how we[…]
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Summer Fun at Scout Camp Hinds
Summer Fun at Scout Camp Hinds
When I finally turned 12, I was old enough to join the Boy Scouts and the highlights of the year were my summers at Camp Hinds on Panther Pond in Raymond.Swimming was one of the main activities and we could[…]
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Visiting Grandma
Visiting Grandma
From the time I was a baby we visited my father Myron's grandmother Campbell in Fayette, Maine. She lived across the street from a one room school house. Sometimes we went to visit her with just mother, father and us[…]
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Summer Love
Summer Love
I spent many of my days in the good lords country. Heck it's where I was born and raised! Well, we'd go everywhere together, well me and my brothers Boomer and Billy. We go out to the farm do our[…]
Created on: 13 Jan 2010 | 2:09 pm
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Favorite Place
Favorite Place
So far i have been to Maine three times. I'm very happy to know my favorite place to go is Portland, Maine. I'm from New York City and I'm not older than 13 but not younger than 10. Now it's[…]
Created on: 13 Jan 2010 | 2:03 pm
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Shore Road Baseball
Shore Road Baseball
There are so many stories that warm my heart when I think of growing up here in Maine. I grew up off Shore Road in Cape Elizabeth. Summers were playing baseball with all the kids in the neighborhood. The numbers[…]
Created on: 13 Jan 2010 | 1:59 pm
13 Jan 2010 | 1:59 pm
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