The eighth-ranked Tigers score the game’s final eight points to defeat the ninth-ranked Raiders and advance to play top-ranked York.
February 2020
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Study shows 40% of deer tick samples tested positive for Lyme disease
The first-of-its-kind study by the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension Tick Lab included more than 2,000 ticks submitted last year by residents of all 16 counties.
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Posted inNation & World, New England, Schools and Education
Teacher unions: Children terrified by active shooter drills
The report recommends schools focus on training teachers on how to respond to an active shooter rather than drilling kids.
Posted inGirls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls’ basketball: Portland coasts to quarterfinal win over Edward Little, 58-25
The Bulldogs get a career-high 32 points from Amanda Kabantu in their Class AA North win.
Posted inNation & World
London police deploy facial recognition technology, stirring privacy fears
This the first time the department has used the cameras since a series of trials ended last year.
Posted inNation & World
Official: Sudan to hand over former president for genocide trial
Ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir faces three counts of genocide, five counts of crimes against humanity and two counts of war crimes.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Global experts study promising drugs, vaccines for new coronavirus
In at least two studies, patients are being treated with a combination HIV drug and another experimental drug.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine delegation opposes Trump’s destroyer construction cuts
Maine’s members of Congress say the proposed reduction in the number of destroyers built over 5 years ‘would seemingly be at odds with the congressionally mandated goal of building a 355-ship Navy.’
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Les Otten casts newsworthy ballot in New Hampshire
Les Otten was one of five residents of Dixville Notch who voted in the presidential primary Tuesday.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Actor Jussie Smollett faces 6 new charges in Chicago
The former ‘Empire’ star was originally charged with disorderly conduct last February, but charges were dropped the following month with little explanation.