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When you're tasked with naming a lake but can't think of anything, so you pound your head on the keyboard:

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Remembering Kim Shattuck, lead singer, guitarist and primary songwriter of the American punk rock band The Muffs, member of The Pandoras and short-term bassist for the Pixies, died far too early 6 years ago today at the age of 56

#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #kimshattuck #otd

Back in 11-man football, Greely is a Class C contender The Rangers' win over Leavitt showed they won't have growing pains after three seasons in eight-man football

Last season, Greely won the eight-man Large School state title. This season, with growth in the program, the Rangers moved back to 11-man football. With Friday's win over a perennial powerhouse, Greely is showing it doesn't need a learning curve. My column:

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Maine pitcher Cody Laweryson to join Minnesota Twins The Valley High and UMaine product gets a promotion to the big leagues after seven seasons in the minors.

Our Dave Dyer with the story on Cody Laweryson's callup to the Majors. #mesports #Twins

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Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

YouTube video by Maine Basketball Rankings Week 1 Football Overreactions (with Mike Mandell)

Week 1 overreactions with @michaeljmandell.bsky.social. Why Gardiner is a basketball team to watch this winter. Class C is up for grabs. Cony's dominant win over Messo. And praise for @leehorton-vm.bsky.social

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Dedes kept calling Archuleta "Arch," which probably shouldn't be allowed anymore because football has a more prestigious Arch. Maybe it was just me, but my brain jolted every time he said "Arch."

Whatever happened to torpedo bats?

Don't be mad at lazy people. They haven't done anything.

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For Robert Elowitch, art dealer and pro wrestler, life was about passion Elowitch, also known as Robbie Ellis in the ring, made a name for himself in two wildly different worlds.

Portland's Rob Elowitch made a name for himself as an art dealer and pro wrestler (as Robbie Ellis).
By @dbonifant.bsky.social

Hearts of Pine game a reminder of Maine’s ties to Canada Hosting the Halifax Wanderers FC was a small but significant display of friendship by Maine to the Maritimes.

My column from the friendly match between the Portland Hearts of Pine and Halifax Wanderers FC. The match was a reminder that Maine and the Maritimes are forever linked.

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An elbow injury paused his baseball career. Auburn pitcher now making most of comeback. Edward Little graduate and UConn pitcher Drew Smith had strong summer with Sanford Mainers after rehabbing from Tommy John surgery.

Drew Smith enjoyed a successful summer on the mound for the Sanford Mainers, his first since Tommy John surgery. My column:

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For Cooper Flagg, homecoming remains special as celebrity grows He's a world-famous star and a face of his sport, but for the Newport native, a trip home provides a valuable escape to normalcy.

As Cooper Flagg's celebrity grows, the value of going home grows with it. www.pressherald.com/2025/08/09/f...

John Wolfgram, Maine’s winningest high school football coach, dies Wolfgram won 10 state titles and 309 games in a storied coaching career.

What is a legend?
John Wolfgram was finished coaching by the time I arrived in Maine, and I never met him, but I’ve heard other football coaches refer to him or quote him tens of times over the years.
That’s a legend.

Sea Dogs play-by-play voice will be part of all-female Red Sox broadcast Emma Tiedemann will call the entirety of Boston's game against the Kansas City Royals for NESN on Tuesday night.

Emma Tiedemann, the play-by-play voice of the @portlandseadogs.bsky.social, will call Tuesday's Boston Red Sox game on NESN.

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"The money produced by art has not disappeared. The issue is not that the people of the world value television less than they did in the 1990s. The reality is that the people with the most money have devised, at every turn, new and more bulletproof ways for them to make and keep more money..."

Lewiston-Auburn’s historic bells still ring. Here’s where you hear them Buildings throughout the Twin Cities contain bells from the 19th century, many still tolling the time and calling people to gather.

Buildings throughout the Twin Cities contain bells from the 19th century, many still tolling the time and calling people to gather.

Lewiston-Auburn restaurants rise up against repeat offender | Column For years, Stephen Tardif has run amok at local businesses. The owners are fed up, but they are also pulling for him to get well.

"And just like that, there were suddenly, not just one or two people working to unravel the troublesome knot that is Stephen Tardif, but many.

"Just like that, instead of calling for his head, people were actually pulling for Tardif and honestly hoping for him to get well."

A year after traumatic accident, this Maine football player is eager for Lobster Bowl An accident in Waterville last July left Anthony Pickell injured and nearly took the life of his mother.

A great read from @michaeljmandell.bsky.social on Messalonskee's Anthony Pickell, and how he and his mother recovered from a horrible accident to get to the Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl. #mesports

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A Portland bagel shop’s sign doesn’t just advertise food. It’s a spiritual journey. Joel Baker, son-in-law of the original Mister Bagel, puts up spiritual messages on the Forest Avenue shop's sign. It's resonating with the community.

“If we fake it to make it, and we believe that there is faith in having love and being capable of handling the now in the moment, at all times, we then practice heaven in the game.”

How artist Ann Craven paints the moon The artist, who is based in New York and Maine, has returned to this subject for three decades. Her work is on view in three area museums this summer.

This is good.

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My pals got themselves signed.

Thoughts, ‪@stephenking.bsky.social‬?

It’s time for an American James Bond with vocal fry

Maine journalists could become first married couple to win ‘Jeopardy!’ Jason Singer, a former reporter and editor at the Portland Press Herald, will appear on the famed trivia show Tuesday. His wife won in 2021.

“I’ve gotten to practice against the Michael Jordan of trivia every day of my life for the last 15 years, and that is an advantage that nobody else in the world has."

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Hearing Dallas is leaning toward Cooper Flagg for the No. 1 pick tonight.