Love of soccer drives upgrade of Saco facility

Source: The Portland Maine Press Herald

SACO - Kris Lamb sees gold in green turf soccer fields. Lamb's company, XL Soccer World, just bought Saco's Southern Maine Sports Zone for $2 million and spent an additional $1 million on upgrades to the 75,000-square-foot sports facility. Among t ...
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Man critically injured in crash on Highway 221 near Wheatland

Source: Salem Statesman-Journal

State agencies are preparing layoff notices for dozens of employees who will lose their jobs come...- 3:32 am Salem police arrested a man after a six-hour standoff at a residence early Sunday.- 3:28 pm A Dayton-area man was critically injured Sunday aft ...
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Open thread for night owls: What motivates 'Millennial' activists?

Source: Daily Kos

Rinku Sen is the President and Executive Director of the Applied Research Center (ARC) and Publisher of Colorlines.com. She writes: This week, Colorlines.com’s publisher, the Applied Research Center, released Millennials, Activism and Race, ...
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Aron Belka exhibit

Source: The Westerly Sun

Jeffrey P’an, owner of Studio Jeffrey P’an and Prescient Studios in Mystic, will host an exhibition of works by artist Aron Belka of New Orleans. Studio Jeffrey P’an is an impressive gallery of works by master gla ...
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Local observances set for Memorial Day

Source: The Columbian

Forrest White, 17, places a flag at a grave marker Thursday at the Post Cemetery in preparation for the Memorial Day weekend. White is a member of Boy Scout Troop 525. Memorial Day observances in Clark County include two servi ...
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Portland Timbers player evaluations vs. Vancouver Whitecaps

Source: Oregon Live

View full sizeKip Kesgard, community bloggerThe Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps gave it their all in the first of six Cascadia Cup matches between the three Pacific Northwest rivals. While the Timbers played one of their best match ...
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Portland Timbers forward Kris Boyd breaks out of scoring drought, but Timbers defense gives up another late goal in 1 all draw with Vancouver

Source: Oregon Live

View full sizeKip Kesgard, community bloggerCascadia Cup matches always have an element of surprise to them, and the May 26 match between the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps was no exception. One of the most significant w ...
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Softball: Cal Beats UW 2-0; Dawgs Season Over

Source: King 5

BERKELEY, Calif. – Sophomore Bryana Walker pitched a great game for the Huskies and the UW had several opportunities early to take a lead on No. 1 Cal, but in the end, the Golden Bears took game two and the series, 2-0, to advan ...
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Worst teams havethe highest salaries

Source: Montreal Gazette

TORONTO – Worst in their respective conferences, Toronto FC and the Los Angeles Galaxy lead Major League Soccer in million-dollar-plus salaries. Toronto captain Torsten Frings is the highest-paid MLS player in Canada with a salary of $2 ...
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