Glenn Jordan joined the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in 1994 to cover the fledgling Portland Sea Dogs. A native of Vermont, he was a philosophy major in college who worked at two newspapers in New Hampshire and one in Connecticut before moving to Maine and settling down. He spent his first two years of marriage living in the keepers quarters of the Portland Head Light and has three children, all of them excellent spellers. In addition to baseball, he has covered nearly every sport played in Maine, from biathlon and curling to running and sailing. You can find him near cross country trails in fall, pools and ski slopes in winter and tennis courts in spring. He also covers the Red Claws, Maine’s D-League basketball affiliate. When not holding a notepad, he finds time for checkers and pickleball.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2011
County helps her feel right at home
Sara Studebaker remains right on target at the World Cup biathlon events in Aroostook County.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2011
It’s a small-town settingfor big-time competition
The flag wasn’t large or ornate. Three horizontal bands of white, blue and red on a piece of poster board and affixed to a dowel.
On the back were some facts about Russia and the name and image of a Russian biathlete, Ivan Tcherezov.
The boy who made the flag and picked out Tcherezov was a fourth-grader from Madawaska Elementary School. He wore a green cowbell around his neck and cheered for all he was worth Thursday on the opening day of the World Cup biathlon competition at the 10th Mountain Ski Center.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2011
Biathletes face change in course
As the World Cup opens in Fort Kent, competitors will be challenged with a steep new incline.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2011
World Cup Biathlon moves to Fort Kent
Organizers do a week’s worth of work in 24 hours as they prepare Fort Kent to host the World Cup.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2011
Feature Obituary: Elizabeth Flaherty, 82, ‘loved having kids around’
PORTLAND – It was a running joke among the six grandchildren of Betty Flaherty: Who was Nanny’s favorite? The answer was usually whomever happened to have played baseball that day. Or basketball. Or possibly football or hockey. That grandchild would get a big hug, regardless of what transpired on the field, court or rink. “The […]
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2011
Swimming Notebook: Swimmers and hairstylists know now is their time
February means more than groundhogs, school vacation and presidential discounts. This month also ushers in the Southwesterns, where swimmers from Southern Maine gear up for state championships with two weekends of frenzied competition, first in Cape Elizabeth and then in Westbrook. Mothers, if your son comes home from swim practice with a hideously dyed and […]
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2011
Top biathletes eagerly heading to Aroostook County
Competitors, staff and sponsors share their enthusiasm for the atmosphere that awaits.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2011
Megan Waterman:’A life that shone brightly’ recalled
More than 100 relatives and friends remember a slain Maine woman as a doting mother and person of spirit.
Megan Amelia Waterman of Scarborough never reached her 23rd birthday last Tuesday. She disappeared in early June after traveling to Long Island in New York. Investigators there said she was one of four young women whose bodies were found near a beach in early December.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2011
UPDATE: Windham cigarette shop robbed
A man wearing a bulky winter coat with an orange ski mask and baggy jeans entered the store at 778 Roosevelt Trail this morning.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2011
Fryeburg, Maranacook skiers take Sassi races
Silas Eastman of Fryeburg Academy and Abby Mace of Maranacook win the classical race.
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