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More high school playoffs rescheduled

(NEWS CENTER) - Wednesday's rain forced more high school games to be rescheduled, here is the list;

WEST REGIONALS 
JUNE 12
Baseball 

3PM Marshwood vs. Westbrook @ ST JOE'S
6:30PM Falmouth vs. York @ ST. JOE'S
Softball 
3:30PM Greely vs. Gray/New Gloucester @ST. JOE'S
7:00PM Scarborough vs. Sanford @ ST. JOE'S

JUNE 13
Baseball

3:00PM Dirigo vs. St. Dominic @ ST. JOE'S
6:30PM Buckfield vs. Richmond @ ST. JOE'S
Softball
3:30PM Richmond vs. Greenville @ ST. JOE'S
7:00PM Madison vs. Dirigo @ ST. JOE'S

EAST REGIONALS
June 13
Baseball 

3:00PM Stearns vs. Bucksport @ UMO MAHANEY DIAMOND
3:00PM Winslow vs. Waterville @ MANSFIELD, BANGOR

High School Playoffs Postponed

(NEWS CENTER) - Tuesday's inclement weather has forced the postponement of today's high school regional baseball and softball action. Here are the re-scheduled game times.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 12

WEST REGIONAS ST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE
Baseball
Marshwood v Westbrook 3PM
Falmouth v York 6:30PM

Softball

Greely v Gray/New Gloucester 3:30PM

Saturday's High School Playoff Results 6/8

BASEBALL

CLASS 'A' WEST

(3) WINDHAM 3 (2) MARSHWOOD 4

CLASS 'A' EAST

(4) CONY 6 (1) OXFORD HILLS 11
(6) MESSALONSKEE (2) HAMPDEN

CLASS 'B' WEST

(5) YORK 5 (1) GREELY 1
(3) MORSE 1 (2) FALMOUTH 2

CLASS 'B' EAST

(3) FOXCROFT 0 (2) WINSLOW 4
(8) MT. DESERT ISLAND 0 (4) WATERVILLE 1

CLASS 'C' WEST

(4) HALL-DALE (1) DIRIGO
(3) WINTRHOP 0 (2) ST. DOMINIC 2

CLASS 'C' EAST

(5) ORONO (1) STEARNS
(6) DEXTER (2) BUCKSPORT

CLASS 'D' WEST

(5) GREENVILLE (1) BUCKFIELD
(3) RICHMOND (2) VALLEY

CLASS 'D' EAST

(3) WISDOM  (2) BANGOR CHRISTIAN
(4) SACS (9) KATAHDIN

Solar thermal project gets boost from ocean's glare

CAPE NEDDICK, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The Cliff House Resort and Spa has been welcoming guests to the Maine coast since 1872 and trying to find new ways to go green.

"I think that every resort needs to be a steward of the land, as well as a business," stated owner Kathryn Weare, whose great grandmother founded the resort.

For four generations, Weare's family has been finding different ways to go green.

"Unfortunately, our guests do not accommodate some of the green principles that were available 141 years ago, like passing the towel for the Saturday night bath," she said with a laugh.

All those bathrooms in the resort's rooms, combined with heated pools, hot tubs and a spa, use a tremendous amount of hot water, so she sought out an environmentally friendly way to help reduce her energy costs.

Crane repairs delay NH-Maine bridge span

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - A "major equipment failure" involving a crane has delayed the float-in of the final span of the new Memorial Bridge connecting New Hampshire and Maine.

The span is scheduled to be floated into place starting June 17 and ending June 22.  It originally was scheduled for June 10, but the schedule had to be revised because of the necessary equipment repairs on the large crane.

The U.S. Coast Guard is planning to close the Piscataqua River to maritime traffic those days to allow Archer Western Contractors full access to the bridge.

The bridge is still scheduled to open in July. It's replacing a nearly 90-year-old bridge connecting Portsmouth to Kittery, Maine.

Diane Atwood Receives Gold Lamplighter Award

Diane Atwood Receives Gold Lamplighter Award

The New England Society for Healthcare Communications (NESHCo) recently honored Diane Atwood with a Gold Lamplighter Award for her health and wellness blog Catching Health with Diane Atwood.

Atwood, a former health care professional who was the health reporter on WCSH6 for more than 20 years, began writing Catching Health with Diane Atwood in 2011. Bangor Daily News now carries the blog and Atwood is a community blogger for WCSH6. In addition, she has a health column in Maine Women Magazine. Her Catching Health blog was also recognized by the Maine Public Relations Council with a Golden Arrow Award in 2011.

Sarah Long Bridge replacement work to start in 2014

KITTERY, Maine (AP) - Work to replace an aging bridge between New Hampshire and Maine that was hit by an oil tanker in April is expected to start in 2014.

Officials say they plan to have the new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge ready in November 2017. The old bridge would be closed for six months, from May of that year to October.

The Maine Department of Transportation gave an update Thursday at an information session at the Kittery Community Center.

The department says the estimated cost of replacing the bridge between Kittery and Portsmouth, N.H., is about $160 million.

The 73-year-old bridge was shut down for a few days earlier this year after its center span got stuck during a routine test. It was shut down for several weeks after the tanker accident.