Early Planning Serves Orono Family Well Blanchard Savors Best of Hs, College Hoops

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Bill Libby and his family left for Springfield College about 6 a.m. Friday on a trip they've been planning since October.

In anticipation of the University of Southern Maine women's basketball team making it to the Final Four of the NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament, the Orono resident made hotel reservations last fall. He locked in 10 rooms at a relatively inexpensive rate and ended up using eight of them.

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Early Planning Serves Orono Family Well Blanchard Savors Best of Hs, College Hoops

Libby and wife Diann, whose daughters Jess and Kati both played for Gary Fifield at USM, would have come down regardless of whether the Huskies advanced to the Final Four.

"We fig...

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