FALMOUTH — A local business owner and chairman of the Yarmouth Town Council said the Falmouth Town Council “should be ashamed” after councilors reprimanded him...
Cumberland Wed. 9/5 Lands and Conservation Commission TH Falmouth Thu. 8/30 4:30 p.m. Food Pantry THTue. 9/4 6:30 p.m. Planning Board THTue. 9/4 7 p.m. ...
Greater Portland Benefits Friday 9/7 Art auction, 5-8 p.m., to benefit Grace Street Ministry, Hope.Gate.Way Church, 185 High St., Portland, gracestreetministry@gmail.com. Saturday 9/8 Lucidfest, 10...
FALMOUTH — A 19-year-old Falmouth man is facing charges after allegedly pointing a green laser at a commercial airplane and a boat last Friday night. Police...
PORTLAND — Work is underway on the first major renovation of the aging Cumberland County Civic Center. At a public ceremony on Aug. 22, Civic...
Greater Portland Books & Authors Thursday 8/30 “Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide,” 4-6 p.m., Freeport Wild Bird Supply, 541 Route...
Appointments Bob Flynn has been named president of the South Portland/Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club for the 2012-2013 year. Flynn assumed presidential responsibilities recently and will...
Something is amiss in the wonderful world of mid-life dating. It seems more and more often, friends and acquaintances refer to a dating connection as...
The mums are blooming, pine spills are spilling and ferns are turning brown. Those are Mother Nature’s certain signs that summer’s end is nigh. Maine’s...
We all embody contradictionsm I suppose, but Mitt Romney’s running mate Rep. Paul Ryan,R-Wisconsin, is one big nasty knot of self-negating nonsense. You think I’m...
There are so many reasons to savor the Maine summer. The stunning weather, the native produce, the late-afternoon light all combine with a slower pace...
As a coach of both boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, I found Edgar Allen Beem’s labeling of lacrosse rules as “sexist nonsense” harsh and historically inaccurate....
Parents worry about their children, and I am no different. As a mom, and executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility Maine Chapter, I still...
Bravo Zulu Mr. Beem, mission accomplished. (Please excuse the military reference.) You met your primary objective of using inflammatory language to incite people to talk...
The Aug. 22 article, “Summers’ jobs program fails to live up to his claims of success,” seemed at best like a strained attempt to find...
FALMOUTH — The School Board prepared for the start of the school year at a meeting Tuesday night. Among other things, the board voted 7-0...
FALMOUTH — Political campaign signs sprout each fall, like a crop ready for harvesting. In Falmouth, this year’s harvest has come early. With the general election...
YARMOUTH — A $1.5 million bond for a new turf field at Yarmouth High School will be on the Nov. 6 ballot. The existing field,...
Arrests 8/14 at 7:10 p.m. Julia A. Klippert, 54, of Crossing Brook Road, Cumberland, was arrested on Route 1 by Officer Stephen Hamilton on charges...
AUGUSTA — Republican Charlie Summers has pinned his campaign for the U. S. Senate on a vow to improve the economy and create jobs on...