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  • Cape Elizabeth designer 'Happy as a Clam' to benefit Yarmouth festival

    CAPE ELIZABETH — Ann Perrino, owner of Ann Veronica Handprints, has designed a "Happy as a Clam" ladies shoulder bag to honor and benefit the volunteers at the Yarmouth Clam Festival. Perrino has been an exhibitor at the festival's craft show for many years, and decided to introduc...

    Amy Anderson • News •
    Thursday, July 2, 2009

  • Harpswell's new dog task force has until Nov. 1 to establish Mitchell Field rules

    HARPSWELL — A task force created to address concerns about off-leash dogs at Mitchell Field has until Nov. 1 to recommend new rules for the former U.S. Navy fuel depot.  The Board of Selectmen earlier this month held a

    Steve Mistler • News •
    Thursday, July 2, 2009

  • Brunswick council to discuss expansion of drug-free zones

    BRUNSWICK — The Town Council on July 6 will weigh the merits of expanding the town's drug-free zones to athletic fields, parks and playgrounds, a move that would pave the way for stiffer drug-trafficking penalties. The Brunswick Police Department has asked the council to consider ...

    Steve Mistler • News •
    Thursday, July 2, 2009

  • Cape Elizabeth emergency calls now go to Portland, non-911 to automated system

    CAPE ELIZABETH — All non-emergency calls to the public safety departments are now being answered by an automated system. The change follows the dispatch center's consolidation with Portland and South Portland, which began this week. Emergency calls are being answered b...

    Sarah Trent • News •
    Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 3:10 pm

  • Bath man arrested on sex, drug charges involving 3 boys

    BATH — Police arrested a 43-year-old Bath man on Tuesday and charged him with crimes including unlawful sexual contact and sexual touching involving three boys. Kevin White of 140 Richardson St. was charged with aggravated furnishing of scheduled drugs, Class C; two counts of unlawful...

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    Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 1:40 pm

  • Falmouth mourns high school student who was 'just something special'

    FALMOUTH — Friends and teachers filled the Falmouth High School theater Tuesday night to share their memories, to grieve together and to comfort each other after the death Sunday of 16-year-old Clayton Thomas. Thomas died June 28 from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning at a fa... 1

    Peggy Roberts • News •
    Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 9:20 am

  • Update: SAD 51 board approves pay-to-play fees for Cumberland-North Yarmouth schools

    CUMBERLAND — The School Administrative District 51 board voted unanimously on Tuesday to institute athletic activity fees at Greely Middle School and Greely High School this fall. Directors quickly approved the proposed fee of $75 per sport per player, with no cap or multi-sport d...

    Heather Gunther • News •
    Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 8:20 am

  • Good to be Greek

    The annual Greek Festival drew several thousand people to Holy Trinity Greek Church at Pleasant and Park streets in Portland June 25-27 for three days of dancing and food celebrating Greek culture. Here, people joined in a traditional Greek dance while others waited patiently in the long food lines....

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    Wednesday, July 1, 2009

  • Yarmouth student helps save the world 1 pair of jeans at a time

    YARMOUTH — As fifth-grader Emma Flanders read through National Geographic Kids this spring, an article jumped out at her: "Donate Jeans and Help us Set a Guinness World Record," the headline said. Flanders decided it was time to make a difference. "I lo...

    Amy Anderson • News •
    Wednesday, July 1, 2009

  • Lobster celebration

    Andrew Feigleson, left, Nick Karahalios, owner of the Maine Lobster & Seafood Co., and Bill Exley serve up lobster and corn on the cob dinners at the Falmouth Rotary's first Lobster Festival at the Maine State Pier in Portland on June 27. (Michael Barriault photo)

    News •
    Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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