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Top picks: Jewel, Cherish the Ladies

Female musicians take the top two spots on this week’s picks of the tix. The top act is Jewel, a singer-songwriter who has sold multiple millions of records over the past 18 years. She will play Merrill Auditorium this Sunday.

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 5:10 pm

Local author chronicles her "food frenzy"

FALMOUTH — After struggling with “food frenzy,” a local woman is hoping her new book helps others cope with the confusing world of food. Susan Lebel Young, the author of “Food Fix: Ancient Nourishment for Modern Hungers,” was born and raised in Falmouth a...

Amber Cronin • News •
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 10:40 am

People and Business

Recognition Waynflete School math, business and personal finance teacher Steve Kautz was announced as the first-ever recipient of the Maine Jump$tart Coalition Financial Educator of the Year Award. He was also the coach of Maine’s First New England Federal Reserve Cu...

Community •
Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Arts Calendar March 6-19

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 3/6 Teen graphic novel club: "American Born Chinese," 3 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 773. Brown Bag L...

Lifestyle •
Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Community Calendar March 6-19

Greater Portland Benefits Thursday 3/7 Taking Action to Make a Change: Service Learning Dinner Benefit, 7-9 p.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St., Freeport, 865-4706 ext. 307.

Community •
Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Letter: Legislature drops the ball on special interests

Thank you for printing Orlando Delogu’s columns exposing the issue of corporate welfare in our state. I do not want to subsidize bi...

• Opinion •
Monday, March 4, 2013

Short Relief: Send in the drones

It’s early March and I should be wary, but I don’t think it is too early to pronounce unmanned drones the greatest achievement of the 21st century. They are relatively cheap, quiet and effective. They can solve a host of our problems: terrorism, climate change, illegal immigrat...

Halsey Frank • Opinion •
Monday, March 4, 2013

The View From Away: Oh, Canada?

A few months ago, an old friend from Los Angeles, a director who emigrated to Canada for professional reasons, invited me to help him out on a television pilot he was producing for Canadian television. After a delightful week in Toronto, for which I was paid nearly enough to cover the cost...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, March 4, 2013

The Universal Notebook: The enemy within

Remember back in 2009, when the Department of Homeland Security report "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment" warned that right-wing extremists posed a greater threat to America than Islamic militants? And remember...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, March 4, 2013

Letter: Access to health care should be guaranteed

Access to health care should be guaranteed to all citizens. Bruce LeClaire argued in a letter that government-run health care is inefficient...

• Opinion •
Monday, March 4, 2013
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