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Appointments Tom Federle has been appointed by the Yarmouth Town Council to serve as a member of the Yarmouth Planning Board. Federle is an attorney with extensive experience in land use law and zoning and works in the Portland office of Federle Maho...

Community •

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 9:40 am

Pews unscathed in fire find new life in Bath luthier’s custom guitar to benefit Brunswick church

BATH — After a couple hours of painstaking chiseling and sanding on the inner ribs of a custom guitar made from the wood of a burned-down church, Carter Ruff held the top face of the emerging instrument near his ear and tapped, first on the edges and then in the center near the sound hole.

Christopher Cousins, Bangor Daily News • News •

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 8:20 am

Arts Calendar: Sept. 26-Oct.7

Greater Portland Auditions/call for art Bizarre Masquerade Bazaar, call for masks, drop off Oct. 1-3, The Art Department, 611 Congress St., Portland, the.art.department.me@gmail.com Books & Authors

Lifestyle •

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Community Calendar: Sept. 26- Oct. 7

Greater Portland Benefits Beards B-cause, participants grow beards from September to March to benefit the Cancer Community Center, visit MyStacheFightsCancer.com, beardsbcause@gmail.com. Coffee by Design

Community •

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Officials say finances not a motive behind proposed takeover of Brunswick hospital

BRUNSWICK — Financial turbulence at Parkview Adventist Medical Center in recent years has nothing to do with a bid by Central Maine Healthcare to take the Brunswick hospital over, according to officials on both sides of the proposed acquisition. In nonprofit 990 tax forms posted onli...

Christopher Cousins, Bangor Daily News • News •

Monday, September 24, 2012 at 12:30 pm

Letter: A 2nd chance to elect Horch in Brunswick

Brunswick House District 66 is once again fortunate to have the opportunity to be represented in the Legislature by a neighbor whose integrity I honor. I can tell you from my observation of Fred Horch over several years, he lives the values of the Green Independent Party on a daily basis.

• Opinion •

Monday, September 24, 2012 at 11:30 am

No Sugar Added: May the (work)force be with you

My middle teenager began his foray into the workforce this past summer, and on my weekly excursions to fetch him from his job, somewhere between 11 p.m. and midnight, I’ve had plenty of time to reminisce about my own teenage employment adventures. I mean, do we ever forget our first ...

Sandi Amorello • Opinion •

Monday, September 24, 2012 at 10:50 am

Unsung Hero: Edith Aronson, bringing educational vision to Freeport

FREEPORT — Edith Aronson, the daughter of a successful international businessman, grew up in a world of privilege. She lived in London and New York, was educated at elite independent schools, and graduated from Harvard with a history major. “We had a close family with a ...

David Treadwell • News •

Monday, September 24, 2012 at 9:50 am

The Universal Notebook: The rich versus the rest of us

Mitt Romney is so out of touch with the lives of everyday Americans that he thinks middle income means people who earn between $200,000 and $250,000. My guess is he is so far off simply because he doesn’t know anyone who earns such a paltry sum. And he can’t begin to imagine ho...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, September 24, 2012 at 9:40 am

Global Matters: Don't let the political sleaze-mongers take Maine

It pains me to say it, but something fundamental has changed in Maine. The muck and mire of gutter politics has traversed the Piscataqua River, oozed its way up Interstate 95 and settled brazenly into our political discourse. Today, even in Maine, candidates must overcome not only their ba...

Perry B. Newman • Opinion •

Monday, September 24, 2012 at 9:20 am