News in Cumberland/North Yarmouth

Out & About: Get ready to be 'Blown Away' in Portland

As the calendar flips to April an incredibly broad range of musical opportunities beckon concertgoers. The top draw will be a megastar in the Nashville firmament: Carrie Underwood’s “Blown Away” tour motors into the Cumberland County Civic Center on Tuesday, April 9. ...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •

Monday, April 1, 2013 at 12:00 pm

The View From Away: Saving Canadian television, missing Portland

The Canadian adventure has begun. That is my catchphrase for these next few months working on a sitcom in Toronto. It was between “Canadian adventure” and “Operation Save Canadian Television.” I opted for the one less likely to start a discussion with my wife about ...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •

Monday, April 1, 2013 at 11:30 am

The Universal Notebook: Cooperate or perish

Have you noticed the propensity of television producers to turn everything into a game these days? Other than the occasional "Jeopardy," I don’t watch any of the popular programs based on contests between people vying for everything from who can lose the most weight to who will becom...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, April 1, 2013 at 10:20 am

Short Relief: Charter school rivalry does education a disservice

I attended private schools in New York and New Jersey. My wife attended public schools in Maryland. We both went on to private colleges and graduate schools. She’s smarter and more accomplished. You can draw your own conclusions about what that says about the relative virtues of a public ve...

Halsey Frank • Opinion •

Monday, April 1, 2013 at 10:00 am

Letter: Fed up with the president's vacation habits

Once again our illustrious president sees fit to go on another vacation golfing in Florida with Tiger Woods to the paltry tune of $1 million. It makes me feel so good when he has no conscience about spending this money on himself and has the audacity to tell us to inflate our tires to save money....

• Opinion •

Monday, April 1, 2013 at 9:30 am

Letter: Disappointed with Collins' stance on tar sands

I am a retired high school science teacher who has followed climate science for the past 40 years. I write to express my disappointment with Sen. Susan Collins' vote to endorse the Keystone tar sands pipeline. My question for her is: Do you believe in climate science as presented by the overwhelm...

• Opinion •

Monday, April 1, 2013 at 9:10 am

Portland lawyer credited as 'mastermind' behind landmark gay rights court cases

PORTLAND — Opponents and admirers alike have called Mary Bonauto the Thurgood Marshall of gay rights. For decades Bonauto, 51, of Portland, has been a force at the center of many landmark cases dealing with gay rights, from Augusta to the chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court. In...

Noah Hurowitz • News •

Monday, April 1, 2013 at 8:20 am

North Yarmouth Academy to merge with Freeport Montessori school, add lower grades

YARMOUTH — North Yarmouth Academy will expand its grade offerings for the first time in its nearly 200-year history to include instruction below fifth grade. NYA announced Thursday that it will merge with Freeport's...

Will Graff • News •

Friday, March 29, 2013 at 2:30 pm

UPDATE: Bangor man charged after Yarmouth robbery, Freeport crash

Police and emergency personnel at the scene of a one-car crash Wednesday, March 27, on Interstate 295 in Freeport. The accident followed a high-speed chase and the robbery of a Yarmouth pharmacy.

Will Graff • News •

Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 8:40 am

Northern Meetings: March 28 to April 3

Chebeague Island Tues. 4/2 6:30 p.m. CISD School Committee School Cumberland Wed. 4/3 7 p.m. Land and Conservation Commission TH Falmouth Thur. 3/28 8 ...

Community •

Wednesday, March 27, 2013