News in Cumberland/North Yarmouth

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 ...

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Cumberland Police Beat: March 28

Arrests No arrests were reported March 12-20. Summonses 3/14 at 12:40 p.m. Allyson Ray, 41, of Foreside Road, was issued a summons by Officer Thomas Adams on Longmeadow Road on a charge of allowing a dog to be at large.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Carol F. Black, 71: Endlessly energetic and involved in her community

NORTH YARMOUTH — Carol F. Black, 71, of North Yarmouth, died peacefully at her home March 19. She was born Sept. 13, 1941, in Portland to John E. and Vyra R. Tompson. She grew up in North Yarmouth and had many interests, belonging to the Juvenile Grange and the 4-H club, wh...

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Barbara Frances Blanchard Garsoe, 93

CUMBERLAND — Barbara Frances Blanchard Garsoe, 93, died March 20, the first day of spring. She was born July 4, 1919, in Cumberland Center to Anna Fox and Howard Calderwood Blanchard. She graduated from Greely Institute, Westbrook Junior College and Gorham Normal School.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Cumberland budget up 3%; council OKs natural gas plan

CUMBERLAND — The Town Council unanimously approved the fiscal 2014 municipal budget Monday. Councilors also backed a memorandum of understanding with a company that wants to extend natural gas service to the area. The budget will increase nearly $263,000, or about 3.2 percent,...

Alex Lear • News •

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

SAD 51 voters to get $2M school renovation bond

CUMBERLAND — School Administrative District 51 directors Monday approved borrowing $2 million to expand and renovate Greely Middle School. The proposal will go to voters in Cumberland and North Yarmouth in June. The work would accommodate the district's fourth and fifth grades...

Alex Lear • News •

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 1:20 pm

Federal aid little relief for southern Maine budgets buried by snow

PORTLAND — Federal aid is on the way to municipalities in four Maine counties hit by a February blizzard. The immensity of the Feb. 8 storm stretched public works winter operations budgets thin, with many towns now operating on reserves. A survey of cities and towns in souther...

Will Graff • News •

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 9:10 am