News in Cumberland/North Yarmouth

Hoffer is coaches' choice

Sports Editor Michael Hoffer of The Forecaster received the Media Award at Sunday's Maine Field Hockey Association awards banquet at the Augusta Civic Center. Hoffer, who has been writing for the paper since 1999, also received the honor in 2007. He was cited by the coaches for his commitment, detai...

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Monday, December 3, 2012 at 2:20 pm

No Sugar Added: Buckled up, and enjoying the ride

On my bedroom bookshelf sits a book entitled “Forever, Erma.” A compilation of the prolific late columnist Erma Bombeck’s most beloved musings. I picked it up at a thrift shop somewhere a few years ago, and recall feeling as if I’d found a hidden treasure, all for the barg...

Sandi Amorello • Opinion •

Monday, December 3, 2012 at 11:50 am

Out & About: Variety of Christmas shows and concerts

I love to attend quality Christmas shows, and this week’s picks of the tix include three excellent choices in three very different formats.

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •

Monday, December 3, 2012 at 11:30 am

The Universal Notebook: Out of print

Unless the world comes to an end on Dec. 21, which, with all due respect to the Mayans, I highly doubt, it is entirely conceivable that I may actually outlive print journalism. I’m beginning to understand how linotype operators must have felt when their craft went the way of the dodo...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, December 3, 2012 at 10:20 am

Short Relief: Election did little to narrow the divide

My sense, after the presidential election, is that our nation remains closely and deeply divided about what people and policies should guide us. Most voters made up their minds about who they were going to vote for early on. The election was decided by a relatively small group of swing vot...

Halsey Frank • Opinion •

Monday, December 3, 2012 at 10:00 am

Letter: Cumberland Food Bank needs your support

As the holiday season gets underway, I am writing to ask our neighbors to pause and remember those living right in our own community who face economic hardship. At the beginning of November a new food pantry with expanded hours and offerings opened behind Cumberland Town Hall for residents of Cum...

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Monday, December 3, 2012 at 9:10 am

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Collins staff to hold office hours

PORTLAND — Staffers representing U.S. Sen. Susan Collins will hold local office hours in all 16 Maine counties on Tuesday, Dec. 4. A Collins staff member will be at Falmouth Town Hall from 10-11 a.m., at the Cumberland Town Office from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at South Portland City Ha...

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

North Yarmouth police beat: Nov. 29

Arrests 11/21 at 6:42 p.m. Meaghan Catherine Smith, 20, of Gray Road, was arrested on Gray Road by Cumberland County Sheriff's Deputy John Grabler on charges of theft by unauthorized use of property, operating a vehicle after suspension and a hold from another agency.&nb...

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Cumberland Police Beat: Nov. 29

Arrests 11/15 at 10 p.m. Kenneth Fisher, 24, of New Hampshire, was arrested on Gray Road by Officer Chris Woodcock on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 11/18 at 2:19 a.m. Ethan Andrews, 21, of Damarin Lane, Brunswi...

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012