News in Cumberland/North Yarmouth

Unsung Hero: Nancy Marshall of Cape Elizabeth, giving lasting gifts

CAPE ELIZABETH — Shortly after Nancy Marshall was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer in 1997, her oncologist told her, “There will come a time when you will serve as an example to other people who are struggling with cancer.” His words proved most prophetic. But fi...

David Treadwell • News •

Monday, December 17, 2012 at 10:40 am

The Universal Notebook: Have yourself a cool Christmas

The Christmas gifts of my childhood in the 1950s are lost memories, but I vividly recall the Christmas gifts of my adolescence in the early 1960s because they were invariably the things every teen and pre-teen needed to be cool. Just how coolness managed to be communicated to the youth of ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, December 17, 2012 at 10:10 am

Letter: Student leaders decry Cumberland graffiti

The Student Council of Greely Middle School would like you to know that we stand united against the graffiti done to a local neighborhood and our very own middle school. We realize the impact that it had on the community and wanted to extend our sympathy. With great consideration for what you are...

• Opinion •

Monday, December 17, 2012 at 9:10 am

White House cancels Obama visit to Portland

PORTLAND — Just hours after announcing Friday that President Obama would visit Portland this week, White House officials called off those plans in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Conn. Obama was to speak at the University of Southern Maine on Wednesday about the so-called "fisc...

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Friday, December 14, 2012 at 1:50 pm

Police charge 2 juveniles in Cumberland school graffiti episode

CUMBERLAND — Two juveniles face criminal charges for allegedly painting graffiti and anti-Semitic symbols on Greely Middle School and some surrounding homes

Alex Lear • News •

Friday, December 14, 2012 at 10:30 am

North Yarmouth police beat: Dec. 13

Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from Dec. 3-9. Fire calls 12/8 at 9:26 a.m. Power lines down Mountfort Road. EMS North Yarmouth emergency services responded to two calls from Dec. 3-9.

Police Beat •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Cumberland Police Beat: Dec. 13

Arrests 12/5 at 3:30 a.m. Rikilyn M. Parry, 22, of Mill Road, was arrested on Greely Road by Officer Ryan Martin on a charge of operating under the influence, and issued a summons on a charge of failing to make an oral or written accident report.

Police Beat •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Northern Meetings: Dec. 13-19

Cumberland

Community •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Northern School Notebook

First Quarter Honor Roll

Community •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Lucien J. Daigle, 87

CUMBERLAND FORESIDE — Lucien J. Daigle, 87, of Cumberland Foreside, died Dec. 4 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough after a period of declining health. He was born on Aug. 7, 1925, in Fort Kent, one of nine children of William and Sophie (Berube) Daigle and attended local s...

Obituaries •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012