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School Notebook

Freeport Middle School seventh graders recently visited the Schoodic Education Adventure Program at Acadia National Park. With access to forest, wetland and shoreline ecosystems, students engaged in hands-on natural and cultural study at New England’s only national park. The three-day,...

Community •
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Northern Meetings: Nov. 1-7

Cumberland

Community •
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Occupy Maine sets focus on home foreclosures

PORTLAND — Members of Occupy Maine are focusing their efforts on housing foreclosures and providing support to Mainers struggling through the process.

Marena Blanchard • News •
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 12:20 pm

Ballot boxes fill in southern Maine as early voting wraps up

PORTLAND — Absentee ballots and early voters are keeping election clerks busy. But as the Nov. 1 deadline for early voting looms, some towns have seen declines in early voting compared to the last general election in 2008. The ballots remain sealed until Election Day, but in t...

David Harry • News •
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 11:50 am

Free dental care available for a day in Cumberland County

PORTLAND — Free dental care will be available Friday, Nov. 2, to adults who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford it, at various offices throughout Cumberland County, according to the Greater Portland Dental Society.

Marena Blanchard • News •
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 11:10 am

Cumberland, North Yarmouth, Chebeague Island schools closed after hurricane

CUMBERLAND — The Fire Department reported trees down around town Tuesday morning in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, but no damage to homes. School Administrative District 51, which serves Cumberland and North Yarmouth, closed its schools, as did Chebeague Island. Tuttle and Greel...

News •
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 10:20 am

Businesses optimistic as Downeaster rolls into Freeport, Brunswick

FREEPORT — Business owners and residents are hoping the extension of Amtrak Downeaster service to Freeport and Brunswick on Thursday will be an economic boon, but no one really knows what to expect. “We haven't established any metric that can demonstrate success,” Sande U...

Will Graff • News •
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 9:50 am

Southwest begins Portland flights in April

PORTLAND — Six months before its first plane will depart from Portland International Jetport, Southwest Airlines announced its flight schedule last week. Starting April 14, 2013, Southwest will offer three non-stop flights to and from Baltimore-Washington International Airport e...

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 8:10 am

People and Business

Awards  The University of New England’s College of Pharmacy was selected for the Community Pharmacy Residency Expansion Project awarded by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. The $50,000 educational grant will expand post-graduate com...

Community •
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Greely High School students debate North Yarmouth withdrawal from SAD 51

CUMBERLAND — Though they may not be able to vote on it, members of Greely High School's debate team had a lot to say last week about the possibility of North Yarmouth leaving School Administrative District 51. Tucker Tardiff moderated the discussion, where Nathaniel Chapin, Nathan Me...

Alex Lear • News •
Monday, October 29, 2012 at 3:30 pm
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