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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Out & About: 'Good People' opens season at Good Theater in Portland

Drama, music and dance are all represented in this week’s picks of the tix in southern Maine. Under the rubric of drama there’s the New England premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Good People,” the season-opening show at Portland’s Good Theater. And &ldq...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •

Monday, October 15, 2012 at 3:00 pm

The Universal Notebook: A clear choice in Maine Senate District 11

The race for the District 11 state Senate seat has gotten a great deal more publicity than local races usually get, in large part because there is such a contrast between the two candidates. Incumbent Sen. Dick Woodbury, U-Yarmouth, is a professorial economist. The only independent in the ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, October 15, 2012 at 2:30 pm

The View From Away: 90 years of making everyone's life better

My mother-in-law, Annette Molar, turned 90 on Oct. 2. The following weekend we joined much of the extended family in her hometown, Columbus, Ohio, to help celebrate this milestone. Carol’s sister, Marilyn, and her husband, Alan, were the local hosts. They couldn’t have been mor...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •

Monday, October 15, 2012 at 2:10 pm

Arts Calendar: Oct. 17-28

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 10/17

Lifestyle •

Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:20 pm

Community Calendar: Oct. 17-28

Greater Portland Benefits Saturday 10/27 Yarmouth Pumpkin Run 5K and Fun Run, 9 a.m., to benefit the Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth High School, 286 West Elm St., Yarmouth, marcia_noyes@yarmouthscho...

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Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:20 pm

Letter: Moriarty for District 108 state rep

I am writing in support of Steve Moriarty, who is running for the Maine House of Representatives in District 108 (Long Island, Cumberland, Chebeague Island, and part of North Yarmouth). I have known Steve since I was on the Cumberland Town Council in the 1980s and then worked with him on m...

• Opinion •

Monday, October 15, 2012 at 11:40 am

Letter: Maine needs Woodbury's experience

You wouldn't send an expert economist out to hunt down Osama Bin Laden. That's a job for a Navy SEAL. So don't send a Navy SEAL to Augusta to do the job of an expert economist. Maine needs Dick Woodbury's economic expertise and leadership more than ever. The economy is at the top of the li...

• Opinion •

Monday, October 15, 2012 at 11:10 am

Letter: Stay the course with Woodbury

State Sen. Dick Woodbury is a smart, caring, independent legislator with almost eight years of Maine legislative experience, and an economist with a proven bipartisan record – especially during the last divisive session. Chris Tyll is a nice guy who owns a business and served in the militar...

• Opinion •

Monday, October 15, 2012 at 11:00 am

Letter: King doesn't flip-flop on issues

Maine deserves a senator who votes based on principle and fact, not to appease his party. That’s why Angus King has my vote. Reproductive rights and environmental protection are good examples.

• Opinion •

Monday, October 15, 2012 at 10:40 am