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Portland named best area for spring jobs

PORTLAND — The Portland region, including South Portland and Biddeford, will be the best metropolitan area in the nation for job growth this spring, Forbes magazine said last week. Forbes named the region No. 1, tied with

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Monday, March 18, 2013 at 10:40 am

The Universal Notebook: Don't tell Congress, but we're back

Even as a hopeless Congress and a misguided president drove the country off the fiscal cliff of totally unnecessary sequestration tax hikes and spending cuts, the U.S. economy was ignoring their incompetence and rebounding very nicely, thank you very much. The stock market greeted the bad ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, March 18, 2013 at 9:20 am

Falmouth, Greely skate to titles

Senior Alden Bohrmann piles on as Falmouth High School's boys' hockey team celebrates its first state championship, a 4-0 win over Lewiston on Saturday, March 8, in the Class A state final in Lewiston.

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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Overpass work to limit Maine Turnpike access to, from Falmouth Spur

FALMOUTH — Rehabilitation of the Maine Turnpike Exit 52 overpass, which was scheduled to begin this week, will not start until March 25 because of Tuesday's snowstorm. The work will limit southbound turnpike access to and from the Falmouth Spur until the project is completed in Novem...

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 10:40 am

Cumberland, Falmouth, Yarmouth leaders move closer to natural gas deal

YARMOUTH — The town councils of Cumberland, Falmouth and Yarmouth – which last month endorsed a Summit Natural Gas proposal to extend service into their towns – expect at their upcoming meetings to vote on a memorandum of understanding with the company. The councils met a...

Alex Lear • News •
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 8:50 am

Lawrence Yates, 85

YARMOUTH — Lawrence Wilbur Yates, 85, of Yarmouth, died Sunday at home after a brief period of declining health. Yates was born May 25, 1927, in Huntington Park, Calif., the son of Katherine and Everett W. Yates. The family relocated to North Yarmouth when he was 3 and he attend...

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Roy E. Howland, 96

CUMBERLAND — Roy E. Howland, of Conway, N.H., and Cumberland, died March 7 at Mineral Springs Nursing and Rehab in North Conway, N.H. He was surrounded by his family. Born Oct. 4, 1916, in Stark, N.H., he was the son of Delivin and Mary Maquire Howland. He served in the army during W...

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Falmouth Police Beat: March 14

Arrests 3/2 at 6:39 p.m. Misty O'Malley, 35, of Bacon Street, Biddeford, was arrested on Gray Road by Sgt. Kevin Conger on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 3/4 at 11:03 p.m. Alexander Feldbauer, 24, of Helene Street, Portland, was arres...

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Wayne Kaye Nickerson, 64: A true outdoorsman

YARMOUTH — Wayne Kaye Nickerson, 64, of Yarmouth, died unexpectedly Friday as the result of a snowmobile accident. Nickerson was born Feb. 11, 1949, in Portland, the son of Adeline Norton Nickerson and Kaye Nickerson. He was educated in local schools and graduated from Yarmouth High ...

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Small turnout for added Route 1 discussion in Falmouth

FALMOUTH — A second public forum on changes along U.S. Route 1 was not as well attended as the first, which was held during a snow storm. Because of the storm on Feb. 27, the Community Development Committee scheduled a second opportunity for the public to provide input, during t...

Amber Cronin • News •
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 1:40 pm
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