News in Falmouth

Arts Calendar: Jan. 9-20

Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Musica de Filia, auditions for several all-female choirs, Jan. 2-22, 550 Forest Ave., Portland, 807-2158. Tuesday 1/15

Lifestyle •

Monday, January 7, 2013 at 11:20 am

Policy Wonk: Corporate welfare in Maine: Alive, well -- and growing

Fourteen years ago, investigative reporters Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele did a lengthy, four-week series for Time magazine that estimated the federal government “shells out $125 billion a year in corporate welfare.” That number is much larger today. Recently, Lo...

Orlando Delogu • Opinion •

Monday, January 7, 2013 at 10:00 am

The Universal Notebook: Peeved at my own incompetence

Nothing puts me in a foul mood faster than something I can’t fix. That means I’m in a fuming funk a lot of the time, not fit to live with until whatever is broken is either repaired or replaced. At the moment it’s the #*(^%$! roof. The roof over my sunroom office has been...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, January 7, 2013 at 9:50 am

The View From Away: There's snow end in sight

OK, show of hands: who has shoveled enough snow? Come on, get 'em up. I refuse to believe that I am the only one. And please, no homespun Downeast folk wisdom. “You call this snow? We can still see the windows on our house! Longfellow wrote 'The Song Of Hiawatha' in deeper sno...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •

Monday, January 7, 2013 at 8:50 am

Unsung Hero: Janet Kandoian, the indomitable 'Miss K'

SOUTH PORTLAND — The year: 1971. The setting: a fourth-grade class at the Willard School. The question from one of the students to the young, new teacher: “Just how old are you, anyway?” Janet Kandoian, known as “Miss K” to many students, well re...

David Treadwell • News •

Friday, January 4, 2013 at 3:20 pm

Falmouth Police Beat: Jan 3

Arrests 12/21 at 4:43 a.m. Ashley Smith, 23, of Revere Street, Portland was arrested on Surrey Lane by Officer Jeff Pardue on charges of burglary, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, burglary of a motor vehicle and possession and transfer of burglar's tools.

Police Beat •

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Northern Meetings: Jan. 3-9

Cumberland

Community •

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

People and Business

Appointments Falmouth Historical Society recently elected a new board: Scott McLeod, president; Janice de Lima, vice president; Betsy Jo Whitcomb, secretary; Fred Howe, treasurer...

• Community •

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

'Frugal' local budgets dictate employee salaries

PORTLAND — Elected officials and public employees in greater Portland didn't get rich on their wages during 2012, but some individuals came closer than others. The information was compiled by The Forecaster, which obtained the names and annual compensation of the highest-paid officia...

William Hall • News •

Monday, December 31, 2012 at 11:40 am

Southern Maine school districts prepare for subsidy loss

PORTLAND — The freeze is here, and not just because of the weather. With more than 200 school districts in Maine facing the loss of a cumulative $12.58 million in general purpose aid from the state Departme...

David Harry • News •

Monday, December 31, 2012 at 10:20 am