News in Falmouth

Incumbent Nelson, newcomer Jones vie for Falmouth House seat

FALMOUTH — Neither candidate in Maine House District 112 is a stranger to politics. Rep. Mary P. Nelson, D-Falmouth, is the two-term incumbent. Her opponent, Republican John Logan Jones, has never run for elected office before. But Jones worked for the past year on U.S. R...

Amber Cronin • News •

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 8:20 am

Falmouth Police Beat: Oct. 11

Arrests 9/29 at 2:10 a.m. Samora Waldron, 34, of Taylor Lane, Gray, was arrested on Bucknam Road by Officer Dennis Ryder on a charge of operating under the influence. 9/29 at 2:20 p.m. David Tanguay, 44, of Lunt Road, was arrested on Lunt Road by ...

Police Beat •

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Northern School Notebook

Students to perform at music festival in China The North Yarmouth Academy bluegrass ensemble, the Royal River Honey Badgers, was selected to perform at the 2012 JinJiang-Jiaxiang International Students’ Arts Festival in Chengdu, China from Oct. 22-25.

Community •

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Society meeting includes discussion of '47 fires

FALMOUTH — The public is invited to attend the Falmouth Historical Society's annual meeting on Oct. 16. The business portion of the meeting begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by Dr. Jo Radner presenting “Burnt into Memory: The Brownfield Fires of 1947.” Radner spen...

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 3:30 pm

Work to begin on new Portland-Falmouth bridge

PORTLAND — Construction of a new Martin's Point bridge is about to begin. CPM Constructors has set up a staging area for work on the bridge, which connects Veranda Street with Route 1 in Falmouth. Although a concrete time l...

Amber Cronin • News •

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 12:00 pm

Unsung Hero: Gary Fogg of Topsham, maintaining trails and forging connections

TOPSHAM — Gary Fogg is a Renaissance man, and he believes that every citizen has a duty to be informed about history, government, religion and science. He’s a maverick who spent a year between high school and college working minimum-wage jobs and driving a 1967 Volkswagen bug a...

David Treadwell • News •

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 7:50 am

People and Business

Representatives from the Maine Red Cross Midcoast Chapter, serving part of Cumberland County and all of Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties, recently joined with the state's four additional chapters and representatives from the Maine Cr...

Community •

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Tall tree wanted for Portland celebration

PORTLAND — If you're pining to get rid of a pine tree, furious at a back-yard fir, or eager to spruce up the city with a spruce, Portland's Downtown District wants to hear from you. The business development group is searching for a 40- to 60-foot-tall tree that will serv...

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Monday, October 8, 2012 at 3:30 pm

Out & About: 'Rhinestone Cowboy' rides into the Portland sunset

It’s a busy week on the arts and entertainment front, with a varied menu that spotlights several formats and styles. The most newsworthy event is Glen Campbell’s Goodbye Tour, which visits Portland on Oct. 16. The multi-platinum country singer was diagnosed with Alzheimer&rsquo...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •

Monday, October 8, 2012 at 2:50 pm

The Universal Notebook: The man with the dragonfly tattoo

Every once in awhile it occurs to me that I might like to do something entirely different with my life. I have wanted to be a writer since I was 13, but I had hoped to become a better writer than I am 50 years later. I somehow imagined I would be a major novelist by now, not just a local journali...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, October 8, 2012 at 2:40 pm