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Letter: World is flatter than Delogu believes

If Orlando Delogu is a policy wonk he should know and have read Thomas L. Friedman’s wonderful, thoughtful, intelligent book, "The World is Flat," published in 2005. Friedman, hardly in anyone's view a right-wing conservative, would perhaps agree with some of the assertions Delogu makes in ...

• Opinion •
Monday, April 22, 2013 at 9:00 am

Injured Falmouth High School grad recovering at home after surviving Boston Marathon bomb

FALMOUTH — A Falmouth High School graduate is recovering at her parent's home after she was injured in the Patriot's Day terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon. The bomb that went off near the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston killed three people and injured more than 170.

Will Graff • News •
Friday, April 19, 2013 at 12:50 pm

Beetles battle invasive bug in Freeport park

FREEPORT — Wolfe's Neck State Park has an unwanted visitor. It's small, white, fluffy and likes trees, specifically hemlocks. So much so, that it kills them. The hemlock woolly adelgid, or HWA, is a tiny cotton ball-looking insect that is attacking hemlock forests along Maine'...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 8:10 am

Freeport Police Beat: April 18

Arrests 4/10 at 9:30 a.m. Willis L. Jordan, III, 35, of Everett Street, Brunswick, was arrested on Litchfield Road by Detective Gino Bianchini on charges of burglary and aggravated criminal mischief. 4/12 at 2:50 p.m. Kenneth Fowler, 50, of Arling...

• Police Beat •
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Northern Meetings, April 18-24

Chebeague Island Thur.  4/18  7 p.m.  ToCI Board Meeting  Hall Tues.  4/23  6:30 p.m.  CISD School Committee  School Tues.  4/23  7:15 p.m.  CICA Housing Committee  PH Wed.  4/24  7:...

Community •
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Jean Scattergood MacDonald, 87: Happy, resourceful and optimistic

FALMOUTH — Jean Scattergood MacDonald, 87, of Falmouth, and formerly of Hingham, Mass., and Edgewood, R.I., died peacefully April 9. She was born in Providence, R.I., on Aug. 20, 1925, the daughter of the late Malvina Walling Scattergood and Ernest T. Scattergood. She graduated ...

Obituaries •
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Conn. pair charged with drug possession, theft in Freeport

FREEPORT — Two Hartford, Conn., residents were arrested April 12 and slapped with several charges, including heroin and crack cocaine possession, and theft. Kenneth Fowler, 50, and 42-year-old Keashie Walker were spotted by police after Fowler allegedly attempted to back a 2001 Ford ...

Will Graff • News •
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 2:10 pm

Longtime marathon starter from Yarmouth: 'Perfect day' turns tragic

YARMOUTH — Rosalie Baker-Brown fired the starting gun at the Boston Marathon on Monday, something she's done many times since the mid-1990s. Now 85, Baker-Brown has been intimately involved in the race for decades. She grew up in Hopkinton, Mass., where the marathon begins, and marri...

Will Graff • News •
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 12:10 pm

Museums mark Maine's 'special connection' to Civil War

PORTLAND — The Civil War may seem the dusty stuff of history textbooks. But 152 years after it began the impact of the war is felt even today. The country has been marking the 150th anniversary of the war since 2011. But much of the remembrance is taking place this year, the sesquice...

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 10:10 am

People & Business

Events The Portland Regional Chamber is presenting its annual Greater Portland Business Expo April 24 at the Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring St., Portland, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Expo and educational seminars are free and open to the public. Admission to the keynote ...

Community •
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
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