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Barbara Mildred Bennet: 91

PORTLAND — Barbara Mildred Bennet, 91, of Portland, died Jan. 26. She was born May 22, 1922, in Portland to Edgar and Amy Spear. She attended local schools, graduating from Portland High School in 1940.  Bennet worked at the A. & P. Tea Co. for 33 years. In Septe...

Obituaries •
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Gwendolyn A. Stackhouse: 84

PORTLAND — Gwendolyn A. Stackhouse, 84, of Portland, died Jan. 29 at the Barron Center in Portland. Born Jan. 31, 1929 in Portland to Henry S. C. and Katherine E. Neil, Stackhouse was a graduate of the Portland High School, class of 1947. She worked at the candy counter at Woolw...

Obituaries •
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Portland Police Beat: Feb. 6

Arrests 1/26 at 11 a.m. Anthony Williams, 27, of Bronx, N.Y., was arrested on Congress Street by Officer Matthew Morrison on a charge of aggravated furnishing or trafficking in scheduled drugs. 1/26 at 9 p.m. David M. Lovallo, 30, no address liste...

Police Beat •
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Police: 'Dangerously potent' heroin in Portland

PORTLAND — A "dangerously potent" form of heroin is turning up in the city, police warned after four people were treated for heroin overdoses last week. Since December, 11 people have been treated for heroin overdoses, and two Portland men have died from what was thought to be o...

News •
Monday, February 4, 2013 at 4:00 pm

Unsung Hero: Brunswick's Tim Garner, putting sports in perspective

BRUNSWICK — If you walk into Bowdoin College’s Morrell Gymnasium during a home basketball game, you will immediately spot the most enthusiastic presence on the floor: ball boy Tim Garner, a 58-year-old, never-say-die, bundle of energy who loves his Bowdoin Polar Bears – every te...

David Treadwell • News •
Monday, February 4, 2013 at 2:30 pm

Portland trial: Did Falmouth parents allow teenagers to drink?

PORTLAND — Were a Falmouth couple complicit in allowing minors to drink at their home during a party last June, or did they prevent teenagers from drinking before the party spiralled out of control? That is the question before a Cumberland County Unified Criminal Docket jury of nine ...

David Harry • News •
Monday, February 4, 2013 at 2:20 pm

Out & About: 'Death by Design': Lively, hilarious comedy in Portland

With Groundhog Day now past, we’re on the down-slope of winter. What better way to accelerate the ride toward spring than a rollicking good comedy? That’s what “Death by Design” is all about: a wonderfully funny comedy – with a murder thrown into the mix.

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, February 4, 2013 at 12:50 pm

The Universal Notebook: Nothing healthy about health insurance

Folks on the far-right fringe – tea partiers, libertarians, secessionists, etc. – were in open revolt against Obamacare until the Supreme Court told them what the rest of us already knew: the individual mandate is completely constitutional. While they were complaining that President O...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, February 4, 2013 at 12:30 pm

The View From Away: Gun control? First, control the rhetoric

The gun control debate highlights my main deficiency as a lawyer. I did not have a moral objection to learning to talk out of both sides out of my mouth – that is, argue either side of a case. I did not have a problem billing my time by the hour. With that training, any halfway decen...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, February 4, 2013 at 11:40 am

Arts Calendar Feb. 6 - Feb. 19

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 2/6 Brown Bag Lecture Series: “Life Among Giants,” Bill Roorbach, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Sq., Portland, 871-1700 ext. 723. ...

Lifestyle •
Monday, February 4, 2013 at 11:30 am
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