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Portland Police Beat: Jan. 16

Arrests 1/4 at 7 p.m. Catie N. Snowdon, 26, no address listed, was arrested on Forest Avenue by Officer Dan Aguilera on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer. 1/4 at 11 p.m. Ryan A. Lane, 22, of Waterboro, was arrested on Congress S...

Police Beat •
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Portland Meetings Jan. 16-22

Wed.    1/16    4 p.m.    Island Ferry Advisory Committee    Casco Bay Ferry Terminal

Community •
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

School Notebook

Casco Bay High School quarter 2 honor roll

Community •
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Steven J. Anderson, 47: Lived with a lust for life

PORTLAND — Steven J. Anderson, 47, died Jan. 10 after a brief illness.

Obituaries •
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

People & Business

Grants The Portland Performing Arts Festival recently received a $4,000 grant from the Rines/Thompson Fund of the Maine Community Foundation in support of the expansion of the festival's activities in 2013.

Community •
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Portland mayor, police chief urge tighter gun-control laws

PORTLAND — Exactly a month after 20 children and six adults were killed in a mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., Mayor Michael Brennan and city leaders called on the state Legislature and Congress to enact "common sense" gun-control measures. "I am calling on Congress to stand up f...

William Hall • News •
Monday, January 14, 2013 at 3:00 pm

Community Calendar Jan. 16-29

Greater Portland Benefits Wednesday 1/16 Keep ME Warm fundraiser, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Gelato Fiasco, 425 Fore St., Portland and 74 Maine St., Brunswick, all profits from sales go toward Keep ME Warm.

Community •
Monday, January 14, 2013 at 1:10 pm

Arts Calendar Jan. 16-29

Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Musica de Filia, auditions for several all-female choirs, Jan. 2-22, 550 Forest Ave., Portland, 807-2158. Books & Authors Friday 1/18

Lifestyle •
Monday, January 14, 2013 at 12:50 pm

Abby's Road: Gone skating

Parenting was hard even for Albert Einstein. I mean, he is the man who defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Clearly, he had that breakthrough after commanding “indoor voices!” and hearing no reduction in volume. I don't underst...

Abby Diaz • Opinion •
Monday, January 14, 2013 at 10:20 am

The Universal Notebook: The governor flunketh

Gov. Paul LePage has nothing but contempt for public education, public school teachers and administrators and public school students. A man possessed of the worst combination of ignorance and arrogance, he seems to have no idea of the damage he does every time he opens his big mouth and badmouths...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, January 14, 2013 at 10:10 am
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