News in Portland

Bay House project begins in Portland

Five years after the project was proposed, a construction crew broke ground Friday on Bay House, the mixed-use complex planned for Portland's India Street neighborhood. When complete in December 2013, Bay House will include two market-rate residential buildings, one with 42 condominum units and a...

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Monday, September 24, 2012 at 10:00 am

Unsung Hero: Edith Aronson, bringing educational vision to Freeport

FREEPORT — Edith Aronson, the daughter of a successful international businessman, grew up in a world of privilege. She lived in London and New York, was educated at elite independent schools, and graduated from Harvard with a history major. “We had a close family with a ...

David Treadwell • News •

Monday, September 24, 2012 at 9:50 am

The Universal Notebook: The rich versus the rest of us

Mitt Romney is so out of touch with the lives of everyday Americans that he thinks middle income means people who earn between $200,000 and $250,000. My guess is he is so far off simply because he doesn’t know anyone who earns such a paltry sum. And he can’t begin to imagine ho...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, September 24, 2012 at 9:40 am

Global Matters: Don't let the political sleaze-mongers take Maine

It pains me to say it, but something fundamental has changed in Maine. The muck and mire of gutter politics has traversed the Piscataqua River, oozed its way up Interstate 95 and settled brazenly into our political discourse. Today, even in Maine, candidates must overcome not only their ba...

Perry B. Newman • Opinion •

Monday, September 24, 2012 at 9:20 am

Forecaster Forum: Say no to discrimination and yes to marriage equality

When I was 8 years old (circa 1960), my family took a vacation trip to Washington, D.C., and Williamsburg, Va. I have many fond memories of that trip, but the incident that sticks in my mind more than 50 years later is not so fond. We were in a public facility somewhere in Virginia –...

Russell Anderson • Opinion •

Monday, September 24, 2012 at 8:50 am

Letter: Right goal, wrong strategy from Beem

While I agree with Edgar Allen Beem's goal of ending hunger, as expressed in his column of Sept. 12, I believe his solution of a tax on meals at restaurants is not necessarily the best appr...

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Monday, September 24, 2012

Letter: Criticism of Beem unwarranted

Recently, Mr.Leary, from Higgins Beach and “Away,” wrote a scathing note about Edgar Allen Beem. Leary stated that Ed writes “Nasty, mean-spirited, hate-filled” comments that are “consistently obnoxious.” Just out of curiosity, Mr...

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Monday, September 24, 2012

UPDATE: Meeting tonight in Portland on transition of Hall School students to Cathedral School

PORTLAND — A public forum will be held tonight at 6:30 at Guild Hall, 307 Congress St., to give parents of Hall Elementary School students more information about logistics, scheduling and options for transportation to Cathedral School. It was announced late Friday by the School ...

Amber Cronin • News •

Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 7:30 am

Portland council agrees to financing for big Bayside development

PORTLAND — The City Council voted Wednesday night to subsidize a proposed retail and housing complex that could alter the city skyline. The council also approved nearly a half-million dollars in spending to upgrade city streets. Plans for the Maritime Landing complex call for ...

William Hall • News •

Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 4:00 pm

Audrey D. Conwell, 79

FREEPORT — Audrey D. Conwell, 79, formerly of Cumberland, passed away on Sept. 10 at Hawthorne House in Freeport. She was born in Oakland, a daughter of Evelyn (Booker) and John Dustin.

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Thursday, September 20, 2012