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Portland named best area for spring jobs

PORTLAND — The Portland region, including South Portland and Biddeford, will be the best metropolitan area in the nation for job growth this spring, Forbes magazine said last week. Forbes named the region No. 1, tied with

News •
Monday, March 18, 2013 at 10:40 am

The Universal Notebook: Don't tell Congress, but we're back

Even as a hopeless Congress and a misguided president drove the country off the fiscal cliff of totally unnecessary sequestration tax hikes and spending cuts, the U.S. economy was ignoring their incompetence and rebounding very nicely, thank you very much. The stock market greeted the bad ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, March 18, 2013 at 9:20 am

Henry A. 'Bud' Griffin Jr., 91: A kind and happy man

SOUTH PORTLAND — Henry A. "Bud" Griffin Jr., 91, of South Portland, died peacefully with his family by his side Feb. 23 after a brief illness. He was born the son of Henry A. Griffin Sr. and Isabelle E. Griffin Aug. 3, 1921, in their cottage on Willard Beach in South P...

Obituaries •
Friday, March 15, 2013

Edith 'Betty' Kennedy, 94

SOUTH PORTLAND — Edith "Betty" Kennedy, 94, of South Portland, died Sunday at Mercy Hospital. She was born in South Portland Jan. 12, 1919, a daughter of Patrick L. Halloran and Alice E. Halloran. She grew up in Portland and graduated from Deering High School in 1936. She a...

Obituaries •
Friday, March 15, 2013

Southern Meetings: March 15-21

Cape Elizabeth Tues.  3/19  6:30 p.m.  School Board Workshop  HS Library Tues.  3/19  7 p.m.  Planning Board  TH Wed.  3/20  7 p.m.  Town Council Finance Committee  TH Thur.  3/21  ...

Community •
Friday, March 15, 2013

Southern School Notebook

South Portland High Jazz Band earns awards at Berklee festival The South Portland High School Jazz Band received several awards March 2 at the 45th Annual High School Jazz Festival at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Under the direction of Craig Skeffington, the ba...

Community •
Friday, March 15, 2013

Big tax hike in Scarborough school budget opener

SCARBOROUGH — School Superintendent George Entwistle III planted double-digit spending and tax increases with his school budget presentation Wednesday night. But he acknowledged his requests may not take root. "The purpose is to put the first stake in the ground," Entwistle sa...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 10:40 am

Chewing tobacco on the job now forbidden for Cape Elizabeth town workers

CAPE ELIZABETH — Chewing tobacco is now outlawed for town employees during work, after complaints it is a "filthy, vile habit." Under the ban, town employees can no longer chew tobacco in town-owned vehicles or buildings. Visitors are also barred from chewing in town buildings.

Will Graff • News •
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: March 15

Arrests No arrests were reported from March 5-11. Summonses 3/5 at 4:35 p.m. Daniel Rote, 39, of Cape Elizabeth, was issued a summons on Spurwink Road by Sgt. Kevin Kennedy on a charge of failure to produce insurance. 

Police Beat •
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Scarborough Police Beat: March 15

Arrests 3/5 at 7:26 p.m. Joy L. Mulvihill, 40, of Portland, was arrested on Route 1 by Officer Andrew Flynn on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 3/10 at 12:27 p.m. Ken Lee, 43, of Spring Street, was arrested on Scarborough Downs Road by ...

Police Beat •
Thursday, March 14, 2013
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