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News in Yarmouth/Chebeague Island

Yarmouth voters stamp budget at Town Meeting

YARMOUTH — In less than an hour, voters approved the 2014 school and municipal budgets Tuesday during the annual Town Meeting. Almost everyone in attendance voted in favor of the School Committee's $20.8 million budget, which is a 3 percent increase from this year. A cadre of about 2...

Ben McCanna • News •
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Northern Meetings: June 20-26

Chebeague Island Thur.  6/20  7 p.m.  ToCI Planning Board  TH Falmouth Tues.  6/25  6:30 p.m.  Zoning Board of Appeals  TH Freeport Wed.  6/26  6 p.m.  Planning Board  TH North Yarmouth

Community •
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Chebeague Island Police Beat: June 20

No arrests or summonses were reported from June 11-18.

Police Beat •
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

E. David Watson, 88: Longtime pharmacist and Red Sox fan

YARMOUTH — E. David Watson, 88, died Monday at the Maine Veterans' Home, in Scarborough. He was born in Cumberland on Aug. 3, 1924, the son of Medley A. Watson Sr. and Caladora Edwards Watson. He attended Cumberland schools, graduating from Greely Institute in 1942. Watso...

Obituaries •
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Yarmouth Police Beat: June 20

Arrests 6/13 at 11:07 p.m. Tanley R. Hudson, 22, of Freeport, was arrested on Highlands Farm Road by Officer Brian Andreasen on a charge of operating under the influence. Summonses

Police Beat •
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Arts Calendar: June 19 to July 2

Greater Portland Auditions/Calls for Art Monday 6/24 “Legally Blonde: The Musical,” open casting, 6:30 p.m., Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, celeste.m.green@gmail.com. ...

• Lifestyle •
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Elections, library renovation bond await Yarmouth voters

YARMOUTH — Voters next week will elect two new members of the School Committee and decide whether to fund a major renovation of the library. Three candidates are vying for two open School Committee seats because members Art Bell and Abby Diggins are ineligible to run again after serv...

Benjamin McCanna • News •
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 2:50 pm

Out & About: Music festivals in Portland, Brunswick, New Gloucester

Three music festivals are slated for summer’s opening week. The first is the three-day International Piano Festival. Under the aegis of the Portland Conservatory of Music, IPF runs this weekend in the Port City. That's followed a few days later by the Maine Festival of American Music...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 12:00 pm

The Universal Notebook: Is there hope for Obama?

Republicans tend to think that all Democrats love President Barack Obama and follow him blindly into the hopeful future. Not so. Especially not now. When then-Sen. Obama first announced that he was running for the presidency, my initial reaction was that he lacked the essential expe...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 11:10 am

Abby's Road: The challenges of gift giving

I like to give gifts that can be measured calorically. In my book, you haven’t really said thank you, or Happy Birthday, or sorry about your appendix, if you haven’t handed over a bottle of wine, or a cake made of cookies, or the gluten-free brownies you doubt are at all enjoyable.

Abby Diaz • Opinion •
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 11:00 am
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