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Out & About: Longfellow Chorus and 'Rite of Spring'

Southern Maine’s arts and entertainment machinery is certainly in high gear this week, with many great events competing for time and attention. Most significant is this weekend’s three-day Longfellow Chorus Festival, which includes a performance of the rarely heard “Hiawa...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, March 11, 2013 at 2:20 pm

The Universal Notebook: High and State, it's a 2-way street

Portland city officials are considering whether to return High Street and State Street, the one-way, up-and-over avenues across the downtown peninsula, to two-way traffic. I remember when they were designated one-way back in 1972. I was just out of college, just married, just started a new...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, March 11, 2013 at 12:10 pm

Policy Wonk: State of the state? Muddled

The possibilities for partisan gridlock in Augusta have seldom been greater, but lets begin on a positive note. Gov. Paul LePage is right when he calls for hospital Medicaid debt to be paid. Historically, each year’s Medicaid obligation was paid in full. The LePage administration has...

Orlando Delogu • Opinion •
Monday, March 11, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Abby's Road: Feeling like a mom

When I was a new mother, I was asked when I first really “felt like a mom.” I’m not sure if this is a common question for new mothers, or if I was uniquely targeted because those around me wanted to be sure I realized that I was, in fact, a mother. I have spent the past f...

Abby Diaz • Opinion •
Monday, March 11, 2013 at 11:40 am

Letter: Beem is right about reading with kids

Children’s literature is a great equalizer, as noted in Edgar Allen Beem’s recent column, "Grampy reads 'Gumpy'". In the true spirit of bipartisanship he lovingly described the power of picture...

• Opinion •
Monday, March 11, 2013 at 10:50 am

Letter: Gun take-back by police a 'missed opportunity'

Regarding your article “Police say firearms collection hits target market” in the Feb. 28 issue, the gun donation program described in the article that was supervised by the Maine State Police r...

• Opinion •
Monday, March 11, 2013 at 10:30 am

Correction

A Page 1 story about firearms take-backs in last week's edition incorrectly reported the name of Yarmouth Police Department Lt. Dean Perry.

• News •
Thursday, March 7, 2013

Sandy relief funds could help Yarmouth dredge its diminishing harbor

YARMOUTH — Throughout the year, water all but vanishes from Yarmouth's harbor, as the almost biweekly tides drain the shallow Royal River. In the warmer months, low tides leave docks and boats sitting cock-eyed in what looks like a giant mud pit, not a marina. The harbor's moo...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 9:50 am

Chebeague Island Police Beat: March 7

Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported Feb. 25 to March 4.

• Police Beat •
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 9:40 am

Superintendent applications for Yarmouth schools due Friday

YARMOUTH — A search committee will receive the final applications Friday in its search for a new school superintendent to replace Judy Paolucci, who resigned in December.

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 8:30 am
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