News in Yarmouth/Chebeague Island

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Greater Portland Bulletin Board Saturday 3/23 Textile Day, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Scarborough Public Library, 48 Go...

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Agriculture secretary promotes healthy diet, healthy defense

PORTLAND — The U.S. must address child obesity and hunger not only for the economic and educational prosperity of future generation, the nation's agriculture secretary said last week, but also for national security. Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke at Maine Medical Center and the U.S. Coa...

Dylan Martin • News •

Monday, March 18, 2013 at 3:40 pm

Out & About: 'Time Stands Still' is taut, powerful

Spring arrives this week with a wide variety of choices in the performing arts. My “must-see” pick for the week is “Time Stands Still,” a taut, powerful drama by Donald Margulies. It was a hit on Broadway and Los Angeles, and is proving equally popular at The Public Theatr...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •

Monday, March 18, 2013 at 2:20 pm

The View From Away: Canada, where 'from Away' really means something

I spent a week in Toronto breaking stories for the series I am working on. “Breaking stories” is one of those confusing terms in TV. When you have a solid path, the story is fully broken, a good thing. If it falls on its face when the actors get a hold of it, the network says the stor...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •

Monday, March 18, 2013 at 11:40 am

Maine Mall to host PATHS fashion show

PORTLAND — Fashion marketing students from Portland Arts and Technology High School will present their 2013 collection Sunday, March 24, at the Maine Mall in South Portland. The fashion show will feature fashions constructed from old prom gowns, hand-painted fabric and unusual m...

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Monday, March 18, 2013 at 10:50 am

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

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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

Letter: Union shouldn't control insurance market

Kudos to the Yarmouth School Department for reaping major savings from a little-known law sponsored in 2011 by the LePage administration (LD 1326). The Forecaster recently reported that Yarmouth “hopes to save about $40,000 this year in health insurance costs.” Future savings could be...

Opinion •

Monday, March 18, 2013 at 8:40 am

Yarmouth avoids big changes in latest school budget proposal

YARMOUTH — Despite large losses in state revenues, the School Department expects to maintain services without drastic cuts to education or a dramatic budget increase.

Will Graff • News •

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 9:30 am

Chebeague ferry plan still worries Cousins residents

YARMOUTH — The private Chebeague Transportation Co. is moving closer to becoming a public transit district, despite meeting resistance from neighbors on Cousins Island. Some Cousins residents fear

Will Graff • News •

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 8:50 am