News in Yarmouth/Chebeague Island

Community Calendar Feb. 20 - March 5

Greater Portland Bulletin Board Tuesday 2/26 Indoor yard sale & bake sale, 9 a.m., American Legion Post 35, 413 Broadway, South Portland, 799-3997. Wednesda...

Community •

Monday, February 18, 2013 at 1:50 pm

The Universal Notebook: Grampy reads 'Gumpy'

One of the great joys of having grandchildren – three and counting – is that I get to read to little kids again. Our living-room bookcase is stuffed with board books, picture books, and chapter books going back to our oldest daughter’s infancy more than 30 years ago. Come to thi...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, February 18, 2013 at 12:30 pm

The View From Away: A moth to the flame of Facebook

I am psyching myself up to reactivate Facebook. I left during the run-up to the election because it was becoming increasingly aggravating and a massive time suck. I couldn’t stop myself from trying to inject some reason into threads about why Obama or Romney was a minion of Satan, and the n...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •

Monday, February 18, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Letter: Portland election a model for Maine

I am delighted to see that Will Graff is continuing to report on the important issue of ranked-choice voting as it is taken up by the Legisl...

• Opinion •

Monday, February 18, 2013 at 9:00 am

Letter: Yarmouth faces budgetary challenges

I know firsthand as a parent with three children in the system for the last 12 years just how special the Yarmouth school system is in regard to facilities, athletics, curriculum, and most importantly, our teachers and staff. I also recognize as a former adjunct professor how vital education is t...

• Opinion •

Monday, February 18, 2013 at 8:50 am

Letter: Beem is wrong about health-care competition

In his column "Nothing healthy about health insurance," Edgar Allem Beem pontificates that "health care, like education, ...

• Opinion •

Monday, February 18, 2013 at 8:40 am

Editorial: Information doesn't kill people

Every document and every meeting at all levels of Maine government – state, county and municipal – are public unless there is a specific exception written in statute that shields the document or makes a meeting confidential. If there’s no exception, the public h...

• Opinion •

Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 10:20 am

Yarmouth budget talks raise specter of severe school cuts

YARMOUTH — Town councilors and School Committee members wrestled Tuesday night over how to balance maintaining a high level of education without drowning taxpayers. The discussion, prompted by a Feb. 7 workshop where councilors agreed to further explore the consequences of freezing t...

Will Graff • News •

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 9:00 am

Chebeague Island Police Beat: Feb. 14

Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from Feb. 4-11.

Police Beat •

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

North Meetings Feb. 14-20

Chebeague Island Wed. 2/20 6 p.m. Budget Workshop with auditor TH Cumberland Thur. 2/14 7 p.m. Board of Adjustments and Appeals TH Tue. 2/19 7 p.m. CANCELLED &mdash...

Community •

Wednesday, February 13, 2013