News in Yarmouth/Chebeague Island

Topsham elementary school nominated for national award

TOPSHAM — Williams-Cone Elementary School is one of three Maine schools nominated as a 2013 National Blue Ribbon School. The Maine Department of Education announced the nominees – which also include Longfellow Elementary School in Portland and Yarmouth Elementary School &n...

Alex Lear • News •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 12:30 pm

Yarmouth council weighs Sandy Point Beach dog ban

YARMOUTH — The Town Council will vote Dec. 20 on a proposal to ban dogs from Sandy Point Beach during the summer. People would be prohibited from bringing their dogs to the beach from Memorial Day to Labor Day, Town Manager Nat Tupper said. The council scheduled the vote...

Will Graff • News •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 9:00 am

Northern School Notebook

First Quarter Honor Roll

Community •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Barry Morrison, 53

LEWISTON — Barry Morrison, 53, of Lewiston, died Nov. 30 in an automobile accident. He was born March 1, 1959, to the late George and Christine Morrison. He was educated in Yarmouth schools. Morrison loved the outdoors, he would putter for hours in his garage and landscaping his...

Obituaries •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Gloria Jean Sylvester, 71: Loved family and holiday season

YARMOUTH — Gloria Jean Sylvester, 71, of Yarmouth, died unexpectedly Dec. 5. She was born in Portland on June 21, 1941, the daughter of Charlotte A. Pritchard and Richard E. Brown, Sr. She was married to Norman H. Sylvester Jr. for 52 years and was the mother of three daughters...

Obituaries •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Chebeague Island Police Beat: Dec. 13

Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from Dec. 3-10.

Police Beat •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Yarmouth Police Beat Dec. 13

Arrests 12/6 at 3:44 a.m. Erik Vantill, 19, of Blue Barrow Ride, Ellicott City, Md., was arrested on Main Street by Officer Brian Andreasen on a charge of criminal attempt. 12/6 at 5:30 p.m. Bruce R. Hamer, 46, of Gilman Road, was arrested on Gilm...

Police Beat •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Northern Meetings: Dec. 13-19

Cumberland

Community •

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Yarmouth school chief weighs job offer, waits on another

YARMOUTH — The Leicester, Mass., School Committee voted Saturday to hire Yarmouth Superintendent of Schools Judy Paolucci as their next superintendent, although another Massachusetts school department is also vying for her services. In addition to Leicester, Paolucci is also a ...

Will Graff • News •

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 4:40 pm

2 indicted for September shootout in Yarmouth

PORTLAND — A Cumberland County grand jury heaped additional charges against a man and woman whose late September argument in Yarmouth allegedly escalated into a shootout. The grand jury indicted Michael Lovering, 47, of North Yarmouth – who was charged with aggravated reck...

Bangor Daily News • News •

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 4:40 pm