News in Yarmouth/Chebeague Island

Cumberland County sheriff wins 'food fight' with manager

PORTLAND — Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce successfully fought back a proposal by County Manager Peter Crichton to consider hiring a private company to take over the kitchen at the Cumberland County Jail. In an appearance before the county’s five-member Board of Commissio...

Ted Cohen • News •

Monday, June 3, 2013 at 1:00 pm

Unsung Hero: Theresa Saxton, doing the Iron Man for mom

YARMOUTH — Why would any sane soul choose to do the Iron Man Triathlon, an event consisting of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile (full marathon) run? More to the point, why would someone choose to do it solo, without hundreds of fellow competitors from whom to dra...

David Treadwell • News •

Monday, June 3, 2013 at 12:10 pm

The Universal Notebook: The decline of church, a sermonette

This little reflection on the future of church (mine, yours and many others) in an age of declining church membership is a revised version of a sermonette I delivered as part of the June 2 Laity Sunday service at First Parish Church, United Church of Christ, Yarmouth. What I did not tell m...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, June 3, 2013 at 10:40 am

Abby's Road: Do not expose to heat

I do not do well in heat. After prolonged exposure to temperatures north of, say, 78 degrees, I melt into a barely contained puddle. It is one of the characteristics I have most in common with an ice cube. This tendency worked especially against me when I lived in large cities. Commuting t...

Abby Diaz • Opinion •

Monday, June 3, 2013 at 10:20 am

Short Relief: Who's fooling who on MaineCare?

There is nothing unreasonable about Maine paying its hospital debt independent of expanding MaineCare. MaineCare is Maine’s version of Medicaid. It provides health care to low-income persons. It is jointly funded by the state and federal governments. Maine hospitals are owed $...

Halsey Frank • Opinion •

Monday, June 3, 2013 at 10:10 am

Letter: Appreciation for Yarmouth, North Yarmouth rescue

We would like to express our deep gratitude to the rescue services of Yarmouth and North Yarmouth for their very quick response to our 911 call on June 18 on Mill Road in North Yarmouth. In a time of personal trauma and hardship they arrived rapidly, did all that could be done, and stayed ...

• Opinion •

Monday, June 3, 2013 at 9:10 am

Letter: Beem column triggers childhood memories

Edgar Allen Beem's "Pictures of Childhood" column brought back these memories. My mother's first sojourn out of northern New Hampshire was a summer job at a hotel in Old Orchard Beac...

• Opinion •

Monday, June 3, 2013 at 8:40 am

Cumberland County fires former detective who is suing sheriff

SOUTH PORTLAND — Gerard Brady, who is suing Cumberland County, Sheriff Kevin Joyce and Chief Deputy Naldo Gagnon, was fired from his job as a sheriff's deputy May 21 by Cumberland County Manager Peter Crichton. Jonathan Goodman, Brady's lawyer, said Crichton cited the union collectiv...

David Harry • News •

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 2:20 pm

Northern Meetings: May 30 to June 5

Chebeague Island Tues. 6/4 6:30 p.m. CISD School District School Cumberland Mon. 6/3 7 p.m. Town Council TH Wed. 6/5 7 p.m. Lands and Conservation Committee TH Falmouth Mon. 6/3...

Community •

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Chebeague Police Beat: May 30

No arrests or summonses were reported from May 21-27.

Police Beat •

Wednesday, May 29, 2013