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News in Yarmouth/Chebeague Island

Senate District 11 debate airs differences between Woodbury, Tyll

CUMBERLAND — Candidates for the state Senate in District 11 squared off last week in a debate whose organizers will cast few, if any, ballots on Nov. 6. Greely High School student government and debate team members – most presumably too young to vote – moderated the Oct. ...

North Yarmouth Academy students dig history

YARMOUTH — North Yarmouth Academy eighth-grade students have been digging for history, but not in textbooks. As part of a fall project, the students, along with history teacher David Echeverria and NYA archivist Jay Robbins, have been working to uncover the original school building o...

Northern Meetings: Nov. 1-7

Cumberland

John Loren Hodgman Jr., 73

YARMOUTH — John “Jack” Loren Hodgman Jr., 73, of Yarmouth died unexpectedly Oct. 25. He was born on June 26, 1939 in Brewer, the younger of two sons of John and O. Frances (Reed) Hodgman.

Chebeague Island Police Beat: Nov. 1

Arrests 10/28 at 3:36 p.m. Peter Butler Olney, 68, of Roy Hill Road, was arrested by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office on a charge of domestic violence assault. Summonses No summonses were reported from Oct. 22-29.

School Notebook

Freeport Middle School seventh graders recently visited the Schoodic Education Adventure Program at Acadia National Park. With access to forest, wetland and shoreline ecosystems, students engaged in hands-on natural and cultural study at New England’s only national park. The three-day,...

Yarmouth Police Beat: Nov. 1

Arrests 10/24 at 9:24 a.m. Julian R. Klenda, 25, of Thadeus Street, South Portland, was arrested on Juniper East by Officer Michael Pierce on a charge of violating a protection order. 10/26 at 6:35 p.m. Calvin E. Wiggins, 46, of Portland, no stree...

Occupy Maine sets focus on home foreclosures

PORTLAND — Members of Occupy Maine are focusing their efforts on housing foreclosures and providing support to Mainers struggling through the process.

Ballot boxes fill in southern Maine as early voting wraps up

PORTLAND — Absentee ballots and early voters are keeping election clerks busy. But as the Nov. 1 deadline for early voting looms, some towns have seen declines in early voting compared to the last general election in 2008. The ballots remain sealed until Election Day, but in t...

Free dental care available for a day in Cumberland County

PORTLAND — Free dental care will be available Friday, Nov. 2, to adults who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford it, at various offices throughout Cumberland County, according to the Greater Portland Dental Society.