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News in Yarmouth/Chebeague Island

Sea Grass Bistro in Yarmouth closing after 8 years

YARMOUTH — The Sea Grass Bistro will close later this month, as owner and chef Stephanie Brown becomes executive chef at a private club in Falmouth. The popular Route 1 restaurant will serve its final regular dinner April 25, followed by a reception-style buffet and open cash bar Apr...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 7:50 am

Jean Scattergood MacDonald, 87: Happy, resourceful and optimistic

FALMOUTH — Jean Scattergood MacDonald, 87, of Falmouth, and formerly of Hingham, Mass., and Edgewood, R.I., died peacefully April 9. She was born in Providence, R.I., on Aug. 20, 1925, the daughter of the late Malvina Walling Scattergood and Ernest T. Scattergood. She graduated ...

Obituaries •
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Chebeague Island Police Beat: April 18

Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported April 8-15.

Police Beat •
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Yarmouth Police Beat: April 18

Arrests No arrests were reported April 8-14. Summonses 4/8 at 8:10 a.m. Daniel L. Groves, 58, of Eagle Lane, was issued a summons on Eagle Lane by Assistant Harbormaster Lee Ruby on a charge of failure to control a dog resulting damage or...

Police Beat •
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Northern Meetings, April 18-24

Chebeague Island Thur.  4/18  7 p.m.  ToCI Board Meeting  Hall Tues.  4/23  6:30 p.m.  CISD School Committee  School Tues.  4/23  7:15 p.m.  CICA Housing Committee  PH Wed.  4/24  7:...

Community •
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Longtime marathon starter from Yarmouth: 'Perfect day' turns tragic

YARMOUTH — Rosalie Baker-Brown fired the starting gun at the Boston Marathon on Monday, something she's done many times since the mid-1990s. Now 85, Baker-Brown has been intimately involved in the race for decades. She grew up in Hopkinton, Mass., where the marathon begins, and marri...

Will Graff • News •
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 12:10 pm

Museums mark Maine's 'special connection' to Civil War

PORTLAND — The Civil War may seem the dusty stuff of history textbooks. But 152 years after it began the impact of the war is felt even today. The country has been marking the 150th anniversary of the war since 2011. But much of the remembrance is taking place this year, the sesquice...

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 10:10 am

Arts Calendar, April 17-30

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 4/17 “A Poet’s Sourcebook,” Dawn Potter, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 723. Satur...

Lifestyle •
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Community Calendar, April 17-30

Greater Portland Benefits Thursday 4/25 Faculty Talent Show and Silent Auction, 5:15-8 p.m., King Middle School, 92 Deering Ave., Portland, 874-8140. Friday 4/26 ...

Community •
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

People & Business

Events The Portland Regional Chamber is presenting its annual Greater Portland Business Expo April 24 at the Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring St., Portland, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Expo and educational seminars are free and open to the public. Admission to the keynote ...

Community •
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
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