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Unsung Hero: Curt Sachs, in tune with his passions

PORTLAND — Walk into One Longfellow Square on the night of a performance and you’re apt to receive a warm greeting from a kindly man with a beard, glasses and a deep devotion to this venue and its customers, employees and performers. Spend a few minutes with Curt Sachs and you ...

David Treadwell • News •
Monday, March 25, 2013 at 11:50 am

Out & About: Broadway hit to rock Portland's Merrill Auditorium

A pair of theatrical productions take center stage on southern Maine’s performing arts calendar. The biggest is one of the top shows in recent Broadway history. “Rock of Ages” is a jukebox musical that has an interesting story line and features rock hits from the 1980s. E...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, March 25, 2013 at 11:20 am

The Universal Notebook: The ugly arguments for assault weapons

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, is taking unmerciful grief from liberals like me for not having the courage to bring a ban on assault weapons up for a vote. Reid, who comes off as a wimp most of the time anyway, said he simply counted noses and realized that he didn&rsquo...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, March 25, 2013 at 11:00 am

Global Matters: In diplomacy, best scenes are unseen

When it comes to seeking peace in the Middle East, we have been conditioned to hope for grand and dramatic moments that will mark the beginning of the end of the fear and mistrust that divides the region. We remember President Clinton’s outstretched arms on a sunny day in September 1...

Perry B. Newman • Opinion •
Monday, March 25, 2013 at 10:50 am

Arts Calendar March 27-April 9

Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Friday 4/5

Lifestyle •
Monday, March 25, 2013 at 10:40 am

Abby's Road: The case against the feline femme fatale

My cat makes me nervous. I think she is trying to move in on my husband. I’m no fool. I know cats are, as a species of domesticated pet, inclined to move in on people. If a cat desires petting, she moves closer to a hand capable of petting. My cat is looking for something more...

Abby Diaz • Opinion •
Monday, March 25, 2013 at 10:30 am

Letter: Legislature should act on BPA, other chemicals

As a mother, educator, and coach committed to keeping children safe, I’m alarmed bisphenol A is in the lining of baby food jars and food cans marketed to kids. This  hormone-disrupting chemical with direct links to cancer is leaching out of can liners and jar lids directly into food.

• Opinion •
Monday, March 25, 2013 at 10:20 am

Developer plans more Brunswick projects, including Five Guys

BRUNSWICK — A Topsham developer last week said previously cool relationships among town, state and redevelopment officials regarding the former Brunswick Naval Air Station seem to have thawed, prompting him to proceed with plans for another $27 million in development at Brunswick Landing, a...

Beth Brogan, Bangor Daily News • News •
Friday, March 22, 2013 at 8:20 am

Harpswell Police Beat: March 22

No arrests or summonses were reported March 13-19.

• Police Beat •
Thursday, March 21, 2013

Walter James Hynes, 87: Leader in the defense industry

TOPSHAM — Walter James Hynes Jr., 87, of Topsham, died March 14 with his family by his side, following a battle with Parkinson's Disease. Hynes was born Nov. 1, 1925, in Darien, Conn., to Paula Alvine Yunkes and Walter James Hynes Sr. Hynes enlisted during World War II at...

Obituaries •
Thursday, March 21, 2013
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