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Arts Calendar, March 20-April 2

Greater Portland Books & Authors Friday 3/22 Tom Allen: “Dangerous C...

Lifestyle •
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Community Calendar, March 20-April 2

Greater Portland Bulletin Board Saturday 3/23 Textile Day, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Scarborough Public Library, 48 Go...

Community •
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Agriculture secretary promotes healthy diet, healthy defense

PORTLAND — The U.S. must address child obesity and hunger not only for the economic and educational prosperity of future generation, the nation's agriculture secretary said last week, but also for national security. Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke at Maine Medical Center and the U.S. Coa...

Dylan Martin • News •
Monday, March 18, 2013 at 3:40 pm

Out & About: 'Time Stands Still' is taut, powerful

Spring arrives this week with a wide variety of choices in the performing arts. My “must-see” pick for the week is “Time Stands Still,” a taut, powerful drama by Donald Margulies. It was a hit on Broadway and Los Angeles, and is proving equally popular at The Public Theatr...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, March 18, 2013 at 2:20 pm

The View From Away: Canada, where 'from Away' really means something

I spent a week in Toronto breaking stories for the series I am working on. “Breaking stories” is one of those confusing terms in TV. When you have a solid path, the story is fully broken, a good thing. If it falls on its face when the actors get a hold of it, the network says the stor...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, March 18, 2013 at 11:40 am

Portland named best area for spring jobs

PORTLAND — The Portland region, including South Portland and Biddeford, will be the best metropolitan area in the nation for job growth this spring, Forbes magazine said last week. Forbes named the region No. 1, tied with

News •
Monday, March 18, 2013 at 10:40 am

The Universal Notebook: Don't tell Congress, but we're back

Even as a hopeless Congress and a misguided president drove the country off the fiscal cliff of totally unnecessary sequestration tax hikes and spending cuts, the U.S. economy was ignoring their incompetence and rebounding very nicely, thank you very much. The stock market greeted the bad ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, March 18, 2013 at 9:20 am

Mid-Coast School Notebook

Bath students rev up for safe-driving rally BATH — Morse High School, the only Maine school participating in the national "Take Back Our Streets" campaign, is planning a safe-driving rally in May. The Interact Club, a Rotary-modeled group for students ages 1...

Community •
Friday, March 15, 2013

Edward H. Van Buren, 82: Never failed to make time for his family

BATH — Edward H. Van Buren, 82, of Bath, died March 8 at Mid Coast Hospital with his family by his side. He was born in Bath Sept. 2, 1930, the son of Edward H. Sr. and Helen Van Buren.  He grew up living mostly with his grandparents, Daniel and Ruby Hall in Bat...

Obituaries •
Friday, March 15, 2013

Mid-Coast Meetings: March 15-21

Brunswick Mon.  3/18  7 p.m.  Town Council  BS Tues.  3/19  3:30 p.m.  CIP Committee  MB Wed.  3/20  6 p.m.  Appointment Subcommittee  MB Wed.  3/20  6 p.m.  School Board Work...

Community •
Friday, March 15, 2013
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