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Out & About: 'West Side Story' on stage, Jerry Douglas in Westbrook

Two much-honored acts top this week’s picks of the tix, which range from musical theater to classical piano. In the first-mentioned category, a national touring company will present “West Side Story,” one of Broadway’s most honored musicals, Nov. 9-10 in Portland. First pr...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, November 5, 2012 at 2:00 pm

No Sugar Added: Please, leaf me alone

As a nice girl from northern New Jersey who, until a shocking act of rebellion at the onset of her college career, spelled her nickname with a “y,” there is no way I can allow anything other than Hurricane Sandy to be the basis of this week’s musings. “Sandy’s...

Sandi Amorello • Opinion •
Monday, November 5, 2012 at 12:00 pm

Arts Calendar: Nov. 7-18

Greater Portland Call for Art The Society for East End Arts is looking for artists to participate in its annual holiday sale, Art on the Hill, to be held Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at East End School in Portland; register at SEAportland.org.

Lifestyle •
Monday, November 5, 2012 at 11:50 am

The Universal Notebook: Undecided? Unbelievable

If you are reading this in The Forecaster print newspaper, everything has been decided, unless of course the Obama-Romney race was too close to call and is at this very moment being decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, in which case Romney wins. If you are reading it online, it may be Electi...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, November 5, 2012 at 9:40 am

Short Relief: The case for Citizens United

Many people have denounced the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. But the ruling makes a fair amount of sense in theory. In Citizens United, the court held that organizations like corporations and labor unions have a right of free speech ...

Halsey Frank • Opinion •
Monday, November 5, 2012 at 9:20 am

MidCoast School Notebook

Recycle electronics at high school fair in Brunswick

Community •
Friday, November 2, 2012

Raymond L. Bailey Jr., 86

HARPSWELL — Raymond L. Bailey Jr., 86, died Oct. 22 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.

Obituaries •
Friday, November 2, 2012

Julian H. Hatch, 84: A man of numerous talents

BATH — Julian H. Hatch, 84, died Oct. 25 after a short illness. He was born in Chicago on June 4, 1928, the son of Irving Norman Hatch and Ruth Frances Colby. He attended schools in Gloucester, Mass., graduating from Gloucester High School with the class of 1946.

Obituaries •
Friday, November 2, 2012

Mid-Coast Meetings: Nov. 2-8

Bath

Community •
Friday, November 2, 2012

Herbert Arthur Bailey, 67

TOPSHAM — Herbert Arthur Bailey, 67, of Bowdoinham, died Oct. 28 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

Obituaries •
Friday, November 2, 2012
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