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Abby's Road: For Boston, a love mash-up

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more splendid and yet more gritty. White snows will blanket the budding trees along the Charles, And fall’s leaves will swirl down thine cobble-stoned streets. Sometime too congested the thoroughfares become,...

Abby Diaz • Opinion •
Monday, April 22, 2013 at 9:20 am

Letter: World is flatter than Delogu believes

If Orlando Delogu is a policy wonk he should know and have read Thomas L. Friedman’s wonderful, thoughtful, intelligent book, "The World is Flat," published in 2005. Friedman, hardly in anyone's view a right-wing conservative, would perhaps agree with some of the assertions Delogu makes in ...

• Opinion •
Monday, April 22, 2013 at 9:00 am

Injured Falmouth High School grad recovering at home after surviving Boston Marathon bomb

FALMOUTH — A Falmouth High School graduate is recovering at her parent's home after she was injured in the Patriot's Day terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon. The bomb that went off near the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston killed three people and injured more than 170.

Will Graff • News •
Friday, April 19, 2013 at 12:50 pm

Mid-Coast School Notebook: April 19

Brunswick student headed to Naval Academy Chad Kousky, a 2011 graduate of Brunswick High School, has accepted an appointment to attend the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. In order to be considered for the highly selective academy, candidates must be nominated by an ...

Community •
Friday, April 19, 2013

Roger J. Litalien, 90: A man of many talents

TOPSHAM — Roger J. Litalien, 90, died Saturday at The Marshwood Center in Lewiston. Born in Jay on June 25, 1922, he was the fifth child born to George Litalien, Sr. and Marie Rose Vaillancourt. Litalien left home at a young age and moved to Bath, where he worked at various jobs....

Obituaries •
Friday, April 19, 2013

Harriett Lewis, 97

BATH — Harriett Lewis, 97, of Bath, died April 12. She was born in Bath on Jan. 5, 1916, the daughter of Robert and Dora Small. Lewis grew up in Bath and graduated from Morse High School. She married her soul-mate, Orrington H. Lewis, and the couple resided in Bath to rai...

Obituaries •
Friday, April 19, 2013

Mid-Coast Meetings: April 19-25

Brunswick Mon.  4/22  noon  Recreation, Trails & Open Space  Hawthorne School Mon.  4/22  7 p.m.  Town Council  TH Tues.  4/23  7 p.m.  Planning Board  BS Thur.  4/25  7 p.m. &...

Community •
Friday, April 19, 2013

Police identify body found on Harpswell shoreline

HARPSWELL — The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office has identified a 28-year-old man whose body was found Thursday morning. The body of Ryan Johnson, a Harpswell resident, was found on the shoreline near Garrison Cove Road on Bailey Island. The discovery was reported to police at abou...

News •
Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 12:20 pm

Bath council OKs turf field construction

BATH — Nearly three years after the project was proposed, the City Council voted 7-1 Wednesday to build an artificial turf field at the Edward J. McMann Outdoor Athletic Complex. The council also unanimously approved the sale of the Mid Coast Center for Higher Education for nearly $8...

Alex Lear • News •
Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 8:40 am

Harpswell Police Beat: April 19

Arrests 4/13 at 12:38 a.m. Cynthia L. Moody, 49, of Longley Drive, was arrested on Longley Drive by Cumberland County Sheriff's Deputy George Bernier on charges of violation of a protective order and criminal mischief.

Police Beat •
Thursday, April 18, 2013
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