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Out & About: Music festivals in Portland, Brunswick, New Gloucester

Three music festivals are slated for summer’s opening week. The first is the three-day International Piano Festival. Under the aegis of the Portland Conservatory of Music, IPF runs this weekend in the Port City. That's followed a few days later by the Maine Festival of American Music...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 12:00 pm

The Universal Notebook: Is there hope for Obama?

Republicans tend to think that all Democrats love President Barack Obama and follow him blindly into the hopeful future. Not so. Especially not now. When then-Sen. Obama first announced that he was running for the presidency, my initial reaction was that he lacked the essential expe...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 11:10 am

Abby's Road: The challenges of gift giving

I like to give gifts that can be measured calorically. In my book, you haven’t really said thank you, or Happy Birthday, or sorry about your appendix, if you haven’t handed over a bottle of wine, or a cake made of cookies, or the gluten-free brownies you doubt are at all enjoyable.

Abby Diaz • Opinion •
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 11:00 am

Letter: Beem ignores Maine's active seminaries

Edgar Allen Beem recently lamented the loss of Bangor Theological Seminary as another blow to the Christian community in the ongoing drive towards secularism in our country. The fact is that Bangor Theological joined the secular movement years ago and its decline and ultimate closure is in some p...

• Opinion •
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 10:10 am

Letter: Maine should mandate full-day kindergarten

I encourage readers to support funding LD 1143, "An Act to Provide Full Day Kindergarten Programs,” to mandate full-day kindergarten in all districts in Maine. Early childhood is an incredibly formative time for children both academically and socio-emotionally, and school systems nee...

• Opinion •
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 10:10 am

Letter: Yarmouth, NYA teams exemplify sportsmanship

As Michael Hoffer so ably noted in The Forecaster, Yarmouth and North Yarmouth Academy are long-time boys lacrosse rivals and played a close, hard-fought playoff game that was in doubt until the final second. The final and deciding goal was scored in the waning minutes as the result of a momentar...

• Opinion •
Monday, June 17, 2013 at 10:00 am

N. Yarmouth to hold 4th annual triathlon June 22

NORTH YARMOUTH — The fourth annual North Yarmouth Family Triathlon, or "Tri-NY," will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 22. The event, open to all ages, starts at Wescustogo Park on Route 231, from which participants will paddle canoes or kayaks down the Royal River to Old Town House...

News •
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 4:30 pm

Class of 2013: Falmouth, Greely and Yarmouth high schools

News •
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 8:40 am

National arts group lauds North Yarmouth Irish fiddler

NORTH YARMOUTH — One might say Séamus Connolly was born to make music, and through his success he has paid homage to those who came before him. "The music was always in my home," the 69-year-old native of Killaloe, County Clare, Ireland, reflected last week. "Both my parents w...

Alex Lear • News •
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 6:40 am

Northern Meetings: June 13-19

Chebeague Island Tues.  6/18  6:30 p.m.  CISD School Committee  S Tues.  6/18  7:15 p.m.  CICA Housing Committee  PH Wed.  6/19  7:30 p.m.  CIC Board Meeting  PH Cumberland Thur.  6/13 7 p.m. &...

Community •
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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