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News in Cumberland/North Yarmouth

The Universal Notebook: High and State, it's a 2-way street

Portland city officials are considering whether to return High Street and State Street, the one-way, up-and-over avenues across the downtown peninsula, to two-way traffic. I remember when they were designated one-way back in 1972. I was just out of college, just married, just started a new...

Policy Wonk: State of the state? Muddled

The possibilities for partisan gridlock in Augusta have seldom been greater, but lets begin on a positive note. Gov. Paul LePage is right when he calls for hospital Medicaid debt to be paid. Historically, each year’s Medicaid obligation was paid in full. The LePage administration has...

Abby's Road: Feeling like a mom

When I was a new mother, I was asked when I first really “felt like a mom.” I’m not sure if this is a common question for new mothers, or if I was uniquely targeted because those around me wanted to be sure I realized that I was, in fact, a mother. I have spent the past f...

Letter: Beem is right about reading with kids

Children’s literature is a great equalizer, as noted in Edgar Allen Beem’s recent column, "Grampy reads 'Gumpy'". In the true spirit of bipartisanship he lovingly described the power of picture...

Letter: Gun take-back by police a 'missed opportunity'

Regarding your article “Police say firearms collection hits target market” in the Feb. 28 issue, the gun donation program described in the article that was supervised by the Maine State Police r...

Correction

A Page 1 story about firearms take-backs in last week's edition incorrectly reported the name of Yarmouth Police Department Lt. Dean Perry.

Northern School Notebook

Falmouth students nominated as Presidential Scholar candidates Five Falmouth High School seniors Cassandra Darrow, Alexander Han, Caroline Levy, Emma Sapat and Thomas Wilber have been selected as candidates for the United States Presidential Scholar Program. ...

Margaret "Polly" Bradley Sherk, 98: Loved art, swimming and gardening

YARMOUTH — Margaret "Polly" Bradley Sherk, 98, of Yarmouth, died Feb. 21.  Sherk was born Sept. 13, 1914 in New Haven, Conn., the eldest daughter of Seymour Mersick Bradley and Ruth Bostwick Bradley. She attended Worthington Hooker School, Miss Day’s Schoo... 1

Perley E. Anderson, 81

YARMOUTH — Perley E. Anderson, 81, of Yarmouth, died Jan. 31 at Mercy Hospital in Portland. Anderson was born Dec. 7, 1931 in Portland and grew up in Yarmouth, graduating from North Yarmouth Academy. Anderson was very active. Among his many hobbies, he enjoyed collecting ...

Northern Meetings: March 7-13

Cumberland Mon.  3/11  7 p.m.  Town Council  TH Tues.  3/12  6:30 p.m.  Twin Brook Advisory Committee  TH  Wed.  3/13  6 p.m.  Val Halla Board of Trustees Meeting  TH Falmouth