Sat, May 25, 2013 ●
BathHarpswellTopshamBrunswickCumberlandNorth YarmouthFalmouthFreeportPortlandCape ElizabethScarboroughSouth PortlandChebeague IslandYarmouth

News in Cumberland/North Yarmouth

Letter: Marcoux's experience wasn't unique

I have never seen a stronger, more courageous piece of opinion in your paper than Dana Marcoux sharing his 1970s experience ("'Out' in Maine:...

Letter: New taxes won't prevent gun violence

I am writing this in response to Edgar Allen Beem’s most recent column, “It’s time to tax guns, ammo.” Mr. Beem’s diatribe proves that he has lost all common sense and confirms that he is in the group of people that have no clue as to what they are speaking about whe...

Cumberland Police Beat: Jan. 24

Arrests 1/16 at 6:47 p.m. Colby T. Carr, 23, of Winter Street, Topsham, was arrested on Whitney Road by Officer Chris Woodcock on an outstanding warrant from another agency. Summonses 1/10 at 9:32 p.m. Sa...

Northern School Notebook

Local students make college dean's lists Karen Bitan, Falmouth, Natalie Hench, Freeport, David Olshan, Yarmouth, and Christine Ordway, Falmouth, Cornell University; Alicia Hoffman, Cumberland, Beloit College; Samuel Mercer and Emily Wilner, Falmouth, Champlain College; Alyssa C. McE...

North Yarmouth Police Beat: Jan. 24

Arrests 1/20 at 12:55 a.m. Pamela J. Cipione, 58, of Town Farm Road, was arrested on Town Farm Road by Maine State Trooper Joseph Bureau on a charge of domestic violence assault. Summonses No summonses were reported from Jan. 14-20. Fire calls

Northern Meetings: Jan. 24-30

Freeport

Edwinn Haris Fogg, 87: Loved life, always young at heart

FREEPORT — Edwinn Harris Fogg, 87, died peacefully at his Freeport home Jan. 16. Fogg was born Dec. 3, 1925, in Freeport to Merrill Osborne Sr. and Clara Soule Osborne. The oldest of eight children, he grew up at Grover’s Crossing and was educated in Freeport schools. ...

Harriette Pearl Goldman Kosoff, 99

FALMOUTH — Harriette Goldman Pearl Kosoff, 99, of Falmouth, died peacefully Jan. 13. Born Oct. 1, 1913, in Rochester, N.Y. to Phillip and Etta Raz Goldman. Kosoff was the last survivor of eight children. She attended school in Rochester and on Sept. 3, 1939, she married h...

Linda Marie Hipsher Newth Casey, 66

FREEPORT — On Jan. 5, Linda Marie Hipsher Newth Casey, 66, of Freeport, died peacefully at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick after a long illness. Her friends and family were at her side. Casey was born May 7, 1946, on Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, to Capt. Charles Warren Hipsher a...

Maine Red Claws founder to join Cumberland Town Council

CUMBERLAND — An entepreneur who helped bring the Maine Red Claws professional basketball team to Portland will be the newest town councilor. Jon Jennings of Lantern Lane, who moved to Cumberland with his wife and daughter from Marblehead, Mass., in 2009, is expected to be appointed b...