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Arts Calendar, May 1-14

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 5/1 William Barry, author of "Maine: The Wilder Half of New England," 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, free.

Lifestyle •
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Out & About: Maia Sharp, Big Sandy top the bill

May arrives this week with a plethora of sunshine and flowers, plus an equal bounty of arts and entertainment. A superb singer-songwriter and a leading Americana-rockabilly band are two of the top offerings at Portland’s One Longfellow Square. First up is singer-songwriter Maia Sharp...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, April 29, 2013 at 12:30 pm

The Universal Notebook: It's nobody's fault but our own

As America attempts to come to terms with health-care reform, the national debt, immigration reform, climate change and the epidemic of gun violence, the fault lines that threaten a more perfect union are becoming pretty darn obvious. They run along cultural divides, geographic borders, philosoph...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, April 29, 2013 at 11:10 am

The View From Away: An urge for revenge in the land of the loonie

My coworkers on this TV show, who are almost exclusively Canadian, have been friendly and welcoming. So have the other people I have run across in Toronto, for the most part. One exception occurred at a suburban movie theater, where a woman wheeled on me and said I was standing too close to her i...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, April 29, 2013 at 10:50 am

Letter: Collins displayed conscience in gun vote

Protection for our children should not be a partisan issue, and yet it has become just that. I am grateful to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins for putting politics aside and voting her conscience. The legislation that was defeated in the Senate demanded nothing more than benign background checks fo...

• Opinion •
Monday, April 29, 2013 at 8:50 am

Cumberland Police Beat: April 25

Arrests 4/14 at 8 p.m. Valerie Bennett, 59, of Meadow Road, Casco, was arrested by Officer Antonio Ridge on Range Road on a charge of violation of conditions of release. Summonses 4/10 at 12:20 p.m. Micha...

Police Beat •
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

North Yarmouth Police Beat: April 25

Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from April 15-22. Fire calls 4/17 at 2:42 p.m. Brush fire at Haskell and Long Hill roads. EMS North Yarmouth emergency services responded to four calls from April 15-22.

Police Beat •
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Northern Meetings: April 25

Cumberland Wed.  5/1  7 p.m.  Lands and Conservation Commission  TH Falmouth Thur.  4/25  7 p.m.  Long Range Planning Advisory Committee  TH Tues.  4/30  8 a.m.  Conservation Commi...

Community •
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Norman E. Morrill, 85

FALMOUTH —  Norman E. Morrill, 85, died Friday at Sedgewood Commons, in Falmouth. He was the loving husband of Doris Morrill. He was born in Concord, N.H., in 1927, the son of Bessie Fenton and Clarence E. Morrill. Morrill graduated from the University of Southern New Ham...

Obituaries •
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Community Calendar, April 24-May 7

Greater Portland Benefits Thursday 4/25 Faculty Talent Show and Silent Auction, 5:15-8 p.m., King Middle School, 92 Deering Ave., Portland, 874-8140. Friday 4/26 ...

Community •
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 11:30 am
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