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Businesses optimistic as Downeaster rolls into Freeport, Brunswick

FREEPORT — Business owners and residents are hoping the extension of Amtrak Downeaster service to Freeport and Brunswick on Thursday will be an economic boon, but no one really knows what to expect. “We haven't established any metric that can demonstrate success,” Sande U...

Will Graff • News •
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 9:50 am

Southwest begins Portland flights in April

PORTLAND — Six months before its first plane will depart from Portland International Jetport, Southwest Airlines announced its flight schedule last week. Starting April 14, 2013, Southwest will offer three non-stop flights to and from Baltimore-Washington International Airport e...

News •
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 8:10 am

People and Business

Awards  The University of New England’s College of Pharmacy was selected for the Community Pharmacy Residency Expansion Project awarded by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. The $50,000 educational grant will expand post-graduate com...

Community •
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Greely High School students debate North Yarmouth withdrawal from SAD 51

CUMBERLAND — Though they may not be able to vote on it, members of Greely High School's debate team had a lot to say last week about the possibility of North Yarmouth leaving School Administrative District 51. Tucker Tardiff moderated the discussion, where Nathaniel Chapin, Nathan Me...

Alex Lear • News •
Monday, October 29, 2012 at 3:30 pm

Cumberland cat shelter raising funds via auction, cookbook

CUMBERLAND — A no-kill shelter devoted to finding homes for cats and kittens is holding its annual fundraiser next weekend. HART, the Homeless Animal Rescue Team of Maine at 302 Range Road, is collecting donations for the Litterbox Auction, to be held at the Italian Heritage Center i...

Alex Lear • News •
Monday, October 29, 2012 at 2:00 pm

Out & About: Jazz the focus of 'American Songbook' in Portland

Music from several countries, cultures and time frames is coming up in southern Maine. This Friday, Bates College in Lewiston offers Europa Galante as part of its public concert series. Europa Galante is an ensemble that specializes in the Italian Baroque period of classical music. ...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, October 29, 2012 at 11:20 am

Unsung Hero: Scarborough's Katie Elliott, a 'driving force' for good in greater Portland

SCARBOROUGH — Some people are born to serve, and Scarborough High School senior Katie Elliott is one of those people. As a sixth-grader, she donated 10 inches of her hair to Locks of Love, an organization that provides hair pieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from ...

David Treadwell • News •
Monday, October 29, 2012 at 11:00 am

The Universal Notebook: Remember the good old days?

Raking the fallen leaves the other day, I started thinking about the good old days when we’d just rake the leaves into the gutter and burn them. The smell of burning leaves was the aroma of autumn, pungent and smoky, a perfectly legal form of local air pollution. If there had been a ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, October 29, 2012 at 10:10 am

The View From Away: Navigating the land of hope and glory

Recently a high school friend emailed several of us from Cranbrook – a.k.a. The School That Dare Not Speak Its Name (thanks, Mitt) – looking for World Series tickets to see my once-beloved Detroit Tigers (curse you, Designated Hitter Rule, for turning the AL into a carnival sideshow)....

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, October 29, 2012 at 10:00 am

No Sugar Added: Give me a sign, sometimes

If you’ve ever visited Disney World or some other large amusement park, you are probably familiar with the signs. The ones that blatantly forewarn you of your fate. Of the coming torment. Of the hours or minutes you will need to stand in line behind the mass of sometimes cranky adults and f...

Sandi Amorello • Opinion •
Monday, October 29, 2012 at 9:30 am
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