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Northern Meetings: Nov. 15-21

Cumberland

Community •
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Longtime Cumberland town councilor prepares for move to Legislature

CUMBERLAND — It's funny how life events can line up. Steve Moriarty's oldest daughter, Kathleen, was a baby when he was appointed to his first town board in 1985. And now, wrapping up more than 20 years of service on the Town Council before starting a new political career in the stat...

Alex Lear • News •
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 1:50 pm

South Portland gym joins Portland Veterans Network

SOUTH PORTLAND — Phil Gouzie has set aside his cane and feels his strength returning to his upper body. John Bingler attends two 90-minute workouts each week to help stay mobile as he confronts Parkinson's disease. Both men are U.S. Navy veterans with health conditions not ass...

David Harry • News •
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 11:00 am

Recount set in House District 109 election

NORTH YARMOUTH — A recount is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 15, in the state House District 109 election, where fewer than 30 votes separated the two candidates on Election Day. Unofficial returns last week had incumbent Rep. Anne Graham, D-North Yarmouth, the winner with 2,751 votes....

News •
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 9:00 am

Community Calendar: Nov. 14-25

Greater Portland Benefits Wednesday 11/14 Star Gala for Constellation Education, 5:30-8 p.m., Maine Artists Collective, Akari, 193 Middle St., 409-6617. Saturday 11/17 

Community •
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

People and Business

Appointments Susan Adams and Michael Fallona recently joined the Northeast Hearing and Speech Board of Directors. Adams, a nutritionist and lactation counselor for the Women, Infants and Children Food Program at the Opport...

Community •
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Arts Calendar: Nov. 14-25

Greater Portland Call for Art The Society for East End Arts is looking for artists to participate in its annual holiday sale, Art on the Hill, to be held Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at East End School in Portland; register at SEAportland.org.

Lifestyle •
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Out & About: Oratorio Chorale opens its season

By mid-November, nearly every performing arts organization in southern Maine has opened its fall-winter-spring season. One of the last to start is the Mid-Coast-based Oratorio Chorale, which has a pair of concerts coming up Saturday and Sunday in Topsham and Yarmouth. Music director Peter Frewen ...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 11:40 am

The Universal Notebook: The biggest loser

When I went to bed on Election Day I was bummed out because, despite the fact that President Obama and marriage equality had prevailed, I was under the impression that state Sen. Dick Woodbury had been unseated by a former Navy SEAL with the backing of tens of thousands of dollars of out of state...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 11:30 am

The View From Away: Election 2012 produced some unexpected results

This was my son Bobby’s first presidential election. The first time I voted for president, Richard Nixon soundly trounced the recently deceased George McGovern. By that I mean McGovern passed away recently, not shortly before running for president, although he could hardly have done worse i...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 11:20 am
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