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Letter: Re-elect Woodbury in Senate District 11

Voters of Senate District 11 have the chance to continue an exciting trend that is improving how Maine government works: re-electing an independent, Sen. Dick Woodbury. Freed from extreme party positions, Dick has a proven record of examining each issue on its merits and working with both parties...

• Opinion •
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 8:40 am

Northern Meetings: Oct. 11-17

Cumberland

Community •
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Northern School Notebook

Students to perform at music festival in China The North Yarmouth Academy bluegrass ensemble, the Royal River Honey Badgers, was selected to perform at the 2012 JinJiang-Jiaxiang International Students’ Arts Festival in Chengdu, China from Oct. 22-25.

Community •
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Anne H. Michel, 54

CUMBERLAND— Anne H. Michel, 54, of Cumberland died unexpectedly Oct. 4 at her home. She was born in Portland on Feb. 21, 1958, one of three daughters of Roger and Eva (Cluff) Hayes. She was educated in Cumberland schools and graduated from Greely High School, class of 1976.

Obituaries •
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Cumberland County District 3 commissioner election a rematch

PORTLAND — Both candidates for Cumberland County Commissioner in District 3 are running on a platform of transparency, but they disagree on how much control to give to county government. And, the pair have met before. Incumbent Stephen Gorden, R-North Yarmouth, and indepe...

Amber Cronin • News •
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 3:20 pm

Cumberland council OKs zone change, storage shed

CUMBERLAND — The Town Council unanimously approved the conversion Monday of four lots from Industrial zoning to Rural Residential 2. The change, recommended by the Planning Board, concerns lots at the corner of Blackstrap Road and Goose Pond Road, in the western part of town. Jason C...

Alex Lear • News •
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 11:50 am

North Yarmouth panel plans to present revised Town Charter next year

NORTH YARMOUTH — The town's Charter Commission is working its way toward a set of recommendations that could go to a vote next June. The group, charged with reviewing North Yarmouth's 30-year-old Town Charter and potentially recommending changes in the town's governmental structure, ...

Alex Lear • News •
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 10:40 am

Unsung Hero: Gary Fogg of Topsham, maintaining trails and forging connections

TOPSHAM — Gary Fogg is a Renaissance man, and he believes that every citizen has a duty to be informed about history, government, religion and science. He’s a maverick who spent a year between high school and college working minimum-wage jobs and driving a 1967 Volkswagen bug a...

David Treadwell • News •
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 7:50 am

People and Business

Representatives from the Maine Red Cross Midcoast Chapter, serving part of Cumberland County and all of Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties, recently joined with the state's four additional chapters and representatives from the Maine Cr...

Community •
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Tall tree wanted for Portland celebration

PORTLAND — If you're pining to get rid of a pine tree, furious at a back-yard fir, or eager to spruce up the city with a spruce, Portland's Downtown District wants to hear from you. The business development group is searching for a 40- to 60-foot-tall tree that will serv...

News •
Monday, October 8, 2012 at 3:30 pm
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