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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

Arts Calendar, April 24-May 7

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 4/24 Meet the Author: Betty Williams, 6:30 p.m., Prince Memorial Library, 26 Main St., Cumberland, 829-2215. Thursday 4/25

Lifestyle •
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 10:40 am

Cumberland plans $1M Blanchard Road paving project

CUMBERLAND — The town is working with the Maine Department of Transportation on the reconstruction of part of Blanchard Road, a $1 million project that could be complete in May 2014. A neighborhood meeting on the project will be held at Town Hall at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 30. D...

Alex Lear • News •
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 9:30 am

North Yarmouth economic development plan goes to June vote

NORTH YARMOUTH — The first phase of a proposed economic development plan will go to a Town Meeting vote June 15. The project's goal is to turn a triangular area in the center of town into a more visible, active and inviting town center. The $155,000 expenditure would be funded throug...

Alex Lear • News •
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 9:30 am
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