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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

People & Business: April 24

Recognition The Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust has received the 2013 Community eco-Excellence Award for Cumberland after being nominated by ecomaine board member and Cumberland resident Susan McGinty. The awards are presented annually for contributions in preserving...

Community •
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Out & About: ‘The Armed Man’ is powerful new ballet

This week’s top picks in the performing arts cover a lot of artistic territory: music, musical theater and dance. The latter is represented by Portland Ballet’s powerful new production of “The Armed Man,” a work for chorus, orchestra and dancers that will be presented at M...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, April 22, 2013 at 1:00 pm

Falmouth gallery seeks children's artwork

FALMOUTH — Submissions for a Children's Art Show at the DaVinci Experience Art Gallery are being accepted now through May 15. The show on May 24 at the 60 Gray Road gallery will include drawings, paintings and mixed media artwork from children ages 4-13. Prizes for each age grou...

News •
Monday, April 22, 2013 at 11:40 am

Unsung Hero: Jim Mardin of Portland, keeping Maine's military history alive

SOUTH PORTLAND — “June 13, 1944: France. Spent the early morning hours beside vehicles. Many German planes flying around the sky was red with tracers.” Portland resident Jim Mardin was 22 years old when he wrote those words in his log. He and other members of the advanced...

David Treadwell • News •
Monday, April 22, 2013 at 10:50 am

The Universal Notebook: About that well-regulated militia ...

Now that the U.S. Senate has made sure there is no chance that Americans will ever get the gun controls we want and need, I’m sure the victorious gunslingers of America won’t mind a little look back at what the Second Amendment was originally all about. A good buddy – an ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, April 22, 2013 at 9:40 am

Global Matters: Terror in Boston, and the price of prevention

As Boston recovers from the brutal attack on the marathon and the city begins to regain its equilibrium , the eyes of the nation and the attention of Congress will soon turn away from the incident itself and pivot to the so-called “root causes” of terror. We’ll stop seein...

Perry B. Newman • Opinion •
Monday, April 22, 2013 at 9:30 am
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