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News in Falmouth

Annual skating show returns to Falmouth

FALMOUTH — The North Atlantic Figure Skating Club's 15th annual Ice Show will take the ice at Family Ice Center this weekend. Saturday and Sunday shows both begin at 7 p.m. and feature 100 skaters from Maine and New Hampshire. The shows will also feature performances by four syn...

News •
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 10:20 am

Fire damages Falmouth home

FALMOUTH — The state fire marshall's office is investigating the cause of a Monday afternoon fire that did significant damage to a home at 18 Birkdale Road. Firefighters from Falmouth, Portland and Cumberland arrived around 4 p.m. after a passerby reported smoke coming from the roof ...

News •
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 9:10 am

People & Business

New Hires & Promotions The United Way of Greater Portland recently hired David A. D’Auteuil, of Kittery, as senior vice president of resource development. D’Auteuil has over 15 years of experience in entrepreneurial sales and marketing, most recently as vic...

Community •
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Councilors defend divider proposed for Route 1 in Falmouth

FALMOUTH — Town councilors heard from the public for the third time about Route 1 infrastructure and zoning changes at a special meeting Marc...

Amber Cronin • News •
Monday, April 1, 2013 at 2:10 pm

Out & About: Get ready to be 'Blown Away' in Portland

As the calendar flips to April an incredibly broad range of musical opportunities beckon concertgoers. The top draw will be a megastar in the Nashville firmament: Carrie Underwood’s “Blown Away” tour motors into the Cumberland County Civic Center on Tuesday, April 9. ...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, April 1, 2013 at 12:00 pm

The View From Away: Saving Canadian television, missing Portland

The Canadian adventure has begun. That is my catchphrase for these next few months working on a sitcom in Toronto. It was between “Canadian adventure” and “Operation Save Canadian Television.” I opted for the one less likely to start a discussion with my wife about ...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, April 1, 2013 at 11:30 am

The Universal Notebook: Cooperate or perish

Have you noticed the propensity of television producers to turn everything into a game these days? Other than the occasional "Jeopardy," I don’t watch any of the popular programs based on contests between people vying for everything from who can lose the most weight to who will becom...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, April 1, 2013 at 10:20 am

Short Relief: Charter school rivalry does education a disservice

I attended private schools in New York and New Jersey. My wife attended public schools in Maryland. We both went on to private colleges and graduate schools. She’s smarter and more accomplished. You can draw your own conclusions about what that says about the relative virtues of a public ve...

Halsey Frank • Opinion •
Monday, April 1, 2013 at 10:00 am

Letter: Fed up with the president's vacation habits

Once again our illustrious president sees fit to go on another vacation golfing in Florida with Tiger Woods to the paltry tune of $1 million. It makes me feel so good when he has no conscience about spending this money on himself and has the audacity to tell us to inflate our tires to save money....

• Opinion •
Monday, April 1, 2013 at 9:30 am

Letter: Disappointed with Collins' stance on tar sands

I am a retired high school science teacher who has followed climate science for the past 40 years. I write to express my disappointment with Sen. Susan Collins' vote to endorse the Keystone tar sands pipeline. My question for her is: Do you believe in climate science as presented by the overwhelm...

• Opinion •
Monday, April 1, 2013 at 9:10 am
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