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News in Falmouth

Top picks: Jewel, Cherish the Ladies

Female musicians take the top two spots on this week’s picks of the tix. The top act is Jewel, a singer-songwriter who has sold multiple millions of records over the past 18 years. She will play Merrill Auditorium this Sunday.

Local author chronicles her "food frenzy"

FALMOUTH — After struggling with “food frenzy,” a local woman is hoping her new book helps others cope with the confusing world of food. Susan Lebel Young, the author of “Food Fix: Ancient Nourishment for Modern Hungers,” was born and raised in Falmouth a...

People and Business

Recognition Waynflete School math, business and personal finance teacher Steve Kautz was announced as the first-ever recipient of the Maine Jump$tart Coalition Financial Educator of the Year Award. He was also the coach of Maine’s First New England Federal Reserve Cu...

Arts Calendar March 6-19

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 3/6 Teen graphic novel club: "American Born Chinese," 3 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 773. Brown Bag L...

Community Calendar March 6-19

Greater Portland Benefits Thursday 3/7 Taking Action to Make a Change: Service Learning Dinner Benefit, 7-9 p.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St., Freeport, 865-4706 ext. 307.

Letter: Legislature drops the ball on special interests

Thank you for printing Orlando Delogu’s columns exposing the issue of corporate welfare in our state. I do not want to subsidize bi...

Short Relief: Send in the drones

It’s early March and I should be wary, but I don’t think it is too early to pronounce unmanned drones the greatest achievement of the 21st century. They are relatively cheap, quiet and effective. They can solve a host of our problems: terrorism, climate change, illegal immigrat...

The View From Away: Oh, Canada?

A few months ago, an old friend from Los Angeles, a director who emigrated to Canada for professional reasons, invited me to help him out on a television pilot he was producing for Canadian television. After a delightful week in Toronto, for which I was paid nearly enough to cover the cost...

The Universal Notebook: The enemy within

Remember back in 2009, when the Department of Homeland Security report "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment" warned that right-wing extremists posed a greater threat to America than Islamic militants? And remember...

Letter: Access to health care should be guaranteed

Access to health care should be guaranteed to all citizens. Bruce LeClaire argued in a letter that government-run health care is inefficient...