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Community Calendar March 13-26

Greater Portland Benefits

High-speed toll lanes coming to Maine Turnpike

PORTLAND — Starting April 1, drivers won't have to slow down to pay their fare at the Maine Turnpike toll plaza in New Gloucester. The plaza will open two dedicated lanes, one in each direction of travel, that will allow drivers to pay using E-ZPass electronic toll collection devices...

Out & About: Longfellow Chorus and 'Rite of Spring'

Southern Maine’s arts and entertainment machinery is certainly in high gear this week, with many great events competing for time and attention. Most significant is this weekend’s three-day Longfellow Chorus Festival, which includes a performance of the rarely heard “Hiawa...

The Universal Notebook: High and State, it's a 2-way street

Portland city officials are considering whether to return High Street and State Street, the one-way, up-and-over avenues across the downtown peninsula, to two-way traffic. I remember when they were designated one-way back in 1972. I was just out of college, just married, just started a new...

Policy Wonk: State of the state? Muddled

The possibilities for partisan gridlock in Augusta have seldom been greater, but lets begin on a positive note. Gov. Paul LePage is right when he calls for hospital Medicaid debt to be paid. Historically, each year’s Medicaid obligation was paid in full. The LePage administration has...

Abby's Road: Feeling like a mom

When I was a new mother, I was asked when I first really “felt like a mom.” I’m not sure if this is a common question for new mothers, or if I was uniquely targeted because those around me wanted to be sure I realized that I was, in fact, a mother. I have spent the past f...

Letter: Beem is right about reading with kids

Children’s literature is a great equalizer, as noted in Edgar Allen Beem’s recent column, "Grampy reads 'Gumpy'". In the true spirit of bipartisanship he lovingly described the power of picture...

Letter: Gun take-back by police a 'missed opportunity'

Regarding your article “Police say firearms collection hits target market” in the Feb. 28 issue, the gun donation program described in the article that was supervised by the Maine State Police r...

Correction

A Page 1 story about firearms take-backs in last week's edition incorrectly reported the name of Yarmouth Police Department Lt. Dean Perry.

Northern School Notebook

Falmouth students nominated as Presidential Scholar candidates Five Falmouth High School seniors Cassandra Darrow, Alexander Han, Caroline Levy, Emma Sapat and Thomas Wilber have been selected as candidates for the United States Presidential Scholar Program. ...