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Unsung Hero: Nancy Marshall of Cape Elizabeth, giving lasting gifts

CAPE ELIZABETH — Shortly after Nancy Marshall was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer in 1997, her oncologist told her, “There will come a time when you will serve as an example to other people who are struggling with cancer.” His words proved most prophetic. But fi...

David Treadwell • News •
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 10:40 am

The Universal Notebook: Have yourself a cool Christmas

The Christmas gifts of my childhood in the 1950s are lost memories, but I vividly recall the Christmas gifts of my adolescence in the early 1960s because they were invariably the things every teen and pre-teen needed to be cool. Just how coolness managed to be communicated to the youth of ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 10:10 am

Letter: Library a part of Falmouth town center

I coached in Falmouth Little League for many fun years. One of the things that parents and younger siblings of players always appreciated was the ability to come by one of those long games, watch an inning or two, and then walk over to the library and check out some books, look through the displa...

• Opinion •
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 9:00 am

White House cancels Obama visit to Portland

PORTLAND — Just hours after announcing Friday that President Obama would visit Portland this week, White House officials called off those plans in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Conn. Obama was to speak at the University of Southern Maine on Wednesday about the so-called "fisc...

• News •
Friday, December 14, 2012 at 1:50 pm

Lucien J. Daigle, 87

CUMBERLAND FORESIDE — Lucien J. Daigle, 87, of Cumberland Foreside, died Dec. 4 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough after a period of declining health. He was born on Aug. 7, 1925, in Fort Kent, one of nine children of William and Sophie (Berube) Daigle and attended local s...

Obituaries •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Falmouth Police Beat: Dec. 13

Arrests 12/1 at 4:56 p.m. Danijela Zjaca, 24, of Tanner Street, South Portland, was arrested on Clearwater Drive by Sgt. Kevin Conger on charges of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs and violating condition of release. 12/2 at 6:33 p.m. Heathe...

Police Beat •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Carl Boone DiPietro, 23

OCEAN PARK — Carl Boone DiPietro, 23, of Ocean Park, died Dec. 3 at Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford after a battle with cancer. He was born in Portland on Feb. 19, 1989, to Lawrence and Catherine (Clark) DiPietro.   He grew up in Freeport where he attended local schoo...

Obituaries •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Northern Meetings: Dec. 13-19

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Community •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Northern School Notebook

First Quarter Honor Roll

Community •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Residents urged to take part in Falmouth school drug policy talks

FALMOUTH — Town councilors Monday called for community involvement in the creation of a new drug and alcohol policy for Falmouth High School. Before the council's regularly scheduled meeting, councilors participated in a focus group with School Board members and Police Chief Ed ...

Amber Cronin • News •
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 4:00 pm
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