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Community Calendar: Nov. 28-Dec.9

Greater Portland Bulletin Board Saturday 12/1 Greely Ski and Skate Swap, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Greely High School, Main St., Cumberland, 829-6031. Sunday 12/2 Connected Cathol...

Community •
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Unsung Hero: Bowdoin College student Caroline Blake, focused on service

BRUNSWICK — Caroline Blake brought impressive credentials to Bowdoin College in the fall of 2010: valedictorian at Poland High School, passionate about history and American politics, and devoted to her home state of Maine. Two years later, Caroline’s performance has matched her...

David Treadwell • News •
Monday, November 26, 2012 at 1:50 pm

Out & About: Christmas at the Cathedral, Natalie MacMaster, more

Musical offerings dominate this week’s top choices in the performing arts. Without doubt, the No. 1 pick for the weekend will be Christmas at the Cathedral. The Choral Art Society produces this concert, with four performances scheduled for Dec. 1-2 in Portland. Another big con...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, November 26, 2012 at 1:30 pm

The View From Away: PATHS produces a bountiful 'harvest'

If you’re just tuning in, Portland Arts and Technical High School is an under-appreciated local institution dedicated to finding and creating appropriate holes for some of the less round pegs, including my daughter, in area high schools. I’ve written about PATHS recently and fe...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, November 26, 2012 at 11:50 am

The Universal Notebook: Democracy for sale

In the two years since the conservative ideologues on the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Citizens United that corporations should be free to spend as much money as they want on U.S. elections, we have seen the predicted flood of ill-gotten gain pour into our democracy like Sandy into Jersey.

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, November 26, 2012 at 9:40 am

Global Matters: Dysfunction is all in the (American) family

Mercifully, election season has come to an end. Families from coast to coast bowed their heads in gratitude as they gathered at their Thanksgiving tables last week. Successful candidates will now transition from the gaudy brutality of the campaign trail to the formidable, if less colorful,...

Perry B. Newman • Opinion •
Monday, November 26, 2012 at 9:20 am

Letter: Rail advocate clarifies long-term goal

I've just seen Edgar Allen Beem's piece "Riding the rails" and I believe he misunderstood my emphasis on one point. He writes, referring to me, that "... Hi...

• Opinion •
Monday, November 26, 2012 at 8:50 am

Recent Maine Teacher of the Year from Falmouth dies on Thanksgiving Day

FALMOUTH — Second-grade teacher Kevin Grover, a former Maine Teacher of the Year, died Thanksgiving Day, according to a state Department of Education official. Grover, 40, taught for 15 years, the last 10 at D.W. Lunt and Falmouth Elementary schools, and was the 2010 Maine Teacher of...

Will Graff • News •
Friday, November 23, 2012 at 2:40 pm

Northern Meetings: Nov. 22-28

Cumberland

Community •
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Falmouth Police Beat: Nov. 22

Falmouth police, fire and EMS logs were unavailable for the week of Nov. 9-16 because the Police Department officer responsible for providing the information was unavailable and dispatchers refused to provide the public documents.

Police Beat •
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 9:40 am
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