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The View From Away: Canada, where 'from Away' really means something

I spent a week in Toronto breaking stories for the series I am working on. “Breaking stories” is one of those confusing terms in TV. When you have a solid path, the story is fully broken, a good thing. If it falls on its face when the actors get a hold of it, the network says the stor...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, March 18, 2013 at 11:40 am

Maine Mall to host PATHS fashion show

PORTLAND — Fashion marketing students from Portland Arts and Technology High School will present their 2013 collection Sunday, March 24, at the Maine Mall in South Portland. The fashion show will feature fashions constructed from old prom gowns, hand-painted fabric and unusual m...

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Monday, March 18, 2013 at 10:50 am

Portland named best area for spring jobs

PORTLAND — The Portland region, including South Portland and Biddeford, will be the best metropolitan area in the nation for job growth this spring, Forbes magazine said last week. Forbes named the region No. 1, tied with

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Monday, March 18, 2013 at 10:40 am

The Universal Notebook: Don't tell Congress, but we're back

Even as a hopeless Congress and a misguided president drove the country off the fiscal cliff of totally unnecessary sequestration tax hikes and spending cuts, the U.S. economy was ignoring their incompetence and rebounding very nicely, thank you very much. The stock market greeted the bad ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, March 18, 2013 at 9:20 am

Lawrence Yates, 85

YARMOUTH — Lawrence Wilbur Yates, 85, of Yarmouth, died Sunday at home after a brief period of declining health. Yates was born May 25, 1927, in Huntington Park, Calif., the son of Katherine and Everett W. Yates. The family relocated to North Yarmouth when he was 3 and he attend...

Obituaries •
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Freeport Police Beat: March 14

Arrests 3/6 at 9:44 a.m. Nicholas S. Miller, 27, of MacMillan Drive, Brunswick, was arrested on MacMillan Drive by Officer Matthew Moorehouse on a charge of aggravated assault. 3/6 at 9:51 p.m. A 17-year-old male was arrested at Route 1 and South ...

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Roy E. Howland, 96

CUMBERLAND — Roy E. Howland, of Conway, N.H., and Cumberland, died March 7 at Mineral Springs Nursing and Rehab in North Conway, N.H. He was surrounded by his family. Born Oct. 4, 1916, in Stark, N.H., he was the son of Delivin and Mary Maquire Howland. He served in the army during W...

Obituaries •
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Wayne Kaye Nickerson, 64: A true outdoorsman

YARMOUTH — Wayne Kaye Nickerson, 64, of Yarmouth, died unexpectedly Friday as the result of a snowmobile accident. Nickerson was born Feb. 11, 1949, in Portland, the son of Adeline Norton Nickerson and Kaye Nickerson. He was educated in local schools and graduated from Yarmouth High ...

Obituaries •
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Northern Meetings: March 14-20

Chebeague Island Tues.  3/19  6:30 p.m.  CISD School Committee  School Tues.  3/19  7:15 p.m.  CICA Housing Committee Meeting  PH Wed.  3/20  7:30 p.m.  CIC Board Meeting  PH Cumberlan...

Community •
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Freeport storm budget weathers blizzard

FREEPORT — Town officials are hoping Maine's southern coast has seen the last of its winter snow storms. After several heavy storms this season landed mostly on the weekends, including the Feb. 8-9 blizzard that dumped more than 30 inches of snow in some areas, the town has exhausted...

Will Graff • News •
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 3:50 pm
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