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Freeport rep to host gun, culture discussion

FREEPORT — State Rep. Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, and Freeport Community Services are sponsoring a panel discussion about gun laws, school safety, mental health, parenting and the culture of masculinity in the wake of the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

News •
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 3:30 pm

Freeport Town Council turnover continues with Arno resignation

FREEPORT — Freshmen town councilors will outnumber veterans after Councilor Kate Arno announced her resignation last week. Arno will attend her final meeting Tuesday. She is taking a job at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in Washington, D.C. "This was an unexpected job...

Will Graff • News •
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 10:00 am

People & Business

Appointments GrowSmart Maine recently appointed the following people to its board: Judy East of Calais, Jane Lafluer of Camden, Mike Lyne of Brunswick, Chris Robinson of Kennebunk, Matt Teare of Yarmouth, Eloise Vitelli of Arrowsic, David Webster of Freeport, Sen. Dick W...

• Community •
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Arts Calendar: Jan. 23 to Feb. 4

Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Books & Authors Wednesday 1/23 Brown Bag Lecture Series: Duane Robert Pierson, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, P...

Lifestyle •
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Community Calendar Jan. 23-Feb. 4

Greater Portland Bulletin Board Thursday 1/24 Annual banquet and fundraiser for The Coastal Conservation Association of Maine, 5:30 p.m., Haraseeket Inn, 162 Main St., Freeport, 443-8746. Open ...

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Panel hears support for proposed Harpswell charter school

HARPSWELL — When the nearly 60 people who attended a public hearing Friday were asked if they support a proposed charter school in town, almost every hand went up. It was a good sign for Harpswell Coastal Academy, the charter school that could be approved by the Maine Charter School ...

Dylan Martin • News •
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 4:00 pm

Unsung Hero: Regina Erskine, teaching life lessons through blood

PORTLAND  — "There's never a dull moment with this age group, that's for sure," said Regina Erskine, who has been teaching health at Lyman Moore Middle School since 1989. "I've always been interested in health," said Erskine, a native of Dixmont, "and they didn't teach health in...

David Treadwell • News •
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 2:40 pm

Out & About: Tip-top music for late January

With the calendar approaching the end of January, the seasonal slowdown in the performing arts has pretty much ended, with most of southern Maine’s performers, producers and presenters returning to local stages with a variety of tip-top offerings.

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 2:10 pm

Forecaster Forum: 'Out' in Maine: How people, times change

Weeks before graduation from my small-town high school in the spring of 1975, I was caught by a state trooper having sex with another man in the woods of Maine. We were minors, exploring our sexuality in the back seat of a Volkswagen bug. The implications surrounding this event changed my ...

Dana Marcoux • Opinion •
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 11:50 am

The View From Away: Online college education isn't college or education

A friend recently sent me an article predicting the imminent demise of college as we know it at the hands of the cheaper, more efficient Internet. My friend sees this trend toward online higher education as an opportunity for me to teach in the digital classroom. She may be right. God know...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, January 21, 2013 at 11:10 am
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