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Freeport woman rescued after driving car into pond

FREEPORT — Firefighters rescued a woman who drove her car into a shallow pond late Wednesday. At about 9:30 p.m., the woman was driving on Rowe Court, accelerated into a ditch, through bushes, across a lawn and into a 3- to 4-inch-deep pond, Fire Chief Daniel Fournier said. Po...

• News •
Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 11:50 am

Northern Meetings: Oct. 11-17

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Community •
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Northern School Notebook

Students to perform at music festival in China The North Yarmouth Academy bluegrass ensemble, the Royal River Honey Badgers, was selected to perform at the 2012 JinJiang-Jiaxiang International Students’ Arts Festival in Chengdu, China from Oct. 22-25.

Community •
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Freeport police beat: Oct. 10

Arrests 10/3 at 11:18 p.m. Yavus M. Karadeniz, 44, of Thames Road, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., was arrested at Main and Grove streets by Officer Matthew Moorehouse on a charge of operating under the influence. 10/4 at 1:33 a.m. ...

Police Beat •
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Cumberland County District 3 commissioner election a rematch

PORTLAND — Both candidates for Cumberland County Commissioner in District 3 are running on a platform of transparency, but they disagree on how much control to give to county government. And, the pair have met before. Incumbent Stephen Gorden, R-North Yarmouth, and indepe...

Amber Cronin • News •
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 3:20 pm

Unsung Hero: Gary Fogg of Topsham, maintaining trails and forging connections

TOPSHAM — Gary Fogg is a Renaissance man, and he believes that every citizen has a duty to be informed about history, government, religion and science. He’s a maverick who spent a year between high school and college working minimum-wage jobs and driving a 1967 Volkswagen bug a...

David Treadwell • News •
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 7:50 am

People and Business

Representatives from the Maine Red Cross Midcoast Chapter, serving part of Cumberland County and all of Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties, recently joined with the state's four additional chapters and representatives from the Maine Cr...

Community •
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Out & About: 'Rhinestone Cowboy' rides into the Portland sunset

It’s a busy week on the arts and entertainment front, with a varied menu that spotlights several formats and styles. The most newsworthy event is Glen Campbell’s Goodbye Tour, which visits Portland on Oct. 16. The multi-platinum country singer was diagnosed with Alzheimer&rsquo...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, October 8, 2012 at 2:50 pm

The Universal Notebook: The man with the dragonfly tattoo

Every once in awhile it occurs to me that I might like to do something entirely different with my life. I have wanted to be a writer since I was 13, but I had hoped to become a better writer than I am 50 years later. I somehow imagined I would be a major novelist by now, not just a local journali...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, October 8, 2012 at 2:40 pm

No Sugar Added: College is more memorable the 2nd time around

You know the saying, “time flies”? Well, the more mature I get (and I’m talking mature as measured by years on this planet, not as measured by my behavior), the more I do indeed believe that it’s going by not just at a quick trot, but at the equivalent of Mach 5. Th...

• Opinion •
Monday, October 8, 2012 at 2:30 pm
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