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King looks forward to next session of U.S. Senate

BRUNSWICK — Thirty down, 69 to go. Angus King has his work cut out for him. As you might expect, since his election to the U.S. Senate in November, King has been a busy guy. Last week, the former two-term, independent governor of Maine was counting up the number of other U.S. ...

Scott Thistle, Sun Journal • News •
Monday, December 24, 2012 at 9:40 am

Annual vigil marks heartbreaking year for Portland's homeless

PORTLAND — Friends and supporters of the city's homeless population gathered on the longest night of the year last Friday to read, one by one, the first names and last initials of the 30 Portland-area homeless people who died this year. This was one of the hardest years on record for...

Timothy Gillis • News •
Monday, December 24, 2012 at 8:30 am

Portland water main break one for the record books

PORTLAND — Residents and businesses spent recent days mopping up after the city's  largest water main break in 16 years. The break happened Dec. 19 at about 7:44 a.m., near 128 Somerset St. in the city's Bayside neighborhood. The rupture in the 20-inch pipe flooded the street wi...

William Hall • News •
Monday, December 24, 2012 at 8:10 am

Global Matters: New Mayan prophecies discovered! (Don't say we didn't warn you)

A team of archaeologists has revealed the discovery of an artifact of unquestioned historical significance: a confidential memo, apparently from a trusted royal soothsayer and prognosticator to one of the last kings of the Mayan empire. The memo refers to the Mayan calendar’s now dis...

Perry B. Newman • Opinion •
Monday, December 24, 2012

The Universal Notebook: The (almost) silent treatment

After a brief flirtation with Facebook, I decided last week that the social media site was not useful to me. I deactivated my Facebook page. It was just more aggravation than it was worth, it was wasting my time, and, frankly, I didn’t care for some of the people who popped up on &ld...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, December 24, 2012

The View From Away: Who are you going to believe?

I don’t mind that my wife is smarter than I am. I’ve known since childhood that women are fascinating individually and, collectively, The Borg. You know, from "Star Trek." Hive-like alien collective with a communal mind and the catchphrase, “Resistance is futile.” Y...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, December 24, 2012

Streets are for more than just drivers under new Portland policy

PORTLAND — A new policy may make city streets more pedestrian-friendly – and also friendlier to cyclists, transit riders, emergency responders, truck drivers, car drivers and others. The Complete Streets p...

William Hall • News •
Monday, December 24, 2012

Arts Calendar: Dec. 26-Jan. 6

Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Portland Children's Festival is seeking entries to the Young Filmmakers Contest, April 4-7, 2013, open to students in kindergarten through high school from Portland and surrounding comm...

Lifestyle •
Saturday, December 22, 2012

Community Calendar: Dec. 26- Jan. 6

Greater Portland Benefits Greely Hockey Boosters, raffle fundraiser, drawing Jan. 1 at Dudley Cup Tournament, tickets $10 each or 3 for $20, 831-9014. Monday 12/31

Community •
Saturday, December 22, 2012

Donation, program help vision-impaired unlock iPhone aids

PORTLAND — With a donation from the Falmouth Lions Club, the Iris Network can now train six vision-impaired individuals to acces...

Amber Cronin • News •
Friday, December 21, 2012 at 1:40 pm
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