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Recognition The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine honored Portland resident and Forecaster columnist Orlando Delogu with the 25th annual Justice Louis Scolnik Award. In a distinguished career at the University of Maine School of Law spanning over 47 years, Delogu has been a pa...

Community •
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Portland School Notebook: May 8

Cheverus gridiron stars earn awards Cheverus High School seniors Ryan Casale and Donald Goodrich will receive National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Awards from the foundation's Maine chapter at a May 22 banquet at Bowdoin College. Every year, working through its s...

Community •
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Sandra Ann Crawford, 71

PORTLAND — Sandra Ann Crawford, 71, of Portland, died at home April 29. She was born Oct. 28, 1941, in Keene, N.H., the daughter of Eva and Elton Cox. Crawford was a mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to so many people, but she was “Nana”...

Obituaries •
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Portland Police Beat: May 8

Arrests 4/26 at 10 p.m. Moses Okot, 24, of Portland, was arrested on East Lancaster Street by Officer Charles Ames on a charge of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs. 4/26 at 10 p.m. Elizabeth A. Sylvester, 28, of Portland, was arrested on Cong...

Police Beat •
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Portland Meetings: May 8

Wed.  5/8  5 p.m.  Libbytown Transportation Study Public Workshop  CH Wed.  5/8  5:30 p.m.  Housing and Community Development Committee  CH Wed.  5/8  6 p.m.  Police Citizen Review Subcommittee  Public Safety Building

Community •
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Arts Calendar: May 8

Greater Portland Books & Authors Friday 5/10 Barbara Damrosch: “The Four Season Farm Gardener's Cookbook,” 12 p.m., Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, 781-23...

Lifestyle •
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Advertising, circulation losses sink The Island Times

PORTLAND — The Island Times, a 10-year-old, monthly community newspaper covering Peaks Island and other Casco Bay islands, is ceasing operation, publisher Kevin Attra announced last week. Shrinking ad revenue, distribution and readership accounted for Attra's decision to close, he wr...

William Hall • News •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 3:00 pm

Unsung Heroes: Scarborough Alzheimer's caregivers Tim Osgood, Kelly Labbe

SCARBOROUGH — Chances are you know someone with Alzheimer's disease. More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and one in eight older Americans has the disease. Indeed, Alzheimer’s is the only cause of death among the top 10 in the U.S. that canno...

David Treadwell • News •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 2:40 pm

Out & About: 'The Last Romance' is outstanding dramatic-comedy

The recent wave of superb spring weather underscored the fact that Maine’s summertime is quickly approaching. The same can be said for the arts and entertainment calendar as the fall-winter-spring seasons wrap up for most producers and presenters, clearing the way for summer. It&rsqu...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 1:00 pm

The Universal Notebook: LePage, Bowen both get F's

Did anyone ever benefit from being publicly identified as a total failure? I don’t think so. But that’s what Gov. Paul LePage and education Commissioner Stephen Bowen have done by releasing a completely bogus Maine School Performance Grading System report card that ranks some 600 publ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 12:30 pm
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