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Portland Meetings: Oct. 17-23

Wed.    10/17    4 p.m.    Island Advisory Committee    Ferry Terminal

Community •
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Similar roots produce political contrast in House District 120 election in Portland

PORTLAND —  Two-term incumbent state Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, is being challenged by libertarian Republican, and political newcomer, Davian Akers in House District 120. District 120 includes the city's East End, Old Port and downtown. While the candidates disagree ...

William Hall • News •
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 3:30 pm

Out & About: 'Good People' opens season at Good Theater in Portland

Drama, music and dance are all represented in this week’s picks of the tix in southern Maine. Under the rubric of drama there’s the New England premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Good People,” the season-opening show at Portland’s Good Theater. And &ldq...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 3:00 pm

The Universal Notebook: A clear choice in Maine Senate District 11

The race for the District 11 state Senate seat has gotten a great deal more publicity than local races usually get, in large part because there is such a contrast between the two candidates. Incumbent Sen. Dick Woodbury, U-Yarmouth, is a professorial economist. The only independent in the ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 2:30 pm

The View From Away: 90 years of making everyone's life better

My mother-in-law, Annette Molar, turned 90 on Oct. 2. The following weekend we joined much of the extended family in her hometown, Columbus, Ohio, to help celebrate this milestone. Carol’s sister, Marilyn, and her husband, Alan, were the local hosts. They couldn’t have been mor...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 2:10 pm

Superintendent's Notebook: Hall School fire brings a community together

The phone call came at 4 a.m., rousing me from a sound sleep. Fifteen minutes later, I arrived at Hall Elementary School to begin assessing the damage from an early morning electrical fire. While a fire is never a good thing, my first thought was how fortunate we were to have this incident...

Emmanuel Caulk • Opinion •
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 1:50 pm

Arts Calendar: Oct. 17-28

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 10/17

Lifestyle •
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:20 pm

Community Calendar: Oct. 17-28

Greater Portland Benefits Saturday 10/27 Yarmouth Pumpkin Run 5K and Fun Run, 9 a.m., to benefit the Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth High School, 286 West Elm St., Yarmouth, marcia_noyes@yarmouthscho...

Community •
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:20 pm

Letter: Romney is right for the presidency

I have followed with interest your recent coverage of the election. However, one key fact has been under-emphasized in your reporting. Please remind your readers that our current president has had four years to dig us out of the economic slump, and has not done so. In fact, President Obama’...

• Opinion •
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 11:30 am

Letter: Portland School Board candidate's statement

I am running for the Portland School Board in District 2 for the West End, Parkside, Libbytown and St. John. I earned a B.A. in political science at the University of Southern Maine in 2010, and have been active in local community and activism throughout the state. I am an educational technician ...

• Opinion •
Monday, October 15, 2012 at 11:20 am
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