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Abby's Road: My son explains it all

My son is almost 19 months old. Recently, he was trying to bite my kneecap as I bent down to put away some folded laundry. I turned to him and I said: “Son, what is up?” This was his answer: “What is up? You are up. The stairs are up. The kitchen stools are up. I l...

• Opinion •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 10:20 am

Short Relief: Portland should tap street-corner labor pool

I was relatively lucky to graduate from law school in 1986. The U.S. economy and employment rates were growing. Law firms were expanding and hiring, and increasing the opportunities for all law graduates. I took a job working for the federal government in Washington, D.C. By the early 1990...

Halsey Frank • Opinion •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 10:00 am

Southern Meetings: May 3-9

Cape Elizabeth Mon.  5/6  7:30 a.m.  School Board Policy Committee  TH Tues.  5/7  5:30 p.m.  Conservation Commission Trail Work  Whale Back Way Tues.  5/7  7 p.m.  Planning Board  TH Wed. &...

Community •
Friday, May 3, 2013

Southern School Notebook: May 3

Cape Elizabeth High students named to third-quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: Allison Briggs, Griffin Carpenter, Travis DeLano, Robert Freccero, Francesca Governali, Emma Inhorn, Samuel Sherman. Seniors, honors: Ryan Allmendinger, Ian Andol...

Community •
Friday, May 3, 2013

Andrea L. Wedge, 47: Lived life to the fullest

SCARBOROUGH — Andrea L. Wedge, 47, died Sunday at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, in Scarborough, with her loving family by her side. Wedge was born in Portland on Aug. 26, 1965, the daughter of Earl and Nancy Viles. She grew up in Portland and was a 1983 graduate of Portland Hi...

Obituaries •
Friday, May 3, 2013

Kathy J. Carmichael, 57

SOUTH PORTLAND — Kathy J. Carmichael, 57, of South Portland, died of pancreatic cancer April 11 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, in Scarborough. She was born Oct. 28, 1955, the daughter of Merlin and Joanne Carmichael. She grew up in South Portland, graduating from So...

Obituaries •
Friday, May 3, 2013

South Portland elementary school in bottom 7 on state report card

SOUTH PORTLAND — James O. Kaler Elementary School on South Kelsey Street received an F grade and the seventh-lowest cumulative score in the state Wednesday as Gov. Paul LePage and Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen handed out the first-ever letter grades for Maine public schools....

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 11:10 am

All-day kindergarten pilot plan draws fire in Cape Elizabeth

CAPE ELIZABETH — The School Board's proposal for a full-day kindergarten pilot program in the fiscal 2014 school budget is raising concerns about fairness with some parents, who say they may as a result reject the entire budget. The program would create two full-day kindergarten sess...

Will Graff • News •
Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 9:30 am

Scarborough Council OKs muni budget, trims school spending

SCARBOROUGH — Municipal spending for fiscal year 2014 was set Wednesday night when Town Councilors approved a $70.8 million budget by a 6-1 roll call vote. The final piece of the spending plan, a $40.4 million school budget, now goes to a May 14 referendum. The school budget, in...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 9:10 am

You can't get there from here: Eastern Trail connection between South Portland, Scarborough remains elusive, expensive

SCARBOROUGH — If the "Bridge Out" sign is not enough, the drop down to the Nonesuch River from where a bridge used to cross the river is a vivid reminder of the obstacles blocking the off-road linkage of the Eastern Trail to South Portland. But as a $150,000 study funded by the Maine...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 2, 2013
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