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People and Business

New Business The Massachusetts Library System hired Briggs Advertising, of Bath, to craft a new brand and communications plan. Briggs Advertising is a brand development and marketing communications firm working for local, regional and national businesses and nonprofits. New Hires...

Community •
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

The Universal Notebook: Tax dodging, the great American pastime

One of the curious contradictions of life in these United States is the apparent acceptability of avoiding taxes. Taxes we avoid are taxes others must pay and, since the tax system is designed by and for the wealthy and corporations, it’s the rest of us who foot the bill for the tax ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, May 27, 2013

Global Matters: More business is SWAT we need

I don’t care what anybody says, we absolutely love business in Maine. Really, we do. How else to explain the myriad organizations, agencies, initiatives and encounter groups dedicated to supporting every aspect of entrepreneurship and innovation? In Portland there&rsquo...

Perry B. Newman • Opinion •
Monday, May 27, 2013

Letter: Scarborough parents must break silence

Parents were silent on the Scarborough school budget. They neither made themselves heard at meetings nor at the polls. The governor has proposed a budget that will cause our school district to sustain the biggest reduction in state monies of any district in the state. Members of our Town C...

• Opinion •
Monday, May 27, 2013

Arts Calendar: May 29 to June 11

Greater Portland Auditions/Calls for Art Auditions for Indoor/Outdoor, Sunday 6/2 and Monday 6/3, 6:30-8 p.m., Freeport High School Library, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport, 865-2220, roles for four adults (two women, two men).

• Lifestyle •
Monday, May 27, 2013

The View From Away: Man's best friend? Guess again

I’ve lately been missing our mini dachshunds, Ruby and Blackie, and my dog-centric Scarborough neighborhood. Scarborough, Maine, I mean. Toronto has a suburb of the same name; every time I see it on a local map, it stirs up confusing feelings like David Bowie album covers did when I ...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, May 27, 2013

Cumberland County Civic Center offices at new address

PORTLAND — The Cumberland County Civic Center box office and administrative offices have moved down the block to 48 Free St., at Center Street. According to a press release, the offices will remain at the new address during the remainder of the Civic Center's renovation, which is now...

News •
Friday, May 24, 2013 at 2:50 pm

New index predicts 'slow, steady' recovery for Maine real estate

PORTLAND — A new measure of Maine's real estate industry shows the market still has a long way to go before it recovers from the impact of economic recession, but is beginning to make headway. In a May 22 conference at Holiday Inn by the Bay, the Maine Real Estate & Development A...

William Hall • News •
Friday, May 24, 2013 at 2:30 pm

Southern Meetings: May 24-30

Cape Elizabeth Tues.  5/28  6:30 p.m.  School Board Workshop  HS Library Tues.  5/28  7 p.m.  Zoning Board of Appeals  TH Tues.  5/28  8 p.m.  School Board Finance Committee  HS Library Thur.  5/30 &nbs...

Community •
Friday, May 24, 2013

Cecelia Rand Berwick, 79

SCARBOROUGH — Cecilia Rand Berwick, 79, a resident at Maine Veterans' Home in Scarborough, died May 16, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born March 11, 1934, in Farmington, to Marion Young Rand and Cecil Rand. She graduated from Farmington High School and t...

Obituaries •
Friday, May 24, 2013
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