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Boy, 14, charged with gross sexual assault in Cape Elizabeth

CAPE ELIZABETH — Police have charged a 14-year-old boy with gross sexual assault, a Class A offense. The teenager allegedly sexually assaulted another minor under 12 years old. He was arrested and has been turned over to juvenile corrections, where he is in custody, police Capt. Bren...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 1:20 pm

Comic relief

Dayton resident Melanie Sughrue donates to a Salvation Army kettle outside the Christmas Tree Shops in South Portland last Friday afternoon as comics Bob Marley, center, and Tim Sample thank her for her contribution. Marley and Sample pitched in to rings bells outside the store and help the Salva...

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 11:50 am

Homeless student transportation strains school budgets

PORTLAND — It's a scene vividly described last month by South Portland School Superintendent Suzanne Godin. "If you go out on I-295 between 7 and 7:15 a.m., you will see lines of school buses heading north," Godin said during a joint workshop of city councilors and school board membe...

David Harry • News •
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 10:20 am

Community Calendar: Dec. 12-23

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

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Arts Calendar: Dec. 12-23

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 •
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Out & About: Monster and magician top holiday fare

Holiday A&E fare takes some unusual forms this week. Most intriguing is an original play, “The Legend of the Golem,” written by longtime Portland theater activist Michael Levine. The Golem is a benevolent monster-like creature who saved thousands of Jews in 16th-century Eur...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, December 10, 2012 at 2:30 pm

The Universal Notebook: Welcome to Redneck Nation

Does anyone seriously doubt that race played a major role in the past election? Of course it did. But, despite how pronounced the racial divisions were among voters, the elements of racism for the most part remain subtle and insidious rather than blatant and obvious. To begin with, ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, December 10, 2012 at 12:20 pm

The View From Away: My friend, my teacher

One of my writers’ group colleagues asked me at last week’s meeting if I have to censor my writing for The Forecaster. The question got me thinking about how many of my assumptions I have had to change since coming to Maine. I thought censorship would be a significant issue, gi...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, December 10, 2012 at 12:00 pm

UPDATE: Charges likely against students in Cape Elizabeth 'pot' cookies incident

CAPE ELIZABETH — Police expect to bring charges against some of the nine Cape Elizabeth High School students who allegedly ate marijuana-laced cookies at a school event on Friday, Dec. 7. Capt. Brent Sinclair on Wednesday said police st...

Will Graff • News •
Monday, December 10, 2012 at 11:20 am
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