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Out & About: Oratorio Chorale opens its season

By mid-November, nearly every performing arts organization in southern Maine has opened its fall-winter-spring season. One of the last to start is the Mid-Coast-based Oratorio Chorale, which has a pair of concerts coming up Saturday and Sunday in Topsham and Yarmouth. Music director Peter Frewen ...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 11:40 am

The Universal Notebook: The biggest loser

When I went to bed on Election Day I was bummed out because, despite the fact that President Obama and marriage equality had prevailed, I was under the impression that state Sen. Dick Woodbury had been unseated by a former Navy SEAL with the backing of tens of thousands of dollars of out of state...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 11:30 am

The View From Away: Election 2012 produced some unexpected results

This was my son Bobby’s first presidential election. The first time I voted for president, Richard Nixon soundly trounced the recently deceased George McGovern. By that I mean McGovern passed away recently, not shortly before running for president, although he could hardly have done worse i...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 11:20 am

Letter: Scarborough Democrat congratulates Sirocki

Congratulations to state Rep. Heather Sirocki, R-Scarborough, for her win in this past election. I have nothing but best wishes for her for a productive term in the 126th Legislature.

• Opinion •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 9:40 am

Letter: Beem ignores 'nincompoops' who toe the party line

As I read Edgar Allen Beem's column of Nov. 7, I found myself both irritated and disappointed. While I was bothered by the "where ...

• Opinion •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 9:30 am

Letter: Lawmakers must ignore party ideology

Now that the elections are over, it is my hope that our newly elected and re-elected state and federal representatives will waste no time in focusing on the issues of concern to older Mainers and their families. Issues such as financial and health security are of paramount importance to many of o...

• Opinion •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 9:20 am

Letter: Frank misses the point about Citizens United

Most people have enough common sense to reject the ideas that corporations are people, and that money is speech, through deductive reasoning. Yet these concepts have been codified into law by our Supreme Court in the oligarchical “Citizens United” ruling. Halsey Frank’s recent

• Opinion •
Monday, November 12, 2012 at 9:00 am

Southern Meetings: Nov. 9-15

Cape Elizabeth

Community •
Friday, November 9, 2012

Scarborough Republican Rep. Sirocki wins re-election in District 128; recount possible

SCARBOROUGH — Incumbent Rep. Heather Sirocki, R-Scarborough, won a second term Tuesday in Maine House District 128, but Democratic challenger Jean-Marie Caterina said she is considering seeking a recount. Sirocki defeated Caterina, 3,029 to 2,913, in the district comprised of the wes...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 12:50 pm

Holbrook re-elected; Blaise, St. Clair join Scarborough Town Council

SCARBOROUGH — The waiting may have been the hardest part, but Tuesday's elections will put four newcomers on the Town Council and School Board. Voters also approved buying a new ladder truck for the Fire Department. Town Clerk Tody Justice said problems with tallying votes, as...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 12:30 pm
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