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Community Calendar: May 1

Greater Portland Benefits Friday 5/3 Achieve a Vision Beyond Your Sight, 7 p.m., Hannaford Lecture Hall, 88 Bedford St., Portland, 475-7148, $10 suggested donation. Saturday 5/4

Community •
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Out & About: Maia Sharp, Big Sandy top the bill

May arrives this week with a plethora of sunshine and flowers, plus an equal bounty of arts and entertainment. A superb singer-songwriter and a leading Americana-rockabilly band are two of the top offerings at Portland’s One Longfellow Square. First up is singer-songwriter Maia Sharp...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, April 29, 2013 at 12:30 pm

The Universal Notebook: It's nobody's fault but our own

As America attempts to come to terms with health-care reform, the national debt, immigration reform, climate change and the epidemic of gun violence, the fault lines that threaten a more perfect union are becoming pretty darn obvious. They run along cultural divides, geographic borders, philosoph...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, April 29, 2013 at 11:10 am

The View From Away: An urge for revenge in the land of the loonie

My coworkers on this TV show, who are almost exclusively Canadian, have been friendly and welcoming. So have the other people I have run across in Toronto, for the most part. One exception occurred at a suburban movie theater, where a woman wheeled on me and said I was standing too close to her i...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, April 29, 2013 at 10:50 am

Southern School Notebook: April 26

South Portland native picked for undergraduate research program South Portland native Johnny Joseph has been selected to participate in Stonehill College's Stonehill Undergraduate Research Experience program. A total of 50 Stonehill students will work this summer with 32 faculty members ...

Community •
Friday, April 26, 2013

Priscilla L. Doughty, 68

CAPE ELIZABETH — Priscilla L. Doughty, 68, died peacefully April 13 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Doughty was born Sept. 25, 1944, in Portland, the daughter of Robert L. and Agnes M. Wadsworth. She was a graduate of Portland High School and worked ...

Obituaries •
Friday, April 26, 2013

Regina Mary Barbour, 100

SOUTH PORTLAND — Regina Mary Barbour, 100, of South Portland, died peacefully April 19, at Cedars Nursing Facility. She was born Nov. 30, 1912, in Madison, a daughter of Levi and Josephine Richard Arsenault. She attended Mexico schools, graduating from Mexico High School in 1930...

Obituaries •
Friday, April 26, 2013

#soberseason: High school students campaign for prom, graduation safety

SOUTH PORTLAND — On Wednesday, South Portland High School seniors made their first pitch for a "Sober Season" of proms and graduation parties. With posters, placards and a #soberseason Twitter hashtag, the seniors...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 11:20 am

High court OKs cameras at disputed beach in Cape Elizabeth

CAPE ELIZABETH — In what is likely the last decision in the long-running dispute over access to Maxwell Point Beach, Maine's highest court has ruled it's OK for a resident to use surveillance cameras to monitor the easement to the privately owned beach.

Will Graff • News •
Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 10:40 am

Cape Elizabeth robotics team makes top 10 at worlds

CAPE ELIZABETH — After earning their way to the robotics world championship for the fourth consecutive year, the Cape Elizabeth High School robotics team came within reach of victory last week. As the only Maine team that qualified for the competition, juniors Anthony Castro and Luke...

Will Graff • News •
Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 8:50 am
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