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Unsung Heroes: Scarborough Alzheimer's caregivers Tim Osgood, Kelly Labbe

SCARBOROUGH — Chances are you know someone with Alzheimer's disease. More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and one in eight older Americans has the disease. Indeed, Alzheimer’s is the only cause of death among the top 10 in the U.S. that canno...

David Treadwell • News •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 2:40 pm

Out & About: 'The Last Romance' is outstanding dramatic-comedy

The recent wave of superb spring weather underscored the fact that Maine’s summertime is quickly approaching. The same can be said for the arts and entertainment calendar as the fall-winter-spring seasons wrap up for most producers and presenters, clearing the way for summer. It&rsqu...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 1:00 pm

The Universal Notebook: LePage, Bowen both get F's

Did anyone ever benefit from being publicly identified as a total failure? I don’t think so. But that’s what Gov. Paul LePage and education Commissioner Stephen Bowen have done by releasing a completely bogus Maine School Performance Grading System report card that ranks some 600 publ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 12:30 pm

Policy Wonk: Concrete alternatives to the LePage budget

As this column was about to go to press, a bi-partisan group of legislators led by Sen. Richard Woodbury, U-Yarmouth, released a bold proposal to reform state taxes and tax expenditures. There is a lot to like in the bi-partisan reforms, but some provisions will almost certai...

Orlando Delogu • Opinion •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 10:50 am

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

Letter: School report card gets a failing grade

As a dedicated, hard-working, loving, kindergarten teacher at a school just given an F by Gov. Paul LePage's new school grading program, I am appalled, disappointed, and above all else, sad at what the system is doing to children and families "failing" schools. First of all, as educators, ...

• Opinion •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 9:10 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
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