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Short Relief: Background checks, education, licenses won't curb the 2nd Amendment

On my way down to New Jersey to pick up my mother for the holidays, I drove Interstate 84 past Newtown, Conn., where there was no joy this past holiday season. Once again, the combination of a high-powered firearm and a mentally ill person produced a bloody massacre. Anyone with an ounce o...

Halsey Frank • Opinion •
Monday, February 4, 2013 at 11:10 am

Letter: LePage funding plan supports education

Edgar Allen Beem claimed Gov. Paul Lepage has shown nothing but contempt for public school teachers, students, administrators and schools (...

• Opinion •
Monday, February 4, 2013 at 10:20 am

Letter: Mental illness, not guns, is the 'real problem'

Edgar Allen Beem seems to think that taxing guns and ammo will do the job (The Universal Notebook, Jan. 21). Someone ought to tell...

• Opinion •
Monday, February 4, 2013 at 9:30 am

Letter: Quality education depends on people, not classrooms

I recently read a Forecaster piece by Edgar Allen Beem in which he raged against the popularity of online courses and what a scourge this trend is on education (

• Opinion •
Monday, February 4, 2013 at 8:40 am

4 candidates seek South Portland City Council seat

SOUTH PORTLAND — Four candidates, including Planning Board Chairman Rob Schreiber and School Board Chairman Rick Carter, hope to be elected to complete the unexpired term of former District 1 City Councilor Tom Coward. The deadline was Friday, Feb. 1, for candidates to file papers to...

News •
Monday, February 4, 2013 at 8:30 am

Evelyn D. Callahan, 96

SOUTH PORTLAND — Evelyn D. Callahan, 96, of South Portland, formerly of Portland, Houlton and New York, died Jan. 19 at South Portland Nursing Home.  Callahan was born in Hodgdon to Ambrose and Lucy Roaix Callahan.  She attended Hodgdon schools and was a graduate ...

Obituaries •
Friday, February 1, 2013

Southern Meetings: Feb. 1-7

Cape Elizabeth Mon.  2/4  7:30 a.m.  School Board Policy Meeting  TH Mon.  2/4  7 p.m.  CANCELED — Town Council Workshop  Tue.  2/5  7 p.m.  Planning Board Workshop  TH Wed.  ...

Community •
Friday, February 1, 2013

Susan Danforth, 53: Loved music and education

SOUTH PORTLAND — Susan E. Danforth, 53, died unexpectedly Sunday in Portland. Born in Methuen, Mass., to George A. Danforth Jr. and Jeanne T. Bernardin Danforth, Danforth graduated from Andover High School in 1978. In 1982, she graduated summa cum laude from Merrimac Colleg...

Obituaries •
Friday, February 1, 2013

Timothy F. Flaherty, 69

SCARBOROUGH — Timothy F. Flaherty, 69, of Scarborough, died Jan. 20 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House with his family by his side. He was born Jan. 25, 1943, in Portland, the second of seven children of Thomas S. Flaherty Sr. and Elaine Flaherty.  He attended Por...

Obituaries •
Friday, February 1, 2013

South Portland farmers market site still uncertain

SOUTH PORTLAND — Some progress is being made toward expanding the outdoor farmers market when it opens this spring. But the essential element of the market – precisely where it will operate – remains unresolved. A series of proposed ordinance changes that would all...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 11:00 am
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