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Community Calendar Jan. 16-29

Greater Portland Benefits Wednesday 1/16 Keep ME Warm fundraiser, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Gelato Fiasco, 425 Fore St., Portland and 74 Maine St., Brunswick, all profits from sales go toward Keep ME Warm.

Community •
Monday, January 14, 2013 at 1:10 pm

Arts Calendar Jan. 16-29

Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Musica de Filia, auditions for several all-female choirs, Jan. 2-22, 550 Forest Ave., Portland, 807-2158. Books & Authors Friday 1/18

Lifestyle •
Monday, January 14, 2013 at 12:50 pm

Abby's Road: Gone skating

Parenting was hard even for Albert Einstein. I mean, he is the man who defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Clearly, he had that breakthrough after commanding “indoor voices!” and hearing no reduction in volume. I don't underst...

Abby Diaz • Opinion •
Monday, January 14, 2013 at 10:20 am

The Universal Notebook: The governor flunketh

Gov. Paul LePage has nothing but contempt for public education, public school teachers and administrators and public school students. A man possessed of the worst combination of ignorance and arrogance, he seems to have no idea of the damage he does every time he opens his big mouth and badmouths...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, January 14, 2013 at 10:10 am

Everyone underway as winter season resumes

The new year has brought action for everyone, in all sports. Local athletes and teams continue to set the bar with plenty of challenges to come. Here's a glimpse: Boys' basketball The cream is rising to the top on the hardwood and so far on the boys' side, South Port...

Michael Hoffer • Sports •
Friday, January 11, 2013

Southern Meetings: Jan. 11-17

Cape Elizabeth Wed.    1/16    6:30 p.m.    Community Services Adv. Comm.    CECC Scarborough Mon.    1/14    6 p.m.    Pest Management Committee    MB

• Community •
Friday, January 11, 2013

Helen M. Arsenault, 84: Loved to travel and play bridge

SCARBOROUGH — Helen M. Arsenault, 84, died Jan. 6 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough with her family by her side. Arsenault was born Oct. 12, 1928, in Portland, a daughter of James and Diana Tanguay Mills. She was a 1947 graduate of South Portland High School, wher...

Obituaries •
Friday, January 11, 2013

South Portland Police Beat: Jan 11

Arrests 12/29 at 3:33 p.m. Dawn M. Ovitt, 55, of Cape Elizabeth, was arrested on Anthoine Street by Officer David Stailing on an outstanding local warrant. 12/29 at 5:47 p.m. Tara N. Gassett, 31, of South Portland, was arrested on Maine Mall Road ...

Police Beat •
Thursday, January 10, 2013

South Portland asks public about priorities for Wilkinson Park

SOUTH PORTLAND — Does the clubhouse at Wilkinson Park need a face-lift or a full-body reconstruction? Neighbors of the 112 New York Avenue park and the general public are invited to give their opinions to Parks and Recreation Director Rick Towle at a 6 p.m. forum on Jan. 16 at the Co...

David Harry • News •
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 3:20 pm

South Portland City Council special election set for March 12

SOUTH PORTLAND — Nomination petitions for a March 12 special election to fill the District 1 City Council seat will be available at City Hall at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 14. Councilors approved the election date in a 30-minute council meeting on Monday, Jan. 7. Voters will elect a ...

David Harry • News •
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 2:50 pm
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