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The Universal Notebook: Tax dodging, the great American pastime

One of the curious contradictions of life in these United States is the apparent acceptability of avoiding taxes. Taxes we avoid are taxes others must pay and, since the tax system is designed by and for the wealthy and corporations, it’s the rest of us who foot the bill for the tax ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, May 27, 2013

Global Matters: More business is SWAT we need

I don’t care what anybody says, we absolutely love business in Maine. Really, we do. How else to explain the myriad organizations, agencies, initiatives and encounter groups dedicated to supporting every aspect of entrepreneurship and innovation? In Portland there&rsquo...

Perry B. Newman • Opinion •
Monday, May 27, 2013

Arts Calendar: May 29 to June 11

Greater Portland Auditions/Calls for Art Auditions for Indoor/Outdoor, Sunday 6/2 and Monday 6/3, 6:30-8 p.m., Freeport High School Library, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport, 865-2220, roles for four adults (two women, two men).

• Lifestyle •
Monday, May 27, 2013

The View From Away: Man's best friend? Guess again

I’ve lately been missing our mini dachshunds, Ruby and Blackie, and my dog-centric Scarborough neighborhood. Scarborough, Maine, I mean. Toronto has a suburb of the same name; every time I see it on a local map, it stirs up confusing feelings like David Bowie album covers did when I ...

Mike Langworthy • Opinion •
Monday, May 27, 2013

Cumberland County Civic Center offices at new address

PORTLAND — The Cumberland County Civic Center box office and administrative offices have moved down the block to 48 Free St., at Center Street. According to a press release, the offices will remain at the new address during the remainder of the Civic Center's renovation, which is now...

News •
Friday, May 24, 2013 at 2:50 pm

New index predicts 'slow, steady' recovery for Maine real estate

PORTLAND — A new measure of Maine's real estate industry shows the market still has a long way to go before it recovers from the impact of economic recession, but is beginning to make headway. In a May 22 conference at Holiday Inn by the Bay, the Maine Real Estate & Development A...

William Hall • News •
Friday, May 24, 2013 at 2:30 pm

Southern Meetings: May 24-30

Cape Elizabeth Tues.  5/28  6:30 p.m.  School Board Workshop  HS Library Tues.  5/28  7 p.m.  Zoning Board of Appeals  TH Tues.  5/28  8 p.m.  School Board Finance Committee  HS Library Thur.  5/30 &nbs...

Community •
Friday, May 24, 2013

Yvonne Beatrice Libby, 83: Lived an active life

SOUTH PORTLAND — Yvonne Beatrice Libby, 83, of South Portland, died unexpectedly on Mother's Day, May 12. Libby was born Jan. 20, 1930, in Hartford, Conn. She was raised in Berlin, N.H., and attended Notre Dame High School there. She enjoyed working summers as a waitress in Old ...

Obituaries •
Friday, May 24, 2013

Cummings Road construction in South Portland to last into June

SOUTH PORTLAND — Getting there from here is more challenging on the western edge of the city because of reconstruction of Cummings Road from just above Running Hill Road to the Westbrook city limit. Ted Talbot, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Transportation, said drivers shou...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 8:10 am

South Portland psychologist pleads guilty to federal fraud

SOUTH PORTLAND — A local psychologist pleaded guilty to federal health-care fraud charges Tuesday before Judge George Singal in U.S. District Court in Portland. Dr. Carole Orem-Hough, 55, a licensed psychologist who operated Casco Bay Psychotherapy, admitted to fraudulently billing a...

News •
Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 8:10 am
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