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Recognition The Associated General Contractors of America awarded Freeport-based CPM Constructors with a 2013 Build America Award for new municipal and utility construction at AGC’s 94th annual convention March 7 in Palm Springs, Calif. CPM won for its construction o...

Community •
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Arts Calendar, May 1-14

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 5/1 William Barry, author of "Maine: The Wilder Half of New England," 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, free.

Lifestyle •
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

Letter: Keep South Portland parks alcohol-free

On Dec. 6, 1933, the day after Prohibition ended, my grandfather opened the first post-Prohibition bar in South Portland. In the ensuing 80 years, the data from the city clerk’s office shows that there are now over 80 establishments within the city where alcohol can be bought, or bought and...

• Opinion •
Monday, April 29, 2013 at 12:10 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

Jules Louis Frenette, 83: Loved to tell stories

SOUTH PORTLAND — Jules Louis Frenette, 83, died April 17 in Scarborough, with his family by his side. He was born in Quebec City, Canada, on April 26, 1929, the son of Emile and Leda (Bolduc) Frenette. Frenette grew up in St. George and St. Martin, Canada. As a teenager, he we...

Obituaries •
Friday, April 26, 2013
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