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Global Matters: Terror in Boston, and the price of prevention

As Boston recovers from the brutal attack on the marathon and the city begins to regain its equilibrium , the eyes of the nation and the attention of Congress will soon turn away from the incident itself and pivot to the so-called “root causes” of terror. We’ll stop seein...

Perry B. Newman • Opinion •
Monday, April 22, 2013 at 9:30 am

Abby's Road: For Boston, a love mash-up

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more splendid and yet more gritty. White snows will blanket the budding trees along the Charles, And fall’s leaves will swirl down thine cobble-stoned streets. Sometime too congested the thoroughfares become,...

Abby Diaz • Opinion •
Monday, April 22, 2013 at 9:20 am

Letter: World is flatter than Delogu believes

If Orlando Delogu is a policy wonk he should know and have read Thomas L. Friedman’s wonderful, thoughtful, intelligent book, "The World is Flat," published in 2005. Friedman, hardly in anyone's view a right-wing conservative, would perhaps agree with some of the assertions Delogu makes in ...

• Opinion •
Monday, April 22, 2013 at 9:00 am

Injured Falmouth High School grad recovering at home after surviving Boston Marathon bomb

FALMOUTH — A Falmouth High School graduate is recovering at her parent's home after she was injured in the Patriot's Day terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon. The bomb that went off near the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston killed three people and injured more than 170.

Will Graff • News •
Friday, April 19, 2013 at 12:50 pm

Philip Thomas Lombardi, 93

SOUTH PORTLAND — Philip Thomas Lombardi, 93, of South Portland, died April 10 at the Barron Center, surrounded by his family. He was born April 20, 1919, in Portland, a son of Sicilian immigrants Vencenzo and Lucia DeForte Lombardi. He was raised in the North End of Boston, wher...

• Obituaries •
Friday, April 19, 2013

Southern Meetings: April 19-25

Cape Elizabeth Mon.  4/22  7 p.m.  Planning Board  TH Tues.  4/23  6 p.m.  Conservation Commission Special Meeting  TH Tues.  4/23  6:20 p.m.  School Board Special Meeting  TH Tues.  4/...

Community •
Friday, April 19, 2013

South Portland Farmers Market to return to Hinckley Drive

SOUTH PORTLAND — The Farmers Market will return to Hinckley Drive and parking will be banned on sections of streets near Wilkinson Park after council votes Wednesday night. In a 2 1/2-hour meeting where Councilor Jerry Jalbert presided due to Mayor Tom Blake's absence, councilors als...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 10:20 am

Health-care agencies face South Portland funding ax

SOUTH PORTLAND — A little after 8 a.m. Tuesday, Betsy Ross House resident Pat Ferguson took a seat in a small room near the apartment house entrance. Cathy Patnaude of VNA Home Health Hospice drew a blood sample while chatting with 76-year-old Ferguson. "They are the best at w...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 9:20 am

South Portland Police Beat: April 19

Arrests 4/6 at 11:05 p.m. Christopher Young, 25, of South Portland was arrested on Westbrook Street by Officer Andrew Nelson on an outstanding local warrant. 4/8 at 9:15 p.m. Voni Luka, 25, of Portland, was arrested on East Wainwright Circle by Of...

Police Beat •
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Success flows to South Portland exporter of industrial equipment

SOUTH PORTLAND — How good are things for Allagash International? On Monday, founder and President Terry Ingram was unavailable to talk about company growth because he was in Alabama and...

David Harry • News •
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 2:40 pm
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