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Northern Meetings: May 9

Chebeague Island Tues.  5/14  7 p.m.  CRC Board Meeting  CR Wed.  5/15  7:30 p.m.  CIC Board Meeting  PH Cumberland Thur.  5/9  7 p.m.  Boards of Adjustments and Appeals  TH Mon.  5/13  7 ...

Community •
Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Chebeague Island Police Beat: May 9

Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from April 29 to May 6.

Police Beat •
Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Yarmouth Police Beat: May 9

Arrests 5/1 at 1:49 p.m. Scott Tanguay, 22, of Auburn Road, Turner, was arrested at Walnut Hill and Doughty roads on a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license. 5/2 at 4:18 p.m. Eric Warren, 25, of Walnut Hill Road,...

Police Beat •
Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Yarmouth delays budget, bond referendums, Town Meeting

YARMOUTH — Town Meeting and a school budget referendum are scheduled two weeks later than usual this year, as officials wait for the Legislature to reach consensus on poli...

Alex Lear • News •
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 9:50 am

People and Business

Recognition The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine honored Portland resident and Forecaster columnist Orlando Delogu with the 25th annual Justice Louis Scolnik Award. In a distinguished career at the University of Maine School of Law spanning over 47 years, Delogu has been a pa...

Community •
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Arts Calendar: May 8

Greater Portland Books & Authors Friday 5/10 Barbara Damrosch: “The Four Season Farm Gardener's Cookbook,” 12 p.m., Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, 781-23...

Lifestyle •
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Advertising, circulation losses sink The Island Times

PORTLAND — The Island Times, a 10-year-old, monthly community newspaper covering Peaks Island and other Casco Bay islands, is ceasing operation, publisher Kevin Attra announced last week. Shrinking ad revenue, distribution and readership accounted for Attra's decision to close, he wr...

William Hall • News •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 3:00 pm

Unsung Heroes: Scarborough Alzheimer's caregivers Tim Osgood, Kelly Labbe

SCARBOROUGH — Chances are you know someone with Alzheimer's disease. More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and one in eight older Americans has the disease. Indeed, Alzheimer’s is the only cause of death among the top 10 in the U.S. that canno...

David Treadwell • News •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 2:40 pm

Rosemary Kimball, 91

YARMOUTH — Rosemary Sclater Kimball, 91, died peacefully April 24, surrounded by her “care bears” at Bay Square Senior Living Community, in Yarmouth. She was born Feb. 13, 1922, to Ida Hannaford Sclater and Ivanhoe Sclater in Pittsfield, Mass. She attended local scho...

Obituaries •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 1:10 pm

Out & About: 'The Last Romance' is outstanding dramatic-comedy

The recent wave of superb spring weather underscored the fact that Maine’s summertime is quickly approaching. The same can be said for the arts and entertainment calendar as the fall-winter-spring seasons wrap up for most producers and presenters, clearing the way for summer. It&rsqu...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 1:00 pm
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