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Local protagonists: No simple cure for gun violence

YARMOUTH — A man carrying a loaded assault rifle through downtown Portland on Christmas Eve prompted dozens of calls to police and was quickly condemned by virtually every group involved in gun and public safety issues, including gun advocates. Jeff Weinstein, a Yarmouth resident and...

Will Graff • News •
Monday, December 31, 2012 at 11:10 am

Lifelong Chebeague Island resident turns 102

CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — The numbers 1 and 2 have had some significance lately for Raymond Hamilton: he turned 102 on the 12th day of the 12th month of the 12th year of the 21st century. Hamilton, who was 6 when the U.S. entered World War I, has lived in the same South Road home for more t...

Alex Lear • News •
Monday, December 31, 2012 at 10:50 am

Southern Maine school districts prepare for subsidy loss

PORTLAND — The freeze is here, and not just because of the weather. With more than 200 school districts in Maine facing the loss of a cumulative $12.58 million in general purpose aid from the state Departme...

David Harry • News •
Monday, December 31, 2012 at 10:20 am

Letter: Yarmouth rep seeks constituents' comments

As the newly elected state representative from House District 107, I am eager to hear from residents about what they believe the state Legislature should take up this year. I invite all interested persons to email me at

• Opinion •
Monday, December 31, 2012

Short Relief: A stitch in time costs about a grand

Early in life, my greatest talent appeared to be breaking glass. I went through glass tables, glass windows, and glass doors, and I have the scars to show for it. I was a regular at the Englewood Hospital Emergency Room. Fortunately, my across-the-street neighbors were a couple of d...

Halsey Frank • Opinion •
Monday, December 31, 2012

The Universal Notebook: Slaughter of the innocents

Who or what is to blame for the slaughter of the innocents in Newtown, Conn.? Columbine? Tucson? Omaha? Virginia Tech? Brookfield? Meridian? Lancaster? You don’t want to think about such horrors anymore than I do, but we have no choice. The simple answer is that the Sandy Hook Elemen...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, December 31, 2012

Abby's Road: There is good amid all the bad

It can be hard to celebrate what we have when the holidays are dominated with news of what we have lost. On Thanksgiving, when Falmouth lost a beloved second-grade teacher I did not know, I mourned an absence that I had never counted on as a presence. After Thanksgiving, when my in-...

Abby Diaz • Opinion •
Monday, December 31, 2012

Community Calendar: Jan. 2-13

Greater Portland Bulletin Board Wednesday 1/2

Community •
Monday, December 31, 2012

Arts Calendar: Jan. 2-13

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 1/11 

Lifestyle •
Monday, December 31, 2012

'We finally feel equal': Maine's first married gay couple ties the knot at Portland City Hall

PORTLAND — The first gay couple to be married in the state of Maine took their vows in a short ceremony in the city clerk’s office at approximately 12:25 a.m. Saturday. “We finally feel equal and happy to live in Maine,” said Steven Bridges, who married Michael Snel...

Abigail Curtis and Seth Koenig, Bangor Daily News • News •
Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 11:00 am
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