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Under close scrutiny, Maine school kitchens get passing grades

PORTLAND — One in six Americans – about 48 million people – get sick from foodborne diseases every year. Worse, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die. The most vulnerable population: children. Those statistics, the latest available from the U.S. Centers ...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Kenneth L. Darling, 84

CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Kenneth L. Darling, 84, formerly of New Gloucester, died unexpectedly on Dec. 17 on Chebeague Island where he had been a resident since September. He was born in South Portland on Feb. 15, 1928, a son of Winifred (Moody) and Melvin Theodore Darling. He was educated...

Obituaries •
Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Jane Flint, 90

YARMOUTH — Jane (McCue) Flint, 90, died in her Yarmouth home on Dec. 23. She was born on July 19, 1922, in Portland, and was the second of three daughters born to Helen McLaughlin McCue and Jack Bernard McCue. Flint graduated from high school and secretarial school in Portland and wa...

Obituaries •
Wednesday, December 26, 2012

People and Business

Awards Christine Bearce, the physical education teacher and assistant principal at Longfellow Elementary School in Portland, has received the highest award for leadership given by the Maine Association for Health, Physical Education, Recre...

Community •
Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Yarmouth beach now a no-dog zone in summer

YARMOUTH — Dogs are now banned from Sandy Point Beach during the summer. The Town Council, citing environmental and health hazards, voted unanimously Dec. 20 to prohibit dogs on the Cousins Island beach from Memorial Day to Labor Day. "We fear for the children," said David Ada...

Will Graff • News •
Monday, December 24, 2012 at 12:00 pm

Yarmouth couple feed a German appetite for reality TV

YARMOUTH — German reality television happens between an antiques store and a hair salon on Main Street. At least some of it does. The office at 358 Main St. is the home of Jynx Productions, a video producti...

Will Graff • News •
Monday, December 24, 2012 at 11:30 am

King looks forward to next session of U.S. Senate

BRUNSWICK — Thirty down, 69 to go. Angus King has his work cut out for him. As you might expect, since his election to the U.S. Senate in November, King has been a busy guy. Last week, the former two-term, independent governor of Maine was counting up the number of other U.S. ...

Scott Thistle, Sun Journal • News •
Monday, December 24, 2012 at 9:40 am

Letter: Ban assault weapons and their ammunition

I don't own a gun, I don't want to own a gun. I do believe the following to be true: You have a right to bear arms, to protect your life and family. You do not need an assault weapon to do that. As far as using assault weapons for hunting, give me a break – what kind of a sport is th...

• Opinion •
Monday, December 24, 2012

Global Matters: New Mayan prophecies discovered! (Don't say we didn't warn you)

A team of archaeologists has revealed the discovery of an artifact of unquestioned historical significance: a confidential memo, apparently from a trusted royal soothsayer and prognosticator to one of the last kings of the Mayan empire. The memo refers to the Mayan calendar’s now dis...

Perry B. Newman • Opinion •
Monday, December 24, 2012

The Universal Notebook: The (almost) silent treatment

After a brief flirtation with Facebook, I decided last week that the social media site was not useful to me. I deactivated my Facebook page. It was just more aggravation than it was worth, it was wasting my time, and, frankly, I didn’t care for some of the people who popped up on &ld...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, December 24, 2012
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