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News in Yarmouth/Chebeague Island

Postal Service proposed cuts seen as threat to Chebeague, other Maine islands

CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — A plan to reduce post office hours early next year is generating opposition from some residents, and from Maine's two U.S. representatives. Chebeague is one of several Maine island communities where the U.S. Postal Service, in an effort to reduce costs, has propose...

Alex Lear • News •
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 2:20 pm

Editor's Notebook: '... Don't worry, it'll change'

"If you're in a bad situation," someone once said, "don't worry, it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry, it'll change." That sense of constant change sums up the past year at The Forecaster, where we've welcomed several new staffers – William Hall, Will Graff, Maren...

Mo Mehlsak • Opinion •
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 12:10 pm

Out & About: ‘Phyzgig,' ‘Beauty and the Beast’ top choices

As the Christmas-New Year holiday period approaches, most performing artists do what everyone else does: Head home and take a break with the family. There’s a marked slowdown in the performing arts between Christmas and late January. So “Out & About” takes its annual ...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 11:30 am

Unsung Hero: Nancy Marshall of Cape Elizabeth, giving lasting gifts

CAPE ELIZABETH — Shortly after Nancy Marshall was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer in 1997, her oncologist told her, “There will come a time when you will serve as an example to other people who are struggling with cancer.” His words proved most prophetic. But fi...

David Treadwell • News •
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 10:40 am

The Universal Notebook: Have yourself a cool Christmas

The Christmas gifts of my childhood in the 1950s are lost memories, but I vividly recall the Christmas gifts of my adolescence in the early 1960s because they were invariably the things every teen and pre-teen needed to be cool. Just how coolness managed to be communicated to the youth of ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 10:10 am

White House cancels Obama visit to Portland

PORTLAND — Just hours after announcing Friday that President Obama would visit Portland this week, White House officials called off those plans in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Conn. Obama was to speak at the University of Southern Maine on Wednesday about the so-called "fisc...

• News •
Friday, December 14, 2012 at 1:50 pm

Topsham elementary school nominated for national award

TOPSHAM — Williams-Cone Elementary School is one of three Maine schools nominated as a 2013 National Blue Ribbon School. The Maine Department of Education announced the nominees – which also include Longfellow Elementary School in Portland and Yarmouth Elementary School &n...

Alex Lear • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 12:30 pm

Yarmouth council weighs Sandy Point Beach dog ban

YARMOUTH — The Town Council will vote Dec. 20 on a proposal to ban dogs from Sandy Point Beach during the summer. People would be prohibited from bringing their dogs to the beach from Memorial Day to Labor Day, Town Manager Nat Tupper said.  The council scheduled the vote...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 9:00 am

Northern School Notebook

First Quarter Honor Roll

Community •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Barry Morrison, 53

LEWISTON — Barry Morrison, 53, of Lewiston, died Nov. 30 in an automobile accident. He was born March 1, 1959, to the late George and Christine Morrison. He was educated in Yarmouth schools. Morrison loved the outdoors, he would putter for hours in his garage and landscaping his...

Obituaries •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
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