FALMOUTH — Dr. Michael L. Rayder, 78, died unexpectedly at home March 27. Born April 4, 1931, in Summit Hill, Penn., he was a son of Mary and Frank Rayder. He graduated from Philips Andover Academy in 1949, Williams College in 1953 and Tufts Medical School in 1957. On June 30, 1956, he married Doris […]
March 2010
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Yarmouth Police Beat: March 30
Arrests There were no arrests during the period reported. Summonses 3/25 at 7:29 a.m. A 16-year-old Yarmouth boy was summonsed by Officer Bruce Flanders on a charge of operating while license is suspended or revoked. Running wild 3/22 at 10:43 a.m. A concerned resident of the Groves Road area contacted police to complain about a […]
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Lilian C. "Lou" Morgan, 89
PORTLAND — Lilian “Lou” Cameron (Holmes) Morgan, 89, a resident of Falmouth for nearly 60 years, died peacefully at St. Joseph’s Manor March 12. Born Nov. 19, 1920, she was the third daughter of William Holmes and Helen Ryan Holmes in Brighton, Mass. After graduating from Brighton High School in 1938, she attended the Katherine […]
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Obama to speak Thursday at Portland Expo; tickets available Wednesday
PORTLAND — President Obama will visit the city Thursday to speak about the new health-care reform law, the White House announced this week. The White House Office of Media Affairs said the president will “speak directly to Mainers about how the historic health insurance reform bill he signed into law will end the worst practices […]
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Army could send morevehicle work to Limestone
The facility is seeking to line up work to make up for a decrease in the workload it usually sees from the National Guard.
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Falmouth 4th-graders going for green, need your votes
FALMOUTH — Jennifer Merrifield’s fourth-grade class at Plummer-Motz School is in the home stretch, heading for the finish line. At stake: a $150,000 hybrid school bus and the title of “America’s Greenest School.” The class, which is trying to show how easy it is to go green, entered a video explaining how to cut back […]
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Vatican response upsets alleged victims
The Catholic Church is wrong to criticize those who are speaking out on abuse, advocates say.
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Biddeford rejects time limit for public comment
BIDDEFORD — A move to decrease the amount of time the public has to address the City Council regarding orders, amendments or resolves failed when the motion failed to garner a two-third vote of the council on March 16. Although the majority of the council voted to decrease the time limit from five minutes to […]
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Biddeford’s Maria Curit won 2 state titles and set a record
BIDDEFORD — The Tigers’ Maria Curit surprised herself in February when she sprinted down the long jump runway, leapt, landed and won a Class A state title. The surprise wasn’t just that she took home the title, but she set a state record with her leap of 17 feet, 6 1/2 inches. Later in the […]
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Health reform may soon help the uninsurable
For most of us, the benefits of health care reform are years away, but for those in dire circumstances, help is due sooner. Within 90 days, a high-risk insurance pool must be established for people who can’t get health insurance because of health problems. The details remain to be worked out, but the goal is […]