The Southern Maine Violent Crimes Task Force and the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office are investigating a rash of house burglaries in which dozens of guns were stolen. The theft of guns is particularly worrisome, says Cumberland County Sheriff Mark Dion, because black-market firearms invariably end up contributing to violent crimes.
Bluegrass group Cumberland Gap Connection plays the Mountaineer Opry House in Milton Saturday. Composed of four musicians from Kentucky and Tennessee, Cumberland Gap Connection is an energetic modern bluegrass band known for aggressive instrumentation mixed with distinctive vocal harmonies. While it plays some traditional songs, the group also writes and performs a great deal of original music.
PORTLAND, Maine -- The planning board on Tuesday gave approval for the relocation of a shelter for homeless teenagers and runaways from a breaking-down apartment building at 65 Elm St. to a former office building a few blocks away at 38 Preble St. The wide-ranging homeless advocacy group Preble Street -- which runs a soup kitchen, shelters and long-term apartments, among other things -- plans to renovate a 9,000-square-foot building at the corner of Preble Street and Cumberland Avenue to house organization offices and 24 emergency beds for homeless teens.
The Maine Golf Foundation was formed last year with the purpose of promoting golf and also putting all the golf organizations in the state under one roof at the Golf House at Val Halla in Cumberland, where the Maine State Golf Association headquarters is located. It also took over The First Tee of Maine program, which is part of the national program, with the goal of creating new programs throughout the state with the help of golf pros and recreation directors.
This holiday season, your goal to keep a healthful diet and lifestyle might be forgotten easily when the temptation from cookies and cakes wields more power than the call of your treadmill. But you can have your cake and eat it too, said Lisa A. Sheldon, a nutritionist and cookbook author whose new cookbook, "Olive Oil Baking" (Cumberland House, 2007), showcases olive oil as a substitute fat for butter and less healthful oils in baking recipes.
Short and Sweet: The Life and Times of the Lollipop Munchkin by Jerry Maren, Cumberland House Publishing, 201 pages
When the book hit my desk a couple of weeks ago, I felt like I had reconnected with a long-lost friend. Cake Mix Cookies" by Camilla V. Saulsbury (Cumberland House, $16.95) touts the ease and delectability of cookies that begin with a box of cake mix. When I saw it, I couldn't help thinking of the cake-mix cookie that caused such a stir more than 10 years ago when I featured it in a column.
Sixteen years ago, Mori and Carl LeFevre built their house next to the railroad crossing at Muirfield Road on the Falmouth- Cumberland town line. They enjoy watching the freight trains that rumble by their sprawling single-family home near the Falmouth Country Club several times each day, Mori LeFevre said. Their two kids, ages 7 and 10, know they must stay away from the tracks. Sometimes the train whistles blow as they approach, sometimes they don't.
Editorials Through the efforts of State Rep. John Bear, of Lititz, and Rep. Sheryl Delozier, of Cumberland County, state House Republicans have identified a number of revenue sources and cost savings that could be counted on to help balance the state budget without increasing taxes.
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