The Portland Porpoises competed last weekend at the state championship meet at Bowdoin College where the team placed fourth out of 22 teams. Reed Fernandez, Ellen Silk, Peterson Silk and Glade Fredenberg were high point scorers in their age group. Eight swimmers from the Porpoises qualified for the Eastern Zone Meet held in Rochester, N.Y. […]
March 2010
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Letter: Beem cracks him up
Edgar Allen Beem’s column is always a hoot. Unless he rides a bike to get to Trader Joe’s, he is helping the evil multinational oil company stockholders, like the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (whose largest equity holding is ExxonMobil) acquire their grossly unfair profits. Of course, if he is fueling up at CITGO, then […]
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New executive director at MCOG
BATH – Jeffrey D. Kobrock, city manager of Gardner for the past nine years, will begin his role as executive director of the Midcoast Council of Governments on Monday, March 22. He previously served as executive director of the Gardiner Board of Trade and as Bucksport’s economic development director. “I believe MCOG is poised to […]
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Phyllis A. Pelosi, 89: Talented poet, artist
PORTLAND — Phyllis A. Pelosi, 89, died March 17 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice in Scarborough. Born in Dover-Foxcroft on June 1, 1920, she was a daughter of Robert H. and Mona Gould Jones. She graduated from Foxcroft Academy, Trull Nursing School in Biddeford and the University of Maine. She was later certified as an occupational […]
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Portland Sports Roundup
Fitzpatrick leads Norwich to NCAA title game Former Cheverus player Mollie Fitzpatrick (a sophomore) and the Norwich women’s hockey team reached the NCAA Division III national championship game last weekend before losing, 7-2, to Amherst. The Cadets beat Plattsburgh State, 3-2, in the quarterfinals, then edged Elmira, 3-2, in the semifinals. McAuley seeks coach Catherine […]
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Mid-Coast Meetings: March 19 – 25
Brunswick Mon. 3/22 1 p.m. Staff Review 46 Federal St. Mon. 3/22 4 p.m. Teen Center Advisory 6 Noble St. Tue. 3/23 8 a.m. Local Business Workshop Maine Street Station Tue. 3/23 7 p.m. Planning Board MSS Wed. 3/24 9 a.m. People Plus Trustees Border Trust, Topsham Wed. 3/24 6 p.m. School Board Workshop MSS […]
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Letter: Bring back the old Beem
Hippies have been an amusing feature of Maine’s landscape since the Muskie days. The freedom-loving, carefree, nonviolent hippie complemented the state’s core fabric of toleration and peaceful community. Generous Mainers and visitors have looked past the vehicles and homes in various states of disrepair, littering our neat New England landscape. And, of course, the occasional […]
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Buy Local Scarborough hosts inaugural event
SCARBOROUGH — A Buy Local Scarborough inaugural celebration will take place Tuesday, March 23, at the Landing at Pine Point from 5-7 :30 p.m. Buy Local Scarborough started in November 2009 and now has 100 members. The organization released a Guide to Buying Local in Scarborough and a new Web site. A second guide and Consumer […]
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Southern Meetings: March 19 – 24
Cape Elizabeth Tue. 3/23 7:30 a.m. Town Council Ordinance Committee TH Tue. 3/23 6:30 p.m. School Board Finance Committee CEHS Tue. 3/23 7 p.m. School Board Workshop CEHS Tue. 3/23 7 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals TH Thu. 3/25 7 p.m. Recycling Committee PW South Portland Fri. 3/19 9 a.m. Long Creek Watershed Board Scarborough […]
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Portland School Notebook: March 24
Portland students nominatedfor presidential scholar program PORTLAND — Deering High School students Jean McCabe, Keleigh O’Neil and Brian Pedro were named candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Of the 3,000 candidates chosen nationwide, up to 141 will be selected for the program. Area students namedNational Merit finalists PORTLAND — The following area students have […]