One of the biggest stars in country music is motoring toward the Cumberland County Civic Center, and it’s a concert I don’t intend to miss. Multiple-platinum-selling and multi-award-winning singer Carrie Underwood stops her national tour for one performance on Monday, March 15. The next evening the St. Lawrence String Quartet plays Hannaford Hall on the […]
March 2010
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Job market re-entry: Portland Adult Education graduates 1st WorkReady class
PORTLAND — Out of work for more than a year, Beth Treadwell decided to polish her resume and job skills through a new program being offered by Portland Adult Education. On Friday, March 5, the 46-year-old South Portland resident was one of 16 graduates of PAE’s WorkReady program, which was funded through a nearly $4,500 […]
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Portland Police Beat: March 8
Arrests 3/1 at 12 a.m. William Conley, 50, of Portland, was arrested on Oxford Street by Officer Frank Pellerin on a charge of violation of bail conditions. 3/1 at 12:54 a.m. Brent Hood, 24, Portland, was arrested on Congress Street by Officer Jeffrey Druan on charges of aggravated criminal trespass, assault, criminal threatening with a […]
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Arts and Entertainment Calendar: March 10 – 21
Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Friday 3/12 Others! 2010 Logo Design Competition, open to area graphic designers, submit one or more logo designs, winner receives $250 cash, items on display, voting open from March 5-12; deadline is Friday, March 12, FMI, www.OthersCoffee.wordpress.com. Books, Authors Wednesday 3/10 2010 Slow Food Portland Writers Night, 6 p.m. […]
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PUC to hearferry rate hike case
The public can testify, but the three-member panel won’t decide the case until some time in the future.
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Doctors to train in simulation center
The $5.82 million facility is expected to open this fall at Maine Medical Center’s Brighton Avenue campus.
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Community Calendar: March 10 – 21
Greater Portland Benefits Beauty and the Books, silent auction fundraiser for Falmouth Memorial Library, March 1-25, finale reception 3/25, 5-7 p.m., view items, falmouth.lib.me.us, or stop in, Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, 781-2351. Wednesday 3/10 7th Annual Online Auction, Cancer Community Center, 9 a.m., ccc.cmarket.com, 774-2200, cancercommunitycenter.org. “MOOSE Herd for Haiti: A Storybowl […]
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Portland School Notebook: March 8
Portland student plans March 13benefit for overseas orphans PORTLAND — Katie Cole, a senior at Casco Bay High School, has organized a benefit for two local aid organizations that support orphans in Romania, Cambodia and Sudan as part of her school’s senior expedition project. The benefit will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on […]
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Special election for Peaks Island seat
The deadline for submitting nomination papers is March 29.