BRUNSWICK — About 400 workers affected by the 2011 closure of Brunswick Naval Air Station will receive re-employment services, thanks to a $2.5 million grant awarded by the federal Department of Labor. The funds, awarded through the National Emergency Grant program, was touted by U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, and U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, […]
March 2010
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Mid-Coast Sports Roundup
Atlantic Sportswear hosting lacrosse stringing clinic Atlantic Sportswear’s new lacrosse division and retail store LAXPROS is hosting a stringing clinic for players and coaches Thursday from 6 to 7:30 p.m., at 36 Waldron Way, Portland (off Riverside Street). Please e-mail [email protected] to reserve your spot (space is limited). Don’t forget to bring your stick head […]
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Portland Meetings: March 3 – 9
Portland Wed. 3/3 3:45 p.m. Creative Portland Corporation CH Wed. 3/3 5 p.m. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission CH Wed. 3/3 7 p.m. Central Waterfront Public Form Merrill Auditorium Thu. 3/4 4 p.m. Downtown Portland Corporation CH Thu. 3/4 5 p.m. Land Bank Commission CH Thu. 3/4 5:30 p.m. Energy and Environmental Sustainability Committee CH […]
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Portland gymnast places first
Portland’s Ava Gaudet placed first in the floor and beam, was second in vault and bars and finished all-around in Level 4 in the recent Let’s Make a Deal meet in Sterling, Mass. Sophia Ham, also in Level 4, placed fifth all-around after finishing fourth in beam and floor and fifth in vault and bars. […]
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Bowdoin women's basketball hosting regional; other sports wind down
The winter sports season at Bowdoin College is coming to a close, but the excitement is ongoing for a pair of teams. Here’s a glimpse: Basketball The women’s basketball team is on to the national tournament once again. In the NESCAC tournament, the Polar Bears beat Tufts (65-54), then lost to Colby (75-64) in the […]
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Deering hockey falls in quarterfinals
The exciting run of the Deering boys’ hockey team came to a close last week with a 7-0 loss to powerhouse Thornton Academy in the Western Class A quarterfinals. One year removed from a 2-16 season, the Rams, behind a small, but talented roster and the able guidance of first-year coach Jack Lowry, were one […]
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Portland Sports Roundup
Portland lacrosse opening Portland High is seeking an assistant varsity girls’ lacrosse coach for the 2010 season. FMI, [email protected]. SMCC women win conference title The Southern Maine Community College women’s basketball team won the Yankee Small College Conference championship last weekend, downing Eastern Maine CC, 64-57, in the semifinals (thanks to 14 points and 13 […]
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Briefly Greater Portland, March 3, 2010
PORTLAND DEERING HIGH SCHOOL students Jean McCabe, Keleigh O’Neil and Brian Pedro have been 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. Also, McCabe, Nicholas Delving of Deering High School and Maggie Eismeier of Casco Bay High School have been […]
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Honor roll, March 3, 2010
Freeport High School Second quarter Grade 9 – High Honors: Sarah Bonney, Bennett Brainard, Taylor Enrico, Kelsie Humphrey, Luke Macdonald, Gemma McElroy, Josephine Moore, John Munroe, Caroline Rowell, Lia Wellen, Ciera Wentworth; Honors: Abrin Berkemeyer, Dan Burke, Mason Cyr, Jocelyn Davee, Brady Davis, Connor Dietrich, Jack Doughty, Landon Easler, Olivia Fowler, Dayze Gaulin, Abigel Gyorgy, […]
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Regional Events, March 3, 2010
UNION Series opens with Peary talk Union Historical Society begins its 2010 series at 7:30 p.m. today with a talk by Harry Rich of Harpswell on Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary (1856-1920) and his affiliation with Eagle Island. The meeting will be held at the Thompson Community Center at Common and South Union roads on […]