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 Saturday 3/6 Lowry’s Lodge, poetry reading series, 6:30 p.m., free, […]
March 2010
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South Portland names officer of the year
Officer Brian McCarthy will receive two days off with pay.
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Maine Event: Kids Deliver the Tale
A troupe of local youngsters ages 9 to 14 is bringing an old tale to a somewhat revised life at the Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine. “Cinderella” opened Thursday; its final performance is today at 1 p.m. The show, adapted by local playwright Michele Livermore Wigton, is “a little more down to earth than […]
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Out & About: Ed Asner, playing FDR, kicks off Portland Ovations series
Portland Ovations has a slew of interesting programs planned over the next few weeks, and the next two on the calendar belong to theater sub-genres. First up is a theatrical recreation of key moments from the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was elected during the Great Depression and died in office during the final […]
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High winds add to power outages
CMP says the number of customers without electricity increased from 11,000 early this morning to 15,700 at noon.
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Community Calendar: March 3 – 14
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. Friday 3/5 The Incredible Breakfast Cook-Off to benefit Preble Street Resource Center, you be the judge! 7-9:30 a.m., tickets $12 […]
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Catholic church to end flu precautions
Maine’s Catholic Church will soon go back to the traditional ways of passing the peace and sharing mass.
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Maine offers free cancer screening
The program provides free screening and followup for colorectal cancer for eligible Mainers who are 50 or older.
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NYA headmaster to retire
After 10 years as chief of the private school, Peter Mertz will leave in 2011.
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NEA chief economist to speak at UNE
Richard Sims will speak on the future of education in the United States.