Two very different evenings of musical theater, one in Portland and one in Gorham, top my personal preferences over the next week. The first happens Friday, when Portland Ovations presents George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess,” one of America’s few true masterpieces of opera. Then on April 8, the University of Southern Maine School of Music […]
March 2010
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Rain could break recordfor March
The March record of 9.97 inches for Portland was set in 1953.
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The Universal Notebook: Bad news for Boehner, Beck, bishop
Happily celebrating a daughter’s wedding in a lovely little village up in the White Mountains, I blessedly missed much of the rancorous congressional health-care debate. I got home Sunday evening just in time to see House Minority Leader John Boehner screaming and spewing “Hell, no you can’t!” all over the airways as Democrats passed the […]
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Arts and Entertainment Calendar: March 31 – April 11
Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Call for Art, Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, seeking design submissions for its 2010 holiday card and candle wrap collection; send designs in jpeg format to [email protected] by April 16; include name, email, and phone number; Suzanne Crane, 617-632-5344. North Yarmouth Fun Day Logo Contest, entry deadline May 15, any […]
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Drug take-back plan killed in Maine
The bill would have required drug manufacturers to set up and operate programs to collect, transport, manage and dispose of unwanted drugs from residences.
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Probing Politics: How to boil a frog
Editor’s note: When The Forecaster launched Probing Politics last year, we stipulated that the column would be discontinued if Tony Payne became a candidate for re-election to the Falmouth Town Council. Because Tony has now declared his candidacy, this is his last column. We hope to present a suitable replacement in the near future. Plunging […]
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Report: 1 in 5 Maine kids live in poverty
However, the percentage of children who have access to a family doctor has risen from 58 to 66 percent over the last four years.
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Forecaster Forum: Playing, not performance, matters most
Two basketball seasons ago, I was given a group of sixth-grade girls no one wanted to coach. They were not considered good enough to make an “A” team, or they were too much of an unknown quantity to other coaches. They could have played pick-up games in the local rec program, but they wanted to be […]
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Priscilla "Nan" Currier Hilfrank, 82: Former Falmouth Memorial Library trustee
PORTLAND — Priscilla “Nan” Currier Hilfrank, 82, died Feb. 5 at St. Joseph’s Manor in Portland. Born March 30, 1927, in New Bedford, Mass., she was the daughter of Leila and George Currier of Colebrook, N.H. After graduating from Northfield Mount Herman, she received a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Skidmore College. She taught […]
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Celtics fans should keep the faith
Can the Boston Celtics regain the NBA championship? After improving their record to 23-5 with a Christmas Day victory at Orlando, it seemed possible. Then injuries hit (standouts Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce missing 10 and nine games, respectively) and they lost 19 of their next 37 games. The stretch was punctuated by a loss […]