More than a 100 bathers made a mad dash into the 44-degree Atlantic Ocean at East End Beach today to help curb global warming.
2011
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Hope reigns as Americans prepare to ring in 2012
On New Year’s Eve, Americans are optimistic about 2012. 78 percent of people believe their family will have a good year.
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Community Calendar Jan. 5-15
Greater Portland Bulletin Board Circle of Musicians, Sundays, 2-7 p.m., 263 Pine Point Road, $3/person, $5/couple, hosted by Ron & Sherri Nick, FMI [email protected]. Winter Farmers’ Market, 10 a.m-2 p.m. every Sunday, South Portland Planning Office, corner of Ocean St. and Rt. 77. Saturday 1/7 Genealogical Brick Walls, 12:30 p.m., 29 Ocean House Road, Cape […]
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Arts Calendar Jan. 4-Jan. 15
Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Ajkun Ballet Theater, New York City-based dance company, holding auditions in February and March 2012 in New York City; FMI visit ajkunbt.org. Wednesday 1/4 Musica de Filia Girls’ and Women’s Chorus, 6-7:30 p.m., musicadefilia.com or 807-2158. Southern Maine Children’s Chorus, auditions, 5-7 p.m., open to children 12 and under, […]
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Maine “Billboard law” leader among 2011 deaths
Prominent businessmen, legislative leaders and the leading force behind the state’s pioneering “billboard law” are among the Mainers or those with strong Maine ties who died in 2011.
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LePage says 2012 can be year of promise
Gov. Paul LePage says 2012 can be a year of promise that moves the Maine economy forward, or it can be an election year full of political rhetoric and impasse.
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Five die in accidents as Maine roads ice up
Icy roads caused chaos across southern Maine on Saturday, including at least 40 crashes and several power outages.
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Today’s Polar Bear Plunge focuses on global warming
The Natural Resources Defense Council’s annual Polar Bear Plunge in Portland raises money to support the group’s work to reduce pollution it says contributes to global warming.
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UPDATE: Police ID Gardiner crash victims
Two area men were killed and a third was injured Saturday morning when their van crashed on ice-covered U.S. Route 201.
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Fearing salmonella, grocery stores pull Arizona lettuce from shelves
None of the lettuce has tested positive for salmonella but the grower alerted retailers of the test results and sought a withdrawal “out of an abundance of caution.”