Dr. Wendy Pollock of Portland will work in an area near Kilimanjaro.
2011
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Greater Portland Events, Jan. 5, 2011
SOUTH PORTLAND LEGO, Habitat building event Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland is hosting the YOUth Can Build LEGO House Buildathon from 1-4 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Maine Mall. The annual event will help Habitat put the finishing touches on a house in Westbrook, the future home of a single mother and her three […]
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Briefly, Jan. 5, 2011
PORTLAND THE PORTLAND EAGLES Club hosted a Christmas celebration last month and provided gifts to about 150 people served by Port Resources. For the past few years, the Eagles Club has bought Christmas presents for individuals at Port Resources, an organization dedicated to empowering people with developmental disabilities to live rich and fulfilling lives in […]
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Blood Drives, Jan. 5, 2011
The following American Red Cross blood drives are open to the public: Today 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., TD Bank, One Portland Square, Portland 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dunkin Donuts, East Waterboro 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Town Hall, Buxton 1 to 6 p.m., St. Christopher’s Church, York 1 to 6 p.m., Most Holy […]
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Births, Jan. 5, 2011
Mid Coast Hospital Christian Beck Wenger, born Dec. 21 to Roy and Sheila Wenger, Durham. Brinley Michael Garlick, born Dec. 22 to Colby Thompson and Michaela Garlick, Freeport. Grandparents: Gale Garlick, Freeport; Rick Thompson, North Yarmouth; Karen Thompson, McKinney, Texas. Grayson Noah Reith, born Dec. 27 to James and Hesper Fairservice Reith, Dresden. Gunner […]
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Lakes Region: A new kindergarten unfurls
There’s a new option for parents of kindergarten-aged children in Gray-New Gloucester and the surrounding area. With only a handful of students, Fiddlehead Art & Science Center is about halfway through its first year, which is a natural extension of its well-established preschool offering. “We want people in the area to know what we’re doing,” […]
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Netflix snags spot on remote controls
The video company hopes a dedicated button offers an edge in the fight for TV viewers linked to the Web.
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Maine Voices: What could be worse than a dearth of verse?
Holding a gubernatorial inauguration without a scrap of Maine poetry or literature is a shame, but also an opportunity.
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Our View: Senators shouldback filibuster reform
The lame-duck session produced a long list of accomplishments, but it’s nothing compared to what didn’t get done by the last Congress, mostly as a result of a logjam in the Senate.
The Senate did not adopt a budget, and government spending keeps getting extended in short-term chunks. More than 125 executive department nominees have not been considered, nearly two years into the start of the Obama administration. Nearly 50 U.S. District Court seats are vacant around the country as a result of the Senate’s failure to take action on their nominations.
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Greg Kesich: No holiday from college application season
The process stresses kids and families but doesn’t offer many answers to the questions that matter.