Through Sept. 30 South Portland artist Ruth Gorton will be showing her paintings at People’s United Bank, 188 Route 1, Falmouth, throughout the month of September. The paintings are available to purchase, with 50 percent of the proceeds being donated in the buyer’s name to the Preble Street Resource Center in Portland. The mission of […]
September 2013
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S. Portland man charged with attempted murder in NYC
Raphael Encarnacion, 24, who also lives in the Bronx, is being held in Androscoggin County Jail.
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Arts Calendar – 9/26
Theater Through Sunday, Sept. 29 “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m., Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland. $15-$20. 799-7337 or www.portlandplayers.org. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27-Oct. 5 “Legally Blonde, the Musical,” Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m., Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
Arts Calendar – 9/26
Theater Through Sunday, Sept. 29 “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m., Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland. $15-$20. 799-7337 or www.portlandplayers.org. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27-Oct. 5 “Legally Blonde, the Musical,” Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m., Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., […]
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We Love To Eat
Community meal – Thursday, Sept. 26, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Chicken pie; suggested donation $5. Haddock dinner – Saturday, Sept. 28, 5 p.m., Living Waters Church, 197 Parker Farm Road (at the intersection of Rte112 and Rte 22, by Plummer’s Market), Buxton. Haddock and assorted casseroles, salads, veggies, desserts and beverages. […]
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FBI agents work in nightmarish scene at Kenya mall
Working near bodies crushed by rubble in a bullet-scarred, scorched mall, FBI agents began fingerprint, DNA and ballistic analysis Wednesday to help identify victims.
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South Portland to appeal for ruling clarification
SOUTH PORTLAND – Following a Maine Supreme Court ruling that found South Portland violated the rights of two public employees by barring them from running for seats on the municipal Board of Education, City Attorney Sally Daggett will file for a “motion to reconsider.” However, Mayor Tom Blake said Thursday the filing is a technical […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Forecaster Opinion
LETTERS: Preservation or devastation?
My family and I live in the Willard Beach area of South Portland, a short walk from Bug Light Park. We’ve been here for eight years now and two years ago we began the long process of discussing how and what it would take to build a new house because our current one is in […]
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Vote could ban park smoking
CAPE ELIZABETH – Just weeks after the Cape Elizabeth Town Council decided people have a constitutional right to sell artwork and other “expressive matter” in Fort Williams Park free of licensing fees, the site’s advisory commission is taking a decidedly different strategy on tobacco. At its Sept. 19 meeting, the Fort Williams Advisory Commission held […]
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LIFE IN THE SUBURBS: Big controversies, as always
Confused week in Zip Code 04074 land…weather can’t decide if it is summer or winter (nights!)…do we let dogs run on beaches unleashed?…will Town Council Chair Ron Ahlquist run for re-election, or will he go off to pursue other interests? And if he does, do we allow that leashed, or unleashed? Kidding, Ron! PHOTOSHOP THIS […]