It is a shame to keep our beautiful city in the dark. With a low-cost, three-year bond, at 2 percent or less, we could easily finance LED lighting throughout Portland. These new lights are four times brighter than current ones. They are guaranteed for 10 years and expected to last over 20. Moreover, they consume […]
February 2015
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
Oprah co-creating TV drama series
The former talk show queen is working with “Selma” director Ava DuVernay.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Kathleen Parker: Palin deserves better than scorn from the party she served
Republicans handpicked and then sacrificed the fair maiden on the altar of political expedience.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: NFL still drops the ball when it comes to domestic violence
A Super Bowl commercial and Roger Goodell’s posturing don’t really count as progress.
Posted inBusiness
Datebook
TUESDAY Husson University’s Project Management Leadership Program, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., five-week program leading to the Project Management Professional certification begins Feb 3 at Husson campuses in Westbrook, Bangor and Presque Isle. Seats are limited and reservations should be made as soon as possible by contacting executive director Charles Collins at [email protected] or 874-5801. […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Proposal to require vaccine ‘counseling’ a slap in the face of parents
Maine has no right to interfere with families’ decisions to forgo all or some of the doses that schools require.
Posted inForecaster Obituaries, Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Geraldine Ham, 83
PORTLAND – Geraldine Ham, 83, passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 25, 2015. The daughter of Earl and Shirley (Sawyer, King) Weymouth, she was born in Portland, on April 16, 1931. She married Chester Arthur Ham Sr. and they settled down in Portland to raise their four sons. They were both members of […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland Meetings: Feb. 4-10
Wed. 2/4 10 a.m. Disabilities Committee CH Wed. 2/4 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Board CH Wed. 2/4 6 p.m. Hall School Public Forum Hall School Thur. 2/5 noon CDBG Allocation Committee CH Fri. 2/6 9 a.m. Health Equity Work Group CH Fri. 2/6 10 a.m. Mayor’s Initiative/Food Security Work Group CH Mon. 2/9 3 p.m. […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
People and Business
New Hires, Promotions and Appointments The John T. Gorman Foundation recently named Anne Dinsmore and Maggie Keohan to its board of directors. Dinsmore has served as the head of the Great Bay Foundation, a nonprofit, Maine-based grants organization that supports children and families.Previously, she held management positions at UNUM for 20 years. Keohan, a native […]
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Arts Calendar: Feb. 4-17
Greater Portland Books/Authors Wednesday 2/4 “The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances,” discussion with author Ellen Cooney, 6:30 p.m., free, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307. Friday 2/6 “Joseph K. Manchester: Northern Son in the South,” Falmouth Historical Society discussion with author Carol H. Manchester, 2 p.m., free, OceanView at Falmouth, 3 Marion […]