UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Jordan Spieth didn’t take long when asked for one word to describe a U.S. Open course where trains rumble loudly by, holes can change from one par to another, and players sometimes search for little white markings to see if they’re actually on a green. “Inventive,” the Masters champion said. That […]
2015
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Legislators conducting public business in private despite state’s open meeting law
AUGUSTA — On May 28, the legislature’s most powerful committee ”“ the one that effectively controls the state’s $6 billion budget ”“ was scheduled to meet in Room 228 in the statehouse. The printed calendar posted outside the large chamber said the meeting of the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee would start at 1 p.m., […]
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Popular OOB eatery gets high marks
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Don Tardif and Tami Lyn Westbrook opened Tami Lyn’s Place with no restaurant experience in 2012, and now the restaurant is the only five star rated restaurant in Old Orchard Beach on Trip Advisor. The couple said they had no idea about their ratings until a customer told them about it. […]
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Dolezal’s world crumbles after racial identity flap
SPOKANE, Wash. — Rachel Dolezal carefully constructed a life as a black civil rights activist in the last decade in the inland Northwest, but that world is falling apart following the disclosure by her parents that she was a white woman who for years has posed as African-American. Dolezal has resigned as president of the […]
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Blackhawks win 3rd Stanley Cup title in 6 years
CHICAGO — Corey Crawford threw his gloves off and ditched his helmet as the Chicago Blackhawks poured onto the ice and swarmed the goaltender at one end of the frenzied United Center. And just like that, the celebration was on. The marquee at Wrigley Field had a congratulatory message for the Stanley Cup champions, and […]
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Bill in legislature would expand cold storage in northern Maine
BIDDEFORD — A bill in the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee would fund a 4,500 square foot cold storage facility for shelters, schools, food pantries and senior centers in northern Maine. Advocates of LD 733, including Good Shepherd Food Bank, which has a distribution facility in Biddeford, say the bill would fill a need for […]
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Portland Meetings: June 17-23
Wed. 6/17 10:30 a.m. Continuum of Care 190 Lancaster St. Wed. 6/17 4 p.m. All-Island Advisory Meeting CBL Terminal Wed. 6/17 4 p.m. Public Art Committee PPL Wed. 6/17 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Board CH Wed. 6/17 5:30 p.m. Transportation, Sustainability & Energy Committee CH Thur. 6/18 8:30 a.m. Shelter Assessment Committee 190 Lancaster St. […]
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People and Business
New Hires, Promotions and Appointments Harbor Technologies LLC, a Brunswick-based manufacturer of marine composite materials, has hired Robert M. Yurglich Jr., of Cumberland, as chief financial officer. Yurglich most recently served as business development manager for an accounting firm in Denver. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of South Florida, and is a graduate […]
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S. Maria Troiano, 88: Love of singing, family endured throughout her life
PORTLAND — Santa Maria “Dolly” Troiano, 88, died peacefully June 11, surrounded by her family. She was born Sept. 12, 1926, in Portland, the daughter of Pasquale and Antoinette Mastromatteo Troiano. She attended local schools and was a communicant of St. Peter’s Catholic Church. As a young woman she worked as a colorist for a local […]
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Community Calendar: June 17-30
Greater Portland Benefits Sunday 6/21 “Showdown of the Deans,” tennis match/fundraiser to support the University of Maine School of Law, 2-5 p.m., $20, The Woodlands Club, 39 Woods Road, Falmouth, mainelaw.maine.edu. Thursday 6/25 GORP, party to support Portland Trails, 5:30-8 p.m., Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson St., Portland, $45, trails.org. Bulletin Board Friends of Portland Public […]