The public can comment Monday on proposed bills aimed at creating new standards and delaying assessment.
2016
Blood Drives
Monday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce, 415 Lisbon St., Lewiston Noon to 5 p.m., Aubuchon Hardware, 400 Narragansett Trail, Buxton 1 to 6 p.m., St. Matthew’s Church, 19 Dora Lane, Limerick Tuesday Noon to 6 p.m., YMCA, 303 Centre St., Bath 1 to 6 p.m., Masonic Hall, 165 Waterboro Road, […]
Events
CAMDEN Programs at the library Camden Public Library will offer the following programs this week at 55 Main St.: A “Slow Down Aging at the Cellular Level” panel discussion will be held at noon Monday, hosted by Destination Wellness Midcoast Maine, with nutritionist Judi Valentine, Ph.D.; Bowen body work practitioner Sherrie Clark, R.N.; and neuromuscular […]
Briefs
SACO Church gives bicycles, helmets to foster children For the fifth year running, St. Augustine Anglican Church has donated bicycles and helmets to foster children living in York County as part of its Vine and Branches Outreach Committee. The purchases were primarily funded through bottle drive money raised in 2015. The church worked directly with […]
Potluck
Wednesday Free meal, 5 to 6 p.m., provided by Trinity Lutheran Church and Wayside Food Programs and held at My Place Teen Center, 755 Main St., Westbrook, use the Foster Street entrance. Barbecue chicken, cole slaw, rolls, dessert, 5 to 6:30 p.m., VFW Post 832, 50 Peary Terrace, South Portland. Per person: $7. Thursday Chicken […]
College Notes
Graduations University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Joshua Ungar of Cape Elizabeth. Spa Tech Institute, Westbrook: Kathleen Shaw, Gorham; Ashley Gagnon, Biddeford; Whitney Raynor and Marcia Pitcher, both of Portland; Lauren Merritt, Camden; Aimee Daniel, Freeport; Nicole Kent, Lyman; Alexandrea Mitchell, Gray; Cassandra Sibley, Wells. Advanced Degrees Clarion (Pa.) University: Jennifer Michel of Auburn, master’s degree in information […]
Military Notes
The Association of Former Intelligence Officers will meet at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Brick Store Museum Conference Center, 4 Dane St., Kennebunk. Special guest Aaron Steps, the supervisory senior resident agent in charge of Maine’s three FBI offices, will discuss economic, cyber-based espionage. The meeting is open to the public.
City of Portland to be paid $360,000 for unused street
Release of the strip, which dissects land now used for a parking lot near City Hall, will clear the way for potential development.
Maine Voices: Constitution, climate in State House demand impeachment support
Our governor has replaced hope and communication in our government with fear and censorship.
Letter to the editor: Muslim immigrants must change to earn our trust
America has welcomed hordes of immigrants in the past. It was expected that they would learn English, become self-sufficient, assimilate, declare their allegiance to the U.S. and earn the right to apply for citizenship. Many Americans blame the Muslims for the spread of world terror and do not trust them. They must change to earn […]