PORTLAND — Homeless Voices for Justice will host a forum at 9:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 27, with City Council candidates. Candidates running for one at-large seat and seats in District 4 and District 5 will be at Preble Street, 252 Oxford St. The forum will include a question-and-answer session with the public, according to an Oct. […]
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World of Change hopes to change the world, a few cents at a time
FREEPORT — A new nonprofit that converts spare change into social change is hoping to set a world record for coins collected for charity. The final collection for the first ChangeFest will be Saturday, Oct. 28, from noon-6 p.m. at L.L. Bean, where six, 55-gallon collection barrels will be situated for attendees to donate loose change […]
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Maine departments battle woods fire near Grafton Notch
Crews were expected to continue Tuesday to fight the fire that was reported Monday afternoon.
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Cumberland council rejects farm weddings proposal
CUMBERLAND — Concern largely over the impact to neighbors prompted the Town Council Monday to reject a proposed ordinance change that would have allowed farms to host weddings as an additional revenue stream. Councilors also decided to formally vote Monday, Nov. 13, on a developer for a moderate-income, multi-generational neighborhoods on town-owned property, depending on […]
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Bath teen arrested after armed threats at YMCA
BATH — Police arrested a Bath 14-year-old Monday, Oct. 23, for allegedly threatening people with a BB gun outside the Bath Area Family YMCA. Officers responded to the Y at 3:09 p.m. after receiving a report of a someone making threats with a handgun, according to a department press release. The Y was locked down […]
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By the numbers: Cumberland Girl Scout's project takes public safety to heart
CUMBERLAND — When going around town distributing cookies one evening, Audrey Hankinson and her fellow Girl Scouts had trouble determining who lived where. “We couldn’t see any of the numbers on one of the streets,” the 15-year-old Greely High School sophomore said Oct. 19. “And someone in the car said that if we couldn’t see […]
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Portland students’ ocean litter project wins conservation award
PORTLAND — In their bid to protect the ocean from litter, two students at King Middle School have won the People’s Choice Award from the Natural Resources Council of Maine. The council held its annual conservation leadership awards ceremony Oct. 19 in Bath, where Addie Farmer, 13, and Lainey Randall, 14, were both honored. The conservation […]
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Portland auction benefits student-led service learning
PORTLAND — Artists coming together to support community service projects dreamed up by students at the city’s schools is the mission behind the nonprofit Painting for a Purpose. Created by two retired Portland educators, the organization asks artists to create a variety of whimsical, hand-painted items for its annual auction. The proceeds then fund grants for […]
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Peaks Island students are 'kelping' the environment
PORTLAND — Contemplating a future as a marine scientist working in the Gulf of Maine, Emma Christman is spending her senior year of high school helping kids at Peaks Island Elementary School grow kelp. Christman is a student at Baxter Academy for Technology and Science in downtown Portland, and is teaching the younger students about aquaculture, […]
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Portland senior living center gets gift to transform senior care
PORTLAND — The Cedars senior living community has received a legacy gift from the Sam L. Cohen Foundation to build a new health-care facility. The $1.5 million dontaion will help The Cedars “transform senior care in Maine and around the country,” according to a press release. “The board was looking for a meaningful way to honor Sam’s […]