PORTLAND — Aspiring playwrights at Deering High School will have their one-act plays staged this weekend, with one of the plays being chosen to represent the school in the annual Maine Drama Festival held each March. This is the first time that four student-written and student-directed plays will appear on stage in this way, according to Kathleen […]
2017
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Talking trash: Portland seeks bids for solid waste services
PORTLAND — The future of solid waste collection could be revealed this month when the city opens bids from two private contractors. Bids on a request for proposals to privatize solid waste collection were scheduled to be opened Tuesday, Jan. 10. On Jan. 18, bids to provide 25,000 wheeled and lidded carts to collect and store […]
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Posted inLife & Culture
Horoscopes for Jan. 10, 2017
We’re sorry. But. It is the dawning of the age of Aquarius.
Posted inBusiness, On the Job
On the Job: Saco city worker Patrick Gagnon enjoys seasonal variety
This time of year, public works employees are focused on snow and Christmas tree disposal.
Posted inNation & World, News
Two Florida officers dead in manhunt for murder suspect
Markeith Loyd, accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in December, is ‘considered armed and dangerous.’
Posted inNation & World, News
Washington, D.C., shops: No shortage of dresses here
Despite Trump’s claim that ‘all the dress shops are sold out,’ owners say they have plenty of inauguration gowns left.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Jeff Sessions, Trump’s pick for attorney general, finds unlikely ally in Sen. Susan Collins
Collins and Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby will introduce Sessions before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, when she will defend him against charges of racism.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
LePage budget plan would disqualify thousands from MaineCare benefits
Tightening eligibility for the federal health care program would save the state $33 million while making it one of the stingiest in the nation for helping able-bodied poor adults.
Posted inHealth, Op-eds, Opinion
Abrupt repeal of Obamacare could cause instability, collapse insurance markets
Some of the contemplated actions in Washington could have terrible consequences for thousands of Maine citizens who would lose coverage.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Take sides with the water protectors, in Maine or North Dakota
Events near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation are directly related to what happens here in Maine.