Greater Portland Benefits Friday 12/28 Kate Schrock Concert, 7 p.m., St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., Portland, $10, proceeds benefit Milestone Recovery’s Home Team and emergency shelter. Donations of winter accessories, socks, fleece blankets, toiletries and non-perishable food items requested. Books/Authors Come! Sit! Read!, reading dog program, 3:30-5 p.m. first and third Tuesdays starting Jan. 15 at Portland Public Library; […]
2018
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Northern Meetings: Dec. 27 to Jan. 4
Durham Thur. 12/27 4 p.m. Board of Selectmen TO Wed. 1/2 6:30 p.m. Planning Board TO North Yarmouth Thur. 12/27 7 p.m. Friends of Wescustogo TO Wed. 1/2 7 p.m. Parks & Recreation TO Fri. 1/4 7:30 a.m. Communications Advisory Committee TO Yarmouth Wed. 1/2 7 p.m. Parks and Lands CR Thur. 1/3 5:30 p.m. […]
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Portland Police Beat: Dec. 26
Arrests 12/17 at 11:56 a.m. Todd J. Peterson, 27, of Portland, was arrested on Forest Avenue by Officer Anthony Ampezzan on a charge of domestic violence assault. 12/17 at 10:01 p.m. Linda A. McCann, 64, of Casco, was arrested on Forest Avenue by Officer David Lemieux on a charge of operating under the influence. 12/18 at 1:32 a.m. Seth M. Singleton, […]
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Yarmouth Police Beat: Dec. 27
Arrests 12/19 at 9:41 a.m. Traci L. Turner, 24, of East Elm Street, was arrested on Main Street by Officer Joshua Robinson on charges operating with a suspended or revoked license and violating conditions of release. Summonses 12/19 at 8:54 a.m. Andrew Hayes, 45, of Russells Hill Road, was issued a summons on Portland Street by Officer Joshua […]
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Brunswick's Kate Furbish school on track for 2020 opening
BRUNSWICK — The Jordan Avenue property where the Kate Furbish Elementary School is being built is in transition. On one side of the lot, debris from the recently demolished Jordan Acres Elementary School was nearly done being removed Dec. 20. On the other side, the foundation of one wing of the Furbish school was complete […]
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Topsham resident Van Note to head Maine Department of Transportation
TOPSHAM — A local man’s 25 years of experience has culminated in his appointment to head the state Department of Transportation. Gov.-elect Janet Mills’ announced her nomination of Bruce Van Note, a Topsham resident who was born in Houlton and grew up in Bath, as DOT commissioner Dec. 20. He will succeed David Bernhardt and […]
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Grant seeds Scarborough program to train teachers of the deaf
SCARBOROUGH — With seed money from a New Hampshire-based endowment fund, Pine Tree Society is looking to “transform the educational experience of children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing.” The society, which offers support and services to Mainers of all ages with either physical or cognitive disabilities, announced Dec. 18 that it was one of six […]
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Cumberland pier on track for Memorial Day debut
CUMBERLAND — With pilings to support the structure to be installed early next month, a new pier at Broad Cove Reserve is still expected to open next Memorial Day. Staging for the pilings is up at the site, where the original pier was demolished in late August. Pilings are scheduled to be delivered and pounded […]
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Harpswell artist’s work is always on point
HARPSWELL — Creating award-winning works of art by painting with toothpicks wasn’t what John Mishler imagined for his future. The retired medical scientist, who now lives on Great Island, was plagued with writer’s block in the late 1970s after he signed a year-long contract with Oxford University Press to pen his first book on the […]
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Topsham library receives ‘once-in-a-lifetime gift’ of $770K
TOPSHAM — Christmas came a few days early this year for the Topsham Public Library, in the form of what is likely its greatest gift ever. The literature and multimedia hub on Dec. 19 announced it had received a $770,000 bequest from the estate of Janice Solomon, a former Topsham resident who lived at the […]