Fire departments, water districts, community colleges and nonprofits are among candidates for member-requested congressional funds.
2021
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Ashley Bryan-inspired book festival to return as virtual celebration in August
Indigo Arts had planned the first Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival as a block party, but was successful with the online format.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine, Schools and Education
Maine College of Art to hold in-person graduation May 16
The ceremony will take place at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland.
Posted inBoston Bruins, Sports, Times Record, Times Record Sports
Maine native Dale Arnold reflects on 30-plus years in Boston sports talk radio
Mt. Ararat High School graduate signed off the air on WEEI for the final time on March 12.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Obituary – J. Donald Lavoie
9/14/1939 – 4/24/2021
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
U.S. recovery from pandemic recession is gaining speed
The U.S. economy’s growth is a show of strength fueled by government aid and declining viral cases that could drive further gains as the nation rebounds with unusual speed from the pandemic recession.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Nation & World
Moderna says it will make up to 3 billion vaccine doses in 2022
The company said it would increase supply by 50% at its Norwood, Massachusetts, plant, which makes much of the vaccine substance used in shots for the U.S. market.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
South Portland organizations host clean air rally
Protect South Portland and the No Toxic Tank Coalition showed support for state legislation that could require oil companies test and have regulations for their tank farms.
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Letters to the Editor
Mousam River dams’-eye view To the editor, Hello readers, Mousam River here. Well, there certainly has been a lot of activity and discussion about what to do with my portion of the river from the Dane Perkins Dam to the Kesslen Dam. There’s been the Wright-Pierce Dam Report, public input meetings, newspaper articles, a GZA […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation & World
U.S. jobless claims hit pandemic low, but not in highly seasonal Maine
Nationally, claims fell to 553,000 last week. In Maine, claims rose slightly and remained higher than in late summer 2020.