There are open seats for South Portland’s Board of Education, some unopposed.
2023
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Councilor Corner: 2023 community survey update
In the fall of 2021, the town of Scarborough conducted a community survey to better understand the overall satisfaction of town residents and identify areas of improvement to inform the Town Council’s goals for 2022/2023. The statistically valid survey prepared by ETC Institute was mailed to 4,200 households, selected at random, and was considered statistically […]
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Op-Ed: Our school, our values
I’ve been tossing and turning a lot at night. The K-8 Strategic School Solution on the ballot this November is really weighing on me. I’m worried about it passing and what it means for our community and youngest residents if it doesn’t. I’ve been involved with the Building Committee for the past two years and […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Rep. Allison Hepler: Modernizing Maine’s bottle redemption program will benefit us all
Just over a year ago, I received a call from the head of the Georgetown Transfer Station with a plea for help. The owner of the Brunswick redemption center who had been picking up bottles from the transfer station was losing the lease on his building, and he couldn’t afford to pay his workers. Unlike […]
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Wyeth artwork, memorabilia lost in devastating Port Clyde fire
The Wyeth paintings were in Linda Bean’s Maine Wyeth Art Gallery above the Port Clyde General Store, which was destroyed in a fast-moving blaze that also claimed the Dip Net Restaurant and the Monhegan Boat Line offices and gift shop.
Posted inFood, Nation & World
Wildfires can make your red wine taste like an ashtray. These scientists want to stop that.
The risk to America’s premier wine-making regions – where wildfires caused billions of dollars in losses in 2020 – is growing, with climate change deepening drought and overgrown forests becoming tinderboxes.
Posted inNation & World, News
First congressional hearing on Maui wildfire focuses on island’s sole electric provider and grid
The fire in the historic town of Lahaina killed at least 97 people and destroyed more than 2,000 buildings, mostly homes.
Posted inTimes Record
Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick installs Amos as permanent minister
On Sept. 23, the Rev. Doctor Kharma R. Amos was formally installed as the settled minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick. In a worship service at the church followed by a celebratory reception, the congregation participated in a ceremonial recognition of Amos’ role in the church community. The Rev. Doctor Jim Mitulski, pastor […]
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Sports Digest: Blaine Mueller named head coach of Maine Celtics
The Wisconsin native served last season as an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
House Republicans start making their case for Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing
They are trying to show links to Hunter Biden’s overseas businesses, though key witnesses said they do not yet see hard evidence of impeachable offenses.