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2024
Posted inLetters
Letter: Resolution ensures reproductive rights for all
I am writing in response to the Jan. 21 letter, “L.D. 780 turns an unborn child into a disposable object.” I am writing in support of L.D. 780, Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Protect Personal Reproductive Autonomy. Before Roe v. Wade was overturned, I did not understand much about abortion […]
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Posted inMaine, Politics, Schools and Education
Bill to overhaul how Maine educates its youngest special needs students moves ahead
The bill would transfer some of the responsibility for providing disability services to young kids onto individual school districts within 4 years – a timeline that some worry is too quick.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Community News – Governor to be featured speaker at SMCC commencement
Southern Maine Community College announced last week that Maine Gov. Janet Mills will serve as its commencement speaker at the 2024 graduation ceremony. South Maine Community College’s commencement is scheduled to take place at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on Sunday, May 19, starting at 2 p.m. According to a March 15 press release, […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Letters to the Editor
Middle school workshop was welcoming To the editor, As a Mainer who spent too many years away, I’m happy to be home and living in South Portland. I’ve always been interested in politics, and the town hall aspect of the city workshop on March 14 at the new middle school felt welcoming. Particularly notable was […]
Posted inKennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies
Community News – Kennebunk Free Library announces April’s featured art exhibit
Speers Gallery at the Kennebunk Free Library will present an exhibit, “What Friendship Looks Like in Fabric,” by the Creative Eight Quilters. The exhibit runs April 1-30, and the public is invited to a reception on Tuesday, April 9 from 6-7:30 p.m. The Creative Eight Quilters, according to a March 14 news release, started out […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Community Calendar: March 22-29
Books/Authors Friday 3/22 Maggie Thrash author talk: “Rainbow Black,” 7 p.m., Print: A Bookstore, 273 Congress St., Portland. printbookstore.com Saturday 3/23 “Entering the Narrows: Poetry for Strength and Solace”: Presented by poets and scholars Mihku Paul and Claire Millikin, 6:30 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, 1 Middle St., Brunswick. Free. uubrunswick.org Tuesday 3/26 MZ […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
People and Business: March 20
Hires, promotions, appointments Matthew Glassman was appointed executive and artistic director of the Chocolate Church Art Center in Bath. Glassman was co-artistic director and ensemble member at Double Edge Theatre in Massachusetts from 2000 to 2022. Elizabeth Carlson-Guerin has been named artistic director of Acorn Productions, a nonprofit theater organization that produces the Maine Playwrights […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
People and Business: March 20
Hires, promotions, appointments Matthew Glassman was appointed executive and artistic director of the Chocolate Church Art Center in Bath. Glassman was co-artistic director and ensemble member at Double Edge Theatre in Massachusetts from 2000 to 2022. Elizabeth Carlson-Guerin has been named artistic director of Acorn Productions, a nonprofit theater organization that produces the Maine Playwrights […]