Harrington-Howes, Kenneth “Obie” 69, of Portland, March 16. Celebration in the summer. …
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Posted inForecaster Sports, South Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
South Portland Red Riots Winter Athletes of the Year
Decorated hockey star Tobey Lappin and basketball leader Emma Travis are this year’s recipients.
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Posted inForecaster Sports, Scarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Scarborough Red Storm Winter Athletes of the Year
Champion swimmer Owen Kasper and hoops standout Caroline Hartley are this year’s recipients.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine
Vigorous Tenderness concert welcomes the vernal equinox and changing season
At eight locations throughout the Wells Reserve at Laudholm, musicians performed one to two songs by different queer composers or composers of color as audience members wandered from location to location. Vigorous Tenderness was started during the pandemic by organizer and musician Kal Sugatski and celebrates each equinox and solstice at different outdoor locations in Maine.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Portland parents voice concerns about staffing cuts in proposed school budget
About 25 parents and educators ask the district board to preserve positions in a $161 million budget that would eliminate nearly 30 positions and raise the schools’ portion of the tax bill 6.85%.
Posted inForecaster Sports, South Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Cape Elizabeth Capers Winter Athletes of the Year
Superstar swimmers David Steinbrick and Cookie Mahoney are this year’s winners.
Posted inNew England
New Hampshire brings first murder charge in the death of a fetus
A man is facing charges in the death of a woman who was 35 to 37 weeks pregnant.
Posted inAnimals, Nation & World, New England
Massachusetts moves to protect horseshoe crabs during spawning
Horseshoe crabs predate the dinosaurs, but their populations have been depleted for decades.
Posted inNation & World
David Mixner, champion of gay rights, dies at 77
He helped move gay rights to the center of American politics and put his long friendship with Bill Clinton on the line over ‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’
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North Yarmouth Academy Winter Athletes of the Year
Senior hoops standouts Nate Oney and Graca Bila get this year’s nod.