Keeping up with the theme of American Heart Month, let’s whip on the oven and make two easy offerings – one is a dinner side dish and the other is for anytime-snacking. Both these recipes may seem “weird” and they certainly aren’t pretty, but they’re both delicious and inexpensive. There’s a lot you can do […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal
Westbrook Notes: Feb. 22
Winterfest is right around the corner Downtown Westbrook’s annual Winterfest is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 2 at Riverbank Park on Main Street. The annual festival will have family activities and events, include a petting zoo and a barbecue put on by American Legion Post 62 and Westbrook-Gorham Rotary Club. Rain date […]
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Moving the old Chamber building could resolve PMA expansion issues
Regarding the Portland Museum of Art and its expansion: if all the recent clamor is about losing another historic building to make way for new architecture, why not save the old building by moving it? PMA already owns land on Free Street (parking lot and green space) where the YWCA once stood (demolished in 2006). […]
Posted inLetters
PMA is out of compliance with its goals
Laying off 13 employees and demolishing a historic neighboring building is at odds with the museum’s goals.
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Affordable housing is a shared responsibility
Cumberland’s Drowne Road proposal may not be perfect, but it attempts to address a problem that will affect us all in the future.
Posted inBusiness, People on the Move
People on the move
PROMOTIONS Abraham Dugal has been promoted to director of investment management at Allen Insurance and Financial. Before this promotion, Dugal worked as a financial adviser at Allen. He majored in business with a concentration in finance at Babson College and holds FINRA Series 66 and 7 securities licenses. Lucas Oil has promoted two employees. Morgan […]
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Trump’s destruction of government endures
Recent events show the lasting destruction to all three branches of government by Donald Trump’s presidency and his absolutist rule of the MAGA movement. He tarnished the executive branch by selling Cabinet posts to million-dollar donors, extorting the president of Ukraine, his coup attempt, pandering to dictators, and his theft of classified documents. His dominance […]
Posted inMaine
Portland’s emergency warming shelter is asking state for more funding to stay open
The city has no backup option if Greater Portland Peer Services, the nonprofit running the shelter, cannot keep it open. The organization has requested an additional $200,000 from MaineHousing to continue operations through March.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
N.Y. police video shows fellow reservists’ accounts of Lewiston gunman’s deteriorating mental health
Robert Card’s erratic behavior had already estranged him from his family and had raised concerns among his colleagues in the Army Reserve before he spent 2 weeks in a psychiatric hospital last summer, new footage released by the New York State Police shows.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Arts Calendar: Feb. 22
Film Feb. 22 “About My Father” (2023): Rated PG-13, 1 p.m., Windham Public Library, 217 Windham Center Road. windham.lib.me.us Feb. 24 “Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” (2023): Rated PG, 1 p.m., Gray Public Library, 5 Hancock St. graypubliclibrary.com Feb. 27 “Past Lives” (2023): Rated PG-13, 1 p.m., Gray Public Library, 5 Hancock […]