The Lake Region High School ASTRA Club won the third place Service Award at the Altrusa International 58th convention in San Antonio, Texas. The award was given for the club’s Yellow Tulip Project. ASTRA, which stands for ability, service, training, responsibility and achievement, worked with Opportunity Alliance to create a Yellow Tulip Garden at the […]
2024
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
UMaine Cooperative Extension offers backyard maple sugaring workshop
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a workshop on maple syrup production Feb. 3. The workshop is split into two parts, the first from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Standish Town Hall. It then moves to the Dunn Family Maple farm, 419 Chicopee Road in Buxton, from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Participants in […]
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Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Age Friendly South Portland – Sand buckets, shoveling available for seniors
Age Friendly South Portland would like to thank Rob Keirstead. Ryan Green, Charlotte Phillips, Lola Strom and Angela Strom, students from South Portland High School. The students, along with councilor Richard Matthews and Muriel and Jeff MacDonald, delivered sand buckets to elder residents who requested them from the public works department. They delivered 70 buckets. […]
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‘Oppenheimer’ dominates Golden Globes, ‘Poor Things’ upsets ‘Barbie’ in comedy
The final season of ‘Succession’ cleaned up on the television side.
Posted inMaine, News
Take a look at snowfall totals from Sunday’s storm
Snowfall totals as of 10:32 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: John Cusack’s a no-show, but his memorable movies stick around
The actor was supposed to be in town for a screening of ‘High Fidelity,’ one of many milestone films for this former video store clerk.
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Got Tix: Where to find concert tickets to upcoming shows
See Portland Jazz Orchestra at One Longfellow Square on Jan. 18.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Time to enforce homeless camp bans
If City Councilors Anna Trevorrow and Victoria Pelletier don’t want to uphold Portland’s laws concerning camping in Portland, they shouldn’t be city councilors having taken an oath to enforce Portland’s ordinances. They would be better suited as homeless advocates. Portland is tired of this never-ending homeless drama. Camping in Portland is illegal. Period. Mayor Mark […]
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Live Music Lineup: Spafford, The Boneheads and The Essex Piano Trio
Hear jam band tunes, rock and roll and chamber music this weekend.
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Letter: A better view on aging
What a wonderful wake-up call from Kym Dakins (“Stop wringing hands, start supporting Biden”) in the Dec. 29 newspaper! Age is not always synonymous with infirmity. I thank her for that and think it should be required reading of every voter. Anne Nelson Portland