Kimberly Ouellette of Old Orchard Beach has won one of the Portland Rossini Club’s selective music scholarships. She was one of five young people in southern Maine to take home awards from the club’s recent scholarship competitions in piano, instrumental and voice. Ouellette took second place in the Barbara Littlefield Vocal Prize competition. She is […]
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Story times resume at library
SCARBOROUGH – The Scarborough Public Library will resume its summer story time schedule beginning Tuesday, July 2, and ending Saturday, Aug. 17. Baby Lapsit for age birth to 18 months will be offered every Tuesday at 9:30 am in the Library Meeting Room. Youth Services staff member, Marilyn Taylor, will offer nursery rhymes, movement activities, […]
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We Love To Eat
Bean supper – Saturday, June 29, 5 and 6 p.m., Cressey Road United Methodist Church, 81 Cressey Road, Gorham. Proceeds to benefit Heifer Project International. Beans, hot dogs, and American chop suey; also a silent auction. $8. Haddock dinner – Saturday, June 29, 5 p.m., Living Waters Church, 197 Parker Farm Road (intersection of routes […]
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We Love To Eat
Bean supper – Saturday, June 29, 5 and 6 p.m., Cressey Road United Methodist Church, 81 Cressey Road, Gorham. Proceeds to benefit Heifer Project International. Beans, hot dogs, and American chop suey; also a silent auction. $8. Haddock dinner – Saturday, June 29, 5 p.m., Living Waters Church, 197 Parker Farm Road (intersection of routes […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Special day for seniors
The first Maine Seniors Day will take place this year on Saturday, Sept. 14. A new Maine law designates the second Saturday of every September a special day sinviting Maine people, businesses and organizations to show their appreciation for Maine’s seniors. The new law, sponsored by Rep. Richard Campbell of Orrington, was signed on May […]
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Fort Williams vendor issues hinges on 'free expression'
CAPE ELIZABETH – Put off by a recent public battle over so-called “street artists” in Portland, as well as a lawsuit in New York, Cape Elizabeth has decided not to fight an artist who began selling his work at Fort Williams Park earlier this year. Instead, it may invite more artists to join in the […]
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Arts calendar – 6/26
Theater Through July 7 “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” at Schoolhouse Arts Center at Sebago Lake, Route 114, Standish. 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, 5 p.m. on Sundays. $18 adults, $16 students and seniors. 642-3743 or www.schoolhouserts.org. Through Saturday, July 6 “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” at Hackmatack Playhouse, Berwick. $10-$25. www.hackmatack.org. […]
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Fort Williams vendor issues hinges on 'free expression'
CAPE ELIZABETH – Put off by a recent public battle over so-called “street artists” in Portland, as well as a lawsuit in New York, Cape Elizabeth has decided not to fight an artist who began selling his work at Fort Williams Park earlier this year. Instead, it may invite more artists to join in the […]
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EDITORIAL: Powerful words that made history
Printed late in the Philadelphia night 237 years ago, the Declaration of Independence announced to Revolutionary soldiers, the King of England and the rest of world that the American colonies were no longer subject to British rule. With the holiday at hand, in between barbecues and fireworks, it is appropriate to take a moment to […]
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Q&A with Tom Meyers, South Portland transportation director
Naturally unassuming, Tom Meyers doesn’t like to claim the spotlight, but the fact is, use of South Portland public transportation is up 66 percent during his 12-year tenure. Now, as he gets ready to retire at month’s end from what was, in essence, an encore career, Meyers is being showered in accolades from city staff […]