The ballet runs for 2 weekends after Thanksgiving and this year the final performances are Dec. 7 and 8.
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Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Politics
New city councilors take their seats in Portland
Ben Grant, Sarah Michniewicz and Wes Pelletier were sworn in and officially took their seats on Monday night.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Maine
Stephen King’s Maine radio stations will go silent for good on New Year’s Eve
The writer’s rock station, along with retro and adult alternative stations, will all go off the air New Year’s Eve.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Business groups ask state to pause regulatory process in new recycling rules
The law is designed to make corporations cover the cost of disposing of hard-to-recycle packaging by reimbursing municipalities for disposal costs and investing in recycling infrastructure statewide.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Man released from jail after state drops murder charge in Portland woman’s death
The state agrees to an Alford plea and a time-served sentence for Frederick Johnson after blood testing revealed 23-year-old Bethany Kelley had a ‘potentially lethal level’ of drugs in her system.
Posted inMaine
Fans and friends remember ‘The humble Farmer’ as the real Maine deal
Humorist Robert Skoglund of St. George died Saturday at the age of 88, after nearly 50 years of entertaining and impressing folks with his dry Maine musings.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Amid lawsuit and protest, UMaine System moves ahead with sale of Hutchinson Center to nonprofit
The system plans to progress with the sale of the building to Waldo Community Action Partners despite a lawsuit by Calvary Chapel Belfast alleging religious discrimination in the sale process for the Belfast building.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
Owners of Maps buy Wharf Street bar Mash Tun
They say they have no immediate changes planned for the Old Port tavern.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Maine electric utilities grapple with their role in illegal cannabis grow houses
Blown transformers and $10,000 power bills can make cannabis grow houses easy for utility companies to identify, but Maine utilities question if flagging what might be illegal activity is their responsibility.
Posted inMaine, News
Snow expected for Portland later this week – but it may not last
The city is expected to get scattered snowstorms beginning Wednesday evening, the National Weather Service says.