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    August 9, 2022

    Meeting materials available for work on Yarmouth vision

    Yarmouth residents and community groups that want to get involved with the town’s visioning effort can now access “Meeting-in-a-Box” to facilitate conversations about the town’s strengths and challenges, and how Yarmouth should grow. The materials can be downloaded or picked up at Town Hall and include everything needed, from sample invitations to worksheets and group […]

  • Published
    August 9, 2022

    Life Unwound: A strong network of family and friends? Check.

    Before total replacement surgery of my right shoulder March 29, I decided to do everything I could possibly think of to get ready for not using my dominant arm, hand and fingers for a month or so. I loaded the freezer with casseroles, vegan for me, omnivore-ish for my husband. I boiled and bagged a […]

  • Published
    August 5, 2022

    Portland Meetings: Aug. 10-17

    Wed.  8/10  5 p.m.  Sustainability & Transportation Committee  City Hall Wed.  8/10  5 p.m.  Land Bank Commission  City Hall Thur.  8/11  8 a.m.  City Manager Search Subcommittee  City Hall Fri.  8/12  1 p.m.  Board of Assessment Review  City Hall Wed.  8/17  4 p.m.  Public Art Committee  City Hall Wed.  8/17  5 p.m.  Historic Preservation Board  […]

  • Published
    August 5, 2022

    Community Calendar: Aug. 12-20

    Falmouth Field Day Benefits Sunday 8/21 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick Run for Kids 5K Race/Walk: 10:30 a.m., Flight Deck Brewing, 11 Atlantic Ave., Brunswick. $35 online, $40 day of, $120 team of four. 1-mile Kid’s Fun Run, 10 a.m., no registration needed, bbbsbathbrunswick.org/run-for-kids. Books/Authors Friday 8/12 “All’s Well,” by Mona Awad: 7 p.m. […]

  • Published
    August 5, 2022

    Inside Windham: Aug. 5

    Author to speak on ‘Equal Rights Amendment Past and Present’ Anne Gass of Gray will discuss her book “There’s Nothing Complicated about Equality: The Equal Rights Amendment Past and Present” at the Windham Historical Society at 7 p.m. Aug. 15 at the Little Meetinghouse, 719 Roosevelt Trail in North Windham. Gass also authored “Voting Down […]

  • Published
    August 5, 2022

    Cooking at the Cove: Keepin’ it cool on these hot summer days

      I confess that this is the time of year when I want to spend as little time as possible in the kitchen. This week’s recipes reflect that, and all include ways to incorporate tart lemons and limes into a refreshing, easy meal. This includes an icy adult beverage, Asian noodle salad and a cool, […]

  • Published
    August 4, 2022

    Arts Calendar: Aug. 12-20

    We, the people Exhibits/Galleries Alison Bramhall of Festive Fish: RE/MAX Shoreline Cafe, lower level at 88 Middle St., Portland, through August. “A Moment in Time: Select Photographs from Jill Koufman”: Maine Mead Works, 51 Washington Ave., Portland. Free. “Cosmopolitan Stylings of Mildred and Madeleine Burrage”: Maine Historical Society, Congress Street, Portland. To visit, see mainehistory.org […]

  • Published
    August 3, 2022

    Barbecue to benefit Hawthorne house repairs

    The fundraiser will be held Aug. 28 at Camp Wohelo in Raymond.

  • Published
    August 3, 2022

    Grant to assess sites for potential contaminants in Gray

    The town of Gray will use a $500,000 brownfields assessment grant to evaluate the Gray Village Center intersection and the Route 100/Portland Road corridors, according to Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree’s office. Property is designated as a “brownfield” if the presence or potential presence of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants could complicate construction there. The funds […]

  • Published
    August 3, 2022

    Lakes Region Sportsman: Salmon are on the bite

    Three years ago I had some of the best salmon angling in recent years during the month of August. The fish were up top chasing alewives and were easy to find. Simply cruise the lake until you spotted a flock of seagulls or mergansers bombing the surface and troll through the spot. Instant salmon! For […]