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    November 3, 2022

    Arts Calendar: Nov. 3

    Music Nov. 4 Nouveau Redneck: 8 p.m., Erik’s Church, 824 Roosevelt Trail, Windham. erikschurch.com. Paula Cole: 8 p.m., Stone Mountain Arts Center, Dugway Road, Brownfield. stonemountainartscenter.com. Nov. 5 American Ride: 8 p.m., Erik’s Church, 824 Roosevelt Trail, Windham. Dave Bromberg Quintet: 8 p.m., Stone Mountain Arts Center, Dugway Road, Brownfield. Under The Covers: 5 p.m., […]

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    November 2, 2022

    People & Business: Nov. 2

    Hires, promotions, appointments Tony DiSotto, Key Private Bank market leader, has been appointed market president for Maine, succeeding Chip Kelley, who will retire at the end of November.  DiSotto, who will continue to lead KeyBank’s wealth management teams in Maine and Vermont, will oversee and coordinate go-to market strategy across the company’s various lines of […]

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    November 2, 2022

    Brunswick Superintendent’s Notebook: Teaching our kids how to be good digital citizens

    Parents have been struggling for a decade or more to “control” what their children see and do online: Do I “allow” connections with others? How do I keep my children from being “exposed” to online bullying or sexual references? How can I provide context if I don’t know what they are seeing? It’s not easy. […]

  • Published
    November 1, 2022

    Lakes Region Sportsman: Kicking off deer season with young hunter

    The tagging stations have their deer poles and scales up, hunters breakfasts are held at local churches and the sight of a buck or doe in the bed of a truck gets us all excited. It’s deer season! It seems that this year, deer season got off to an early start. Youth Day kicked it […]

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    November 1, 2022

    Mainewhile: Let go of the Thanksgiving lie and learn the real story

    You can take the snow-topped Swiss Alps, the azure seas of the French Riviera, the wide-open vistas of the African veldt. For my money, there is nowhere on Earth prettier than Maine in September and October. Nowhere. I am so very thankful that this is my home. Which is most appropriate given that Thanksgiving is […]

  • Published
    November 1, 2022

    Life Unwound: Seeking stillness within the whirlwind of activity

    Many beautiful quotes invite us into stillness. T.S. Eliot offers this: “At the still point of the turning world. … at the still point, there the dance is, … Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.” What is the still point? And the dance? […]

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    November 1, 2022

    Sustainably Speaking: As holiday shopping begins, consider the planet

    Growing up in rural Argentina, our family hardly ever went shopping. My father had been raised in the same solid brick house where my six siblings and I grew up. The land around it was forested with eucalyptus, willow and poplar. To the east, wheat and sunflower fields bloomed in the spring. From our open […]

  • Published
    October 31, 2022

    Arts Calendar: Nov. 4-11

    Exhibits/Galleries Friday 11/4 First Friday Art Walk: 5 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland. Saturday 11/5 Community Event for Peace! Waging Art: 11 a.m., De’Bramble Art Gallery, 15 Bow St. & 16 Middle St., Freeport. eventbrite.com. Thursday 11/10 Highlights of Recent Acquisitions at the Museum of Art: 4:30 p.m., Bowdoin College, 255 Maine […]

  • Published
    October 31, 2022

    Northern meetings: Nov. 3-10

    Chebeague Thur.  11/3  5 p.m.,  Board of Adjustments and Appeals  Island Hall Cumberland Wed.  11/9  9:30 a.m.  Communications Committee  Town Hall Falmouth Mon.  11/7  6:30 p.m.  Conservation Commission  Town Hall Freeport Thur.  11/3  6:30 p.m.  Tree Task Force  Town Hall Mon.  11/7  6 p.m.  Library board of trustees  TBD Tues.  11/8  7:30 p.m.  Complete Streets Committee  […]

  • Published
    October 31, 2022

    Community Calendar: Nov. 4-11

    Benefits Saturday 11/5  Just Love Gala: in support of human trafficking victims, 6:30 p.m., Halo at The Point, 20 Van Aken Way, Portland. Thanks4Giving Silent Auction Fundraiser: 7 p.m., St. Pius X Church Hall, 492 Ocean Ave., Portland. Used Book Sale: to benefit Tommy’s Feral Felines, 9 a.m., East End Community Center, 195 North St., […]