Recognition The Maine Association of Realtors named Tony McDonald the Commercial Realtor of the Year for 2015. McDonald is a Broker and Partner at CBRE | The Boulos Company. The Harpswell Garden Club won two awards this fall for major community projects. The awards were presented to Suzanne Bushnell, Garden Club Federation of Maine president, who […]
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Holiday Calendar, Dec. 2-16
Collections & Donations Giving Tree, Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath. Donations help patrons who are unable to pay fines due to financial hardship, to Jan. 8. Toys for Tots, Wireless Zone of Topsham, 20 Topsham Fair Mall Road, to Dec. 17. Craft Fairs Joy of Christmas Fair, Corliss Street Baptist Church Annex, 17 Weeks […]
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Dishin’ That: The Shadow knows on-the-job training isn’t fun
The server in training was being shadowed by another server who wouldn’t let her get a word in edgewise. More like a second skin than a mentor, the Shadow was short with her charge, yet overly solicitous with us. Having seen, and probably been guilty of the same behavior, I tried to make eye contact […]
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Out & About: Spirited, spiritual Christmas at the Cathedral
The month-long celebration of Christmas continues in full force this week. Tops in my opinion is the annual Christmas at the Cathedral, a wonderfully spirited and spiritual concert that will be presented four times Dec. 5-6 in Portland by the Choral Art Society plus invited guest artists. Another fine concert, much in the same vein, […]
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Arts Calendar: Dec. 2-16
Greater Portland Exhibits “Local Color: Pieces of Maine,” paintings by Dawn Maron, Mike Maron and Suzanne Woodward, Lifeworks Chiropractic Center, 202 US Rt 1, Suite 100, Falmouth, artists’ reception 5:30-7:30 p.m., Dec. 4 to April 29. “East Meets Weston” photography by Bruce Barlow, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Dr., through December, freeportlibrary.com, 865-3307. Film Thursday 12/3 […]
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The Universal Notebook: No such thing as a (sugar-)free lunch
One of the very few initiatives undertaken by Gov. Paul LePage and Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew that I actually approve of is their effort to ban the purchase of junk food with food stamps. But the LePage-Mayhew junk-food ban doesn’t go far enough. LePage and Mayhew are asking the federal […]
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Abby's Road: Playing offense and defense
I am so angry at you. I want to know who you think you are. I want to know where you work, and whether you live in your parents’ basement, and why you don’t know the basic rules of grammar. I wonder why you make time in your life for being callous and inflammatory. I wonder […]
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Community Calendar: Dec. 2-16
Greater Portland Benefits Community Cares fundraiser, Portland Pie, 400 Expedition Dr., Scarborough. Ten percent of check with required voucher benefits Scarborough High School Track and XC Boosters, Dec. 7-13, 510-6999. Thursday 12/3 Dine Out & Win, Amato’s, Gritty McDuff’s, Subway, Stirling & Mull, Corsican, get raffle ticket for Daytona Beach vacation. Proceeds benefit Freeport High […]
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Policy Wonk: Fear, political posturing, bring out the worst in us
The most recent wanton killing of French (and other) people in Paris has ended. The anxiety in France and the grieving of the French people has not ended, and it won’t end for a long time. Fear and anxiety in other major cities in Europe, and the U.S., have understandably risen, as the realization of […]
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Short Relief: Midtown Project in Portland deserves state tax credits
Maine’s New Markets Capital Investment Program continues to receive critical attention from the legislature and media. Recently, a legislator proposed yet another reform that would have established benchmarks for a project’s effectiveness in terms of job creation and allowed the recapture of credits taken from sham transactions. The Midtown Project in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood received […]