Greater Portland Benefits Wednesday 11/18 Raise the Roof Gala, 6 p.m., benefit dinner and awards ceremony in honor of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland’s volunteers, families and supporters, Marriott at Sable Oaks 200 Sable Oaks Drive, South Portland, tickets $50, eventbrite.com. Thursday 11/19 Meditative walk in Chartres-style labyrinth, 4-7:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal, 580 Forest […]
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Holiday Calendar of Events Nov. 18- Dec. 4
Collections & Donations Coats for Seniors, Maine-based initiative to collect coats for older Mainers in need. For each coat collected, Goodwill will provide Area Agencies on Aging with a voucher to give to an older adult who needs a winter coat. Coat collection, men’s and women’s clean, gently used winter coats needed, People Plus, 35 […]
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Arts Calendar: Nov. 18 – Dec. 4
Greater Portland Authors Saturday 11/21 “Christmas in Maine,” book launch, 5-7 p.m., Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square, 775-6148, portlandmuseum.org. “A Family Farm in Tuscany: Recipes and Stories from Fattoria Poggio Alloro,” book signing and wine tasting by Sarah Fioroni, executive chef, sommelier and general manager of organic farm in Tuscany, 2-4 p.m.,The Farm […]
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People and Business
Hires, Promotions, Appointments Kimberly Braley of Brunswick has been appointed to The Plant Memorial Home board of directors. For the past 25 years, Braley has owned a day care business in Brunswick along with her husband, Cliff, a retired officer with the Brunswick Police Department. Since 1917, the Plant Memorial Home has provided charitable assisted […]
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Gerzofsky to meet constituents in Freeport
FREEPORT — State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, will hold public office hours Saturday, Nov. 28, from 10 a.m.-noon at Bow Street Market. Gerzofsky represents Senate District 10, which includes Freeport, North Yarmouth, Pownal, Brunswick and Harpswell.
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Out & About: Aztec Two-Step celebrates album anniversary
Concerts of several musical stripes are coming up this weekend in southern Maine. The most interesting might be described as a retro-celebration. A classic folk-rock album from 1975 will be recalled in Portland on Friday, when Aztec Two-Step (Rex Fowler and Neil Shulman) perform songs from their second album, “Second Step.” Oratorio Chorale’s fall program […]
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Capitol Notebook: Maine DHHS a no-show for tobacco-fund hearings
Lawmakers reviewing the Fund for a Healthy Maine have been frustrated that staffers from the Department of Health and Human Services have refused to appear before their committee. Rep. Roberta Beavers, a South Berwick Democrat, was among those annoyed that DHHS staffers are not willing to discuss the fund with the Health and Human Services […]
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Editorial: South Portland right-to-know training won't come a day too soon
The South Portland City Council has a lot on its plate. There’s the NGL Supply Terminal Co. proposal for a liquid petroleum gas depot at Rigby Rail Yard, traffic and parking practices in Knightville, the lawsuit over the city’s tar sands ban, consideration of an economic development plan, and a possible ban on pesticide use, […]
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The Universal Notebook: Kindergarten blues
A little boy I love very much is not happy with kindergarten. Educators mean well of course, but there are just so, so many ways that school can make life hard for a child. Back when I was in elementary school in the late 1950s a misguided attempt to individualize instruction nearly ruined reading for […]
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Letter: To Beem, some rights are more right than others
For someone who proclaims that he doesn’t care about the right to bear arms, Edgar Allen Beem wrote a great deal about this exact subject in his column, “Sick of guns, sick of intimidation.” And for someone who doesn’t care about this part of the U.S. Constitution, it is amazing just how many rights he […]