Greater Portland Benefits Saturday 10/24 Craft Fair, Maine Medical Center Scarborough Campus, 100 Campus Drive, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., benefits Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital. Southern Maine Family Game Festival, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., South Portland High School Cafeteria (637 Highland Ave.); all proceeds benefit Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital. $5. Sunday 11/1 Bayside 5K-9, dog-friendly run, […]
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People and Business
Hires, Promotions, Appointments Kristen Farnham is the new vice president of development at Spurwink, a mental health services provider based in Portland. She will direct development, marketing and communications. Karen Backman was hired as director of professional development. Milestone Foundation, a substance abuse treatment agency in Portland, has hired Manuela Arundel as its new director […]
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Arts Calendar: Oct. 21-Nov. 4
Greater Portland Benefits Saturday 10/24 An Evening with the Aters, benefit Claddagh Mhor Pipe Band, to fund trip to Galway City St. Patrick’s Day parade, 8 p.m., Maine Irish Heritage Center, corner of State and Gray streets, Portland. Tickets at www.maxater.com. Books/Authors Friday 10/30 The Great Feast of Samhain: Celtic Halloween, celebrated in Maine and […]
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Bath-area United Way reaches 60% of campaign goal
BATH — With its fundraising deadline less than a month away, United Way of Midcoast Maine’s annual campaign has reached 60 percent of its goal. The “Together We Can”-themed effort raised $1.15 million of its $1.9 million goal as of Oct. 14. The extra large “Live United” T-shirt worn at a campaign breakfast by Co-Chairs […]
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Capitol Notebook: LePage gives impeachment panel plenty to ponder
Scores of Mainers traveled to Augusta last week to urge that Gov. Paul LePage be impeached. Some carried signs, and a legislative hearing room was overcrowded with those who have had enough of this governor. The initial scope of the committee hearing was LePage’s withholding of state funds for the Good Will-Hinckley School in Fairfield […]
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Out & About: Symphony orchestras, 2 music festivals
A busy weekend for music lovers is coming up Oct. 23-25, with two symphony orchestras playing two concerts apiece, plus two music festivals also crowding the calendar. The tunes and lyrics of John Denver will be spotlighted when the Portland Symphony launches its 2015-2016 Pops Series under the baton of assistant conductor Norman Huynh on […]
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Dishin' That: It's not what you say, it's how you say it
The You-Can’t-Make-This-Stuff-Up file is bursting at the seams. Adding stories is business as usual because in the hospitality industry, unexpected things happen daily. Never knowing who is going to do or say something column-worthy, the file itself is one reason I still love front-of-the-house restaurant work. That, and because the job is never boring. Most […]
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Abby's Road: Parenting, before and after
Before becoming a parent, you wake up at 7:30 a.m. and wonder why you’re up so early. After becoming a parent, you wake up at 7:30 a.m. and can’t believe some miracle allowed you to sleep so late. Before becoming a parent, your morning routine gets disrupted when you can’t decide which purse best suits […]
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Letter: DHHS chief Mayhew responds to Beem column
Edgar Allen Beem argues in his recent column (“The Universal Notebook: The Pope, the GOP, and the poor”) that the Department of Health and Human Services shouldn’t confront welfare fraud because there isn’t enough fraud and abuse to make it worthwhile. Maine DHHS’s anti-fraud efforts identify millions in recoupments annually, and even if these efforts […]
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Letter: McDonald-Smith's column an embarrassment
I once told one of the staff writers that The Forecaster covered local news far better than The Portland Press Herald and that I looked forward to reading the weekly because of that. Now I read Julie McDonald-Smith’s latest opinion piece on Columbus possibly saving “countless Jews from torture and death” (“The Right View: Columbus […]