BRUNSWICK — State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick, will hold office hours this Saturday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m-noon at the Little Dog Coffee Shop in Brunswick.
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Bath to celebrate new season, honor key citizens
BATH — Summer may be over, but Autumnfest is back. A hallmark of the Saturday, Oct. 10, event is Citizen Involvement Day, honoring people, projects and organizations that benefit the city. The Waterfront Park gathering runs from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., with the awards ceremony starting at noon. Awards are presented to the citizen of the […]
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Out and About: Falling for a trio of great musicals
As the weather cools down, southern Maine’s arts and entertainment schedule is heating up. As of early October, many of the region’s theater companies have started their 2015-2016 seasons, and a trio of great musicals opened this past weekend. Most intriguing is “No Biz Like Show Biz,” an original musical revue that showcases Broadway’s golden […]
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Community Calendar: Sept. 30 to Oct. 13
Greater Portland Benefits Saturday 10/3 Bake/Craft Sale, to support HART Cat Shelter of Cumberland, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Walmart, 500 Gallery Blvd., Scarborough. Bulletin Board Saturday 10/3 “Holy Yard Sale!” 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 885 Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth, 799-4014. Tuesday 10/13 Casco Bay Newcomers Club, for people new […]
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People and Business
Hires, Promotions, Appointments The Westin Portland Harborview Hotel, next to Portland’s Congress Square Park, has hired Brian Andersen as executive chef. Most recently, Andersen was executive chef at the four-star W Hotel in Boston, and also has served as chef de cuisine at the Westin Boston Waterfront. He is a graduate of Johnson & Wales […]
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Arts Calendar: Sept. 30 to Oct. 13
Greater Portland Film “Two: The Story of Roman and Nyro,” Friday, Oct. 2, 6:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3-4, 2 p.m., $8, students $6, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148, pmamovies.org. Thursday 10/1 “Casablanca,” 1 p.m., free, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307, freeportlibrary.com. Sunday 10/4 “Finders Keepers,” […]
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Intentionally Unreasonable: Stevoe is officially a hug-free zone
I’m not quite sure when it happened, but the human hug has evolved into a virtual landmine of social greetings that threatens global commerce and world peace. OK, maybe that last part is a bit of a massive exaggeration (mea culpa: I’ve been watching too much GOP-TV lately, starring The Donald Clown). But buried within […]
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Short Relief: Panhandling is not the way Portland life should be
I use the Franklin Street exit off of Interstate 295 to get to and from work. As a result, I pass several of the busier spots for panhandling in Portland. There is usually someone at the base of the northbound ramp, someone on the median of Marginal Way, south of the ramp, someone on the […]
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The Universal Notebook: Preserving the Portland you don’t see
Last Tuesday, I spent the morning walking and driving around Portland looking for hitching posts and carriage mounts. I thought I spotted a carriage mount, a block of granite used to step on to get into a horse drawn carriage, on the Eastern Prom, but it turned out upon closer inspection to be the cover […]
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Brunswick board, council restart school repair process
BRUNSWICK — The School Board and Town Council met in the Coffin Elementary School cafeteria Wednesday night to discuss how to move forward after the board’s more than $12 million plan to repair Coffin and Brunswick Junior High School was rejected last month by the council. This is about “getting on the same page,” School Board Chairman Billy Thompson said. […]