PORTLAND — A digital guide that takes users on a meandering path to more than 100 women’s historic sites around the city is now available as a free app for smart phones. Eileen Eagan, an associate professor of history at the University of Southern Maine for nearly 30 years, constructed the web-based Portland Women’s History Trail with her […]
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Remembering L.L. Bean’s Leon Gorman: ‘He ran this company as something larger than a business’
FREEPORT — For only the third time in company history, the L.L. Bean flagship store will be closed for four hours Sept. 13 to honor Chairman Emeritus Leon Gorman. Gorman, the grandson of company founder and namesake Leon Leonwood Bean, had cancer and died on Thursday, Sept. 3 at his home in Yarmouth. He was 80 years […]
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Paul Trusiani, 81
PORTLAND — Paul Trusiani, 81, the founder of Paul’s Foods on Congress Street, died September 5 from complications of heart surgery. Trusiani was born Oct.16, 1933, in Brunswick, to Cesare Trusiani and Isabelle Stevens Trusiani. He grew up in Brunswick and graduated from Brunswick High School. Soon afterward, he volunteered for and served in the […]
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Leon A. Gorman, 80: L.L. Bean chairman transformed company, Maine and Mainers' lives
YARMOUTH — Leon A. Gorman, 80, chairman emeritus of L.L. Bean Inc., the company his grandfather founded in 1912, died of cancer Sept. 3 at home in Yarmouth. Although Gorman always considered himself a Mainer, he was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Dec. 20, 1934, to Barbara Bean and John Gorman. He was raised […]
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Dishin' That: Napkin fetish and other 'Stupid Human Restaurant Tricks'
As adults, we tend to glaze over the dining idiosyncrasies of our immediate family and closest friends. Behaviors once thought odd are now common occurrences we no longer pay attention to. Take for example, my friend’s mother, who insists she sit with her back to the wall while dining out. “I learned it from my […]
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Hires, Promotions, Appointments Maine State Ballet, in Falmouth, has hired Barry Brinker Jones as a dance instructor. Jones most recently taught dance in Hawaii public schools through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She also served as the ballet mistress at Seabury Hall, a private school in Hawaii. A resident of Cape Elizabeth, […]
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Arts Calendar: Sept. 9-22
Greater Portland Books/Authors Wednesday 9/9 “The Assassins,” Brown Bag Lecture with author Gayle Lynds, noon, free, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, portlandlibrary.com. Friday 9/11 “Distilled in Maine,” reading and discussion with author Kate McCarty, 5:30 p.m., $15, Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland, 774-1822, mainehistory.org. Wednesday 9/16 Monica Wood, novelist speaking […]
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Community Calendar: Sept. 9-22
Greater Portland Bulletin Board Falmouth Memorial Library Book Sale, Friday, Sept. 11, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 12, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mason-Motz Activity Center, 190 Middle Road, Falmouth, 781-2351. Benefits Saturday 9/12 Bake/Craft Sale, to benefit HART Cat and Adoption Center of Cumberland, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Shaw’s Supermarket, […]
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Capitol Notebook: Term limits will change the 2016 Legislature
While 2016 brings the final, short session of the current Legislature, for politicians it heralds an election year. While it is still early, nomination papers for next June’s party primary elections are available in January, and must be returned by March 15, 2016. The biggest change for the 2016 election will be new leadership of […]
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Abby's Road: A daily dose of perspective goes a long way
My son hardly slept the other night. He came into our room several times, saying he needed to give me a hug or that he needed to play. I thought he was being naughty, and I returned him to his room, each time a little more frustrated. Around 4 a.m., he threw up all over […]