BRUNSWICK — Little about Garrett LeRoy hints that he cannot see in color. The Brunswick High School graduating senior rides a 1989 blue, red, and gold Yamaha Radian YX600 motorcycle, and his clothes don’t clash. But LeRoy is “100 percent” colorblind, and has been since birth. “I’ve never seen anything but a lot of grays and […]
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Lewiston Somalis give new life to New Gloucester, Pownal farms
NEW GLOUCESTER — A new season, a new chapter, and new beginnings are taking root for an immigrant community and unused farmland. Intervale Farm, which ended its nearly 20-year run of harvesting and selling popular pumpkins and gourds last October, has a new crop of farmers. The Somali Bantu Community Association of Maine, a Lewiston-based […]
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False door gets building around Brunswick regulation
BRUNSWICK — A proposed dental office on Baribeau Drive will have a fake door, with the Planning Board’s blessing, to get around town regulations. The board last week also initially approved an application from the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority for a seven-lot subdivision at Brunswick Landing. The dental office was tabled at the Planning Board’s May […]
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Bath, Topsham, Harpswell voters to tackle school budgets
BATH — Voters in Regional School Unit 1 and School Administrative District 75 will cast ballots on their respective budgets on Tuesday, June 9. RSU 1 – which includes Bath, Arrowsic, Phippsburg and Woolwich – has proposed a $27.3 million spending plan, which voters approved May 26 at a district budget meeting. The fiscal 2016 budget […]
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Arts Calendar: June 3-16
Greater Portland Books/Authors Wednesday 6/10 “The Mountaintop School for Dogs,” discussion with author Ellen Cooney, 6:30 p.m., free, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307, freeportlibrary.com. Friday 6/12 “Unrequited: Women and Romantic Obsession,” discussion with local author Lisa A. Phillips, noon, free, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, portlandlibrary.com. Film “The Hundred-Year-Old Man […]
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People and Business
New Hires, Promotions and Appointments The League of Women Voters of Maine, at its biennial convention last month, elected Jill Ward of South Portland as the organization’s president. Ward, a consultant who has held senior policy positions with nonprofit groups, previously was the Maine league’s vice president. Among others elected by the May 1 convention […]
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Community Calendar: June 3-16
Greater Portland Benefits Friday 6/5 Plant Sale, to benefit the Maine Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sedgewood Commons, 22 Northbrook Drive, Falmouth, 781-5775. Saturday 6/6 Cookie Walk, to benefit Falmouth High School/Nancy King Memorial Scholarship Fund, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., $5, Shaw’s Supermarket, 251 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth, 803-2279. […]
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Intentionally Unreasonable: Paul LePage: Feel his pain, fear his anger
When you Google “Governor Paul LePage,” these words drop from the omniscient Internet cloud like acidic raindrops in April: bully, bold, brash and bombastic. A deeper probe into the worldwide abyss of search headlines includes “Combative Maine Governor,” “America’s Craziest Governor,” and a favorite no doubt in the eyes of our state’s tourism board, “Maine’s […]
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Capitol Notebook: Environmental battles bring investigation, accusations
On the long list of targets for Gov. Paul LePage at his angry news conference last week was the Land for Maine’s Future Board, which he has trapped in one of the most bitter political fights of this legislative season. The governor has refused to release bonds, already approved by voters, that would provide the […]
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Dishin' That: If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right
In one crucial week, the numerous front-of-house job postings on Craigslist have dwindled and most positions have been filled. There’s still a place in Old Orchard Beach looking for an “Attractive Jello-shot girl. No experience necessary,” but unless a recent new hire is a complete dolt, the window is almost shut. From what I’ve heard, […]