Safeco Insurance has recognized Chalmers Insurance Group with a Safeco Premier Partner Program award for performance and partnership. Fewer than 10 percent of independent insurance agencies countrywide that sell Safeco personal lines products receive this honor, which recognizes an agency’s success and its commitment to serve customers as a trusted adviser. Locally, Chalmers Insurance Group […]
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Storyteller is forced to fess up with FAQs
The other day I got a call from the librarian in Jonesport. She was paging through a copy of my book, “Down the Road Apiece,” and she wanted to ask me a few questions about it before she put it in the library’s travel section. Q: There are a lot of guides to our state […]
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Tea and Trumpettes
Are you male? White? Angry? I’ve got just the political candidate for you. And his name isn’t Donald Trump. Here’s a little taste from his website: “Right now the white flag is up and the welcome mat for terrorists is out. … America is getting bullied and the world and our country has become a […]
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Capers reclaim chess title
The chess team at Cape Elizabeth High School has regained the state title it lost to Cheverus last year, becoming Maine’s Team Chess Champions during the recent state competition held in mid-March at the University of Maine at Orono. Led by three-time individual state chess champion Matthew Fishbein, the Cape team, which also includes Wesley […]
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Megachurch plans move to shopping plaza
The Eastpoint Christian Church has bought several former storefronts and the surrounding 6 acres at Clarks Pond in South Portland for a purchase price of $7 million. The Portland-based church hopes to move into renovated space at the former Bob’s Discount Furniture and former HomeGoods stores within the next year, according to Scott Taube, the […]
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South Portland second-graders learn the Three R's
A new generation of South Portland students is learning the importance of recycling thanks to a new partnership between the city, the school department and ecomaine, the local waste-to-energy plant. Recently Julie Rosenbach, South Portland’s sustainability coordinator, and Leo Maheu, ecomaine’s education program manager, collaborated on a presentation that they are taking to all second […]
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March is finally over, thank goodness
“I love April Fool’s Day,” Gilmore Hilton spoke with such conviction that he left no doubt. We needed only to ask “Why?” Matt suggested that he enjoyed fooling the children who frequented his store. Derek said he held sales with false advertising. Philip, the most personable in the group, thought we had to listen to […]
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South Portland police log, March 19-25
Stacy Perez, 35, of Portland, was summonsed March 19 on Broadway on a charge of operating while license suspended. Nina Devenney, 29, of Cape Elizabeth, was summonsed March 19 on Broadway on a charge of operating after registration suspended. Nicholas Norton, 28, of Windham, was arrested March 19 on Soule Street on a warrant. Bette […]
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Practice of Wing Chun brings mindfulness to SPHS students
A new club at South Portland High School is offering mindfulness through the practice of Wing Chun, a martial art developed specifically as a way to improve awareness, balance, physical poise and relaxation. The practice will be taught to students, faculty and staff by Al Guisto, the school resource officer, who said this particular form […]
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Gwyer court hearing rescheduled
A court hearing for Matthew Gyer, the Scarborough teen charged with shooting local businessman Bruce Glidden during a home invasion in mid-January, has been rescheduled for early May because the psychological evaluation ordered by the court still has not been completed. Gwyer’s original hearing was scheduled for March 24, but was delayed to May 5, […]