Author Anne Gass of Gray will be the special guest of the Cumberland Historical Society Wednesday, June 28, for a talk on Florence Brooks Whitehouse, a novelist, painter, vocalist and mother of three who joined the women’s suffrage movement in 1913. Gass, Whitehouse’s great-granddaughter, is the author of “Voting Down the Rose: Florence Brooks Whitehouse […]
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Cumberland, Yarmouth and Falmouth news from The Forecaster.
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Maloney, Cyr look forward to ‘steady, functional’ North Yarmouth Select Board
Newcomers Kit Maloney and Karl Cyr are the winners of a four-way race in the June 13 election.
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Hohl, Lichter hope to advance SAD 51 school project
The Cumberland residents were the top vote getters in the three-way race for two seats, and the Cumberland-North Yarmouth school district’s budget is approved in both towns.
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Falmouth voters sent clear message to school board, winners say
Two write-in candidates and a newcomer unseat two incumbents in the June 13 election.
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Wilbur reelected, Patrick wins seat on Yarmouth School Committee
Michael Wilbur and Christina Patrick were the leaders in a four-way face for two seats.
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Douglass ‘excited to jump in’ as new Cumberland Town Council member
Baily Douglass defeated Scott Jordan with 61% of the vote in the race for the At-large council seat.
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Community Calendar: June 16-23
Books/Authors Friday 6/16 Summer Reading Kick-Off Party: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth. Snacks, games, a BINGO sheet and a free book. yarmouthlibrary.org “Judas and Suicide” poetry reading: Maya Williams, Signature MiMi, Marco Soulo and Myles Bullen. 7:30 p.m., Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland. mayostreetarts.org Monday 6/19 […]
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Arts Calendar: June 16-23
Comedy Friday 6/16 “Empire Comedy Lives”: 8 p.m., Empire Live, 575 Congress St., Portland. $20. empireliveme.com Saturday 6/17 Improv and Sketch with Big Shirt: 7 p.m., Woodfords Club, 179 Woodford St., Portland. $5, pay-what-you-can. fb.me/e/4qUMMOwGu Sunday 6/18 Anthony Rodia: 7 p.m., Aura Maine, 121 Center St., Portland. $20-$35. 18-plus. auramaine.com Tuesday 6/20 Improv Jam: 7 […]
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School Notebook: June 14
St. John’s student wins state poster contest Sadie Anderson, a third grader at St. John’s Catholic School in Brunswick, was the first-place K-3 winner in the Maine Constitution Essay and Poster Program. She and her classmates met the Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Rep. Ed Polewarczyk at the Statehouse on June 1. The Maine […]
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People and Business: June 14
Hires, promotions, appointments UScellular promoted Payton Austin to sales manager of its Scarborough store and Tyler Gawrys to sales manager at in Westbrook. Austin joined UScellular in 2013 and Gawrys in 2019 as retail wireless consultants in Auburn. Eben Jose was named vice president, client adviser, director of private markets at Spinnaker Trust in Portland. […]