Comedy Friday 4/19 Matt Braunger: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $30. 21-plus. empirecomedyme.com Wednesday 4/24 Improv Comedy Showcase: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $15. 21-plus. empirecomedyme.com Jimmy Carr: 9:30 p.m., State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland. $36.50-$56.50. 16-plus. statetheatreportland.com Friday 4/26 Doug Key: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy […]
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Letter: Making climate change personal helps boost awareness
I am writing to give my opinion on “Mainewhile: Climate change imperils even our pancake syrup,” April 10. For quite a while I have been very aware of issues involving climate change. To me it is a very real issue and threat and I believe more needs to be done about it. There are people, […]
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Letter: Electoral College hasn’t represented will of voters
Michael Buhelt’s letter April 1 (“Founding fathers knew pitfalls of national vote for president”) implies those that favor the national popular vote compact don’t understand it. Not so. The current Electoral College system is imperfect; the national popular vote compact is also imperfect. The perfect system most representative of the will of the American people […]
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Community Calendar: April 19-26
Books/Authors Saturday 4/20 Mary Plouffe, Cliff Travers, Michelle Soucy authors talk: “Maine Character Energy,” 1 p.m., Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main St., Cumberland. princememorial.org Jeri Theriault, James Kim, Lauren Saxon poetry reading: 2 p.m., South Portland Public Library, 482 Broadway. southportlandlibrary.com Tuesday 4/23 Elena Kostyuchenko journalist and author talk: “I Love Russia: Reporting From a […]
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People and Business: April 17
Hires, promotions, appointments Khmer Maine, a nonprofit organization serving the Cambodian population in Maine, appointed longtime president and founder Marpheen Chann as its new executive director. Tatia Gagnon of Gorham was promoted to senior vice president, senior commercial loan workout relationship management at KeyBank’s Specialized Finance group. She joined the bank in 2007 and led […]
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SAD 51 budget proposal up 7% over this year’s budget
Nearly $2.3 million of the proposed $3.2 million increase is for employee salaries and benefits in the Cumberland-North Yarmouth district.
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Falmouth Land Trust partners with libraries to keep Earth Day spirit alive throughout year
The Falmouth Land Trust has partnered with several local libraries to encourage patrons to get outdoors and explore nature.
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Letter: Falmouth council already decided on workforce housing developer selection
I watched an unusual vendor selection process on April 3 as the Falmouth Town Council sought to narrow the number of possible choices for Woods Road “workforce housing” from four to two vendors. (A link to proposals is on falmouthme.org.) This was based on the need to select a vendor by May 29. Could this […]
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Letter: Sounding an alarm to save the butterflies
Kudos to Peggy McGehee for sounding the pesticide alarm (“Pesticide regulation good for dogs, too,” April 1). She is so right. Please let me sound off the butterfly alarm. It has turned into a crisis for them and the bees. The monarch butterfly will soon be extinct. I’m asking all of us to take action […]
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Northern Meetings: April 18-25
Chebeague Island Tue. 4/23 6 p.m. School Committee C.I. School Thu. 4/25 6 p.m. Planning Board Public Hearing Town Hall Cumberland Tue. 4/23 4 p.m. Housing Authority Town Hall Thu. 4/25 6 p.m. Neighborhood Meeting Town Hall Falmouth Wed. 4/24 5 p.m. Housing Project Site Walk Marshall Drive Wed. 4/24 7 p.m. Town Council Zoom, […]