Comedy Friday 2/9 Jay Nog: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $20. 21-plus. empirecomedyme.com Saturday 2/10 Comedy Night at the Portland Elks: Kitchen open at 5:30 p.m., show at 7:15, Portland Elks Lodge 188, 1945 Congress St., Portland. eventbrite.com Friday 2/16 Brendan Eyre: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. […]
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Cumberland, Yarmouth and Falmouth news from The Forecaster.
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Community Calendar: Feb. 9-16
Books/Authors Friday 2/9 “Celebrating Strong Voices in YA Fiction”: Panel of authors, 6 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. portlandlibrary.com Monday 2/12 Peter Coviello author talk: “Is There God After Prince?”, 4:30 p.m., Massachusetts Hall, Bowdoin College, 239 Maine St., Brunswick. bowdoin.campusgroups.com/events “Stories Told Live”: Storytelling by Co-Conspirators, 7:15 p.m., Blue, 650A Congress St., […]
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People and Business: Feb. 7
Hires, promotions, appointments Norway Savings Bank promoted Darci Hamm to executive vice president and chief operating officer. It also promoted Christine McMann, vice president, applications analyst III; Talley Estes, vice president, commercial administration team lead; Jessica Lilly, vice president, applications analyst III; Duncan Mixer, assistant vice president, commercial lender; and Beth Garza, assistant vice president, […]
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Design for new school on Greely campus includes flexibility to expand in future
Six classrooms could be added to the 2-story, 70,000-square-foot building if student population projections bear out, designers tell the SAD 51 board this week.
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Scotty and Spillway story spreads inclusion awareness far and wide
The reaction to North Yarmouth resident Lisa Wentzell’s book “A Dog and His Boy” about her developmentally disabled son has been “pretty amazing” and has kept the family busy in the year since its release.
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Northern Meetings: Feb. 8-15
Chebeague Island Sat. 2/10 9 a.m. Department Budget Workshop Town Hall Mon. 2/12 6:30 p.m. Planning Board Rec Center Cumberland Mon. 2/12 7 p.m. Town Council Town Hall Tue. 2/13 6 p.m. Tri-Community Meeting Town Hall Falmouth Thu. 2/8 8 a.m. Comp. Plan Committee Town Hall Mon. 2/12 5 p.m. Workforce Housing Workshop Town Hall […]
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Letter: Drowne’s descendent protests use of willed land for housing
I am a descendant as a great great granddaughter of Elizabeth Ingraham Drowne. It was Elizabeth who gave the town of Cumberland 100 acres and a house in her will. The stipulation was that it be used for education. At one point the town had a dump on this beautiful land, clearly against the requirements […]
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Forum: In Cumberland, the right project at right time and place
I chaired the Cumberland Affordable Housing Task Force. We delivered our report to the council on Jan. 23, 2023. The task force consisted of 10 Cumberland residents who volunteered to undertake this task. Starting in July 2022, we worked very hard on this complex issue delivering a unanimous report reflecting members’ mutual respect, collaboration, problem […]
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Letter: Honor the agreement about Drowne land in Cumberland
Cumberland residents are being asked whether the town should build affordable housing on land formerly owned by Elizabeth Drowne. The town obtained the land when it accepted an offer in the will of Mrs. Drowne in 1892. The intent of her offer was to have the property benefit education and required that the land never […]
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Letter: Forecaster’s Heather Martin and Abdi Iftin bright spot for reader
I have come to look forward to the weekly opinion columns written by Heather D. Martin and Abdi Nor Iftin. Both writers have a way with words that makes me feel as if they are speaking directly to me. Last week’s essays hit the mark. Martin writes of the late, great Ashley Bryan, who in […]