Portland civic and business officials are gathering Wednesday, Aug. 14, to celebrate the city’s recognition as a Gig Town, a designation that it has access to multi-gig speed fiber broadband. The event, co-sponsored by the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce and Fidium Fiber, Consolidated Communications’ residential fiber service, kicks off at 4:30 p.m. at the […]
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Best of the best girls’ basketball teams…revisited
Cheverus’ 2022 and 2024 Gold Ball winners crash the party.
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Northern Meetings: Aug. 8-15
Cumberland Thu. 8/8 7 p.m. Board of Adjustments/Appeals Town Hall Mon. 8/12 7 p.m. Town Council Town Hall Falmouth Thu. 8/8 8:30 a.m. Council Work Planning Zoom, Town Hall Mon. 8/12 7 p.m. Town Council Zoom, Town Hall Freeport Mon. 8/12 6:30 p.m. Winslow Park Commission Town Hall Tue. 8/13 7:30 a.m. Complete Streets Committee […]
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Community Calendar: Aug. 9-16
Bulletin Board Friday 8/9 Summer Wildlife Mingle: Hosted by Center for Wildlife and Maine Audubon, 6 p.m., Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth. $30. 21-plus. maineaudubon.org Friday 8/9 & Saturday 8/10 St. Peter’s Annual Italian Festival and Bazaar: 5-9:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Church, 72 Federal St., Portland. stpetersfestivities.com Saturday 8/10 Snowy Egret […]
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Arts Calendar: Aug. 9-16
Comedy Thursday 8/15 New England’s Funniest Comedian, Round 2: 8 p.m., Aura, 121 Center St., Portland. $15. 21-plus. auramaine.com T.J. Miller: 8 p.m., Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St., Portland. $25. 21-plus. portlandhouseofmusic.com Friday 8/9 & Saturday 8/10 Tyler Fischer: 7 p.m. Friday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., […]
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Portland Meetings: Aug. 7-14
Wed. 8/7 3:30 p.m. Creative Portland Zoom Wed. 8/7 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Zoom, City Hall Tue. 8/13 4:30 p.m. Planning Board Zoom, City Hall Tue. 8/13 5 p.m. Finance Committee Zoom Wed. 8/14 5 p.m. Land Bank Commission City Hall Wed. 8/14 5 p.m. Sustainability/Transportation Zoom Wed. 8/14 6 p.m. Police Citizen Review Zoom
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People and Business: Aug. 7
Hires, promotions, appointments Blake Hamel was promoted to assistant vice president, commercial services officer at Maine Financial Group, working at the Scarborough office. He has been with the company for five years. Joe Atwood of Falmouth was hired as a broker/sales agent at The Dunham Group. He is the owner of X-Golf, a virtual golf […]
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Under new owner, Mainely Custard expands niche offerings
The shop is offering expanded vegan and gluten-free options, inspired by the new owner’s daughter with celiac disease, an autoimmune disease that causes severe reactions to eating gluten.
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Documentary reflects a better world, inspired by filmmaker’s child
“Saving Walden’s World” will show at Yarmouth’s First Parish Church at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13.
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Mainewhile: Letting the horses decide and reflections on connection
The Olympics are on – but it’s taken me a while to warm up to it. My own favorite event, the equestrians, has come in under a dark cloud. Did you hear about this? A British equestrian was eliminated for cruelty to a horse. This made me angry, and sad, but not surprised. In fact, […]