Bulletin Board Monday 5/27 Deering Center Memorial Day Procession: 2 p.m., Stevens Avenue, Deering Center, Portland. portlandmaine.com Saturday 5/25 Yellow Tulip Project’s Hope Day: 12:30 to 2 p.m., Congress Square Park, Portland. Speeches, art, food and more. theyellowtulipproject.org Friday 5/31 LGBTQ+ Teen Movie Night and Caregivers’ Social: Presented by OUT Maine, 6-8 p.m., Thomas Memorial […]
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People and Business: May 22
Hires, promotions, appointments Hospice of Southern Maine added Cecilia Caldwell, Susan Hall Dreher and Kimberly Giamportone to its Board of Directors. Caldwell is a physician formerly practicing obstetrics and gynecology. Dreher has 42 years of experience in human services administration, education, health care and social services. Caldwell is a physician formerly practicing obstetrics and gynecology. […]
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Portland Meetings: May 22-29
Wed. 5/22 5 p.m. Rent Board Zoom Wed. 5/22 6:15 p.m. Peaks Island Committee Zoom, P.I. Community Center Tue. 5/28 4:30 p.m. Planning Board Zoom, City Hall Wed. 5/29 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Zoom, City Hall Wed. 5/29 5 p.m. Finance Committee Zoom
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Artist’s display in Portland depicts number of children killed in Gaza
A Maine ceramicist who lived in Palestine wants viewers to feel the impact of the thousands of young lives lost: ‘We hear numbers all the time, but what do they mean? What do they look like? We get so deadened to that.’
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Letter: Writer’s savaging of poignant Iftin column just a parroting of Trump
It’s a real shame that Nancy Chesley in her May 5 word salad of xenophobia and vitriol, “Legal immigrants have no reason to fear deportation,” feels the need to parrot the same litany of demeaning tropes and malarkey about immigrants the former president, now criminal defendant, spewed on Day 18 of his election interference trial […]
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Letter: Praising college protests is myopic view of Israel-Hamas war
The lens through which Abdi Nor Iftin sees the college protests in his Forecaster column the week of May 9 (“College protests in U.S. a ray of hope for Gazans“) provides him quite a myopic view. He sees the protests as very positive and a morale booster for the people of Gaza and sees very little […]
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Arts Calendar: May 17-24
Comedy Friday 5/17 Free Beer and Hotwings Annual Live Show: 6-10 a.m. and 7-9 p.m., Aura Maine, 121 Center St., Portland. $50-$100. 21-plus. auramaine.com Nick Callas: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $20. 21-plus. empirecomedyme.com Sunday 5/19 “Cut Your Teeth”: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $5. 21-plus. empirecomedyme.com […]
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Community Calendar: May 17-24
Bulletin Board Friday 5/17 Mac and Cheese Potluck and Board Games: 5 p.m., Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Road. All ages. scarboroughlibrary.org Friday 5/17 & Saturday 5/18 South Portland SpringFest: 6-10 p.m. parade and movie night at Redbank Village Community Center on Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. activities at Mill Creek Park Saturday. spspringfest.com […]
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People and Business: May 15
Hires, promotions, appointments Joe Sczurko was named president of WSP USA, an engineering, environment and professional services firm with offices in Portland and Eliot. Chris Peters was named chief operating officer. Lawrence Hollins was appointed president of the board of directors for Maine Crafts Association. He is the associate publisher at Down East Enterprise, where […]
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Letter: Gorham Economic Development Corporation supports turnpike connector
The Gorham Economic Development Corporation is confirming our support of the Turnpike Connector Project. The TCP will serve as a unique catalyst for Gorham’s future economic vitality. The TCP directly supports the growth and stability of Gorham’s economy by directly connecting surrounding communities, providing much needed infrastructure improvements for existing business to support commerce in […]