PORTLAND — Gamers are invited to spend all day Saturday, Nov. 7, playing for a good cause in a fundraiser that will benefit the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center. Hospital spokeswoman Susan Pierter said the 24-hour “Extra Life” event, a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital program, will take place at Arcadia National Bar, 24 Preble […]
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Out & About: World premiere of ‘Mama’s Boy’ in Portland
There’s an interesting mix of theater and music in this week’s arts and entertainment calendar. My top choice, and one of the most intriguing choices of the year, is “Mama’s Boy” at Portland’s Good Theater. It’s a world premiere, and the subject is the backstory behind the troubled man who assassinated President John F. Kennedy […]
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Dishin' That: Restaurants go south when management goes micro
Once deemed professionally competent, no server likes to be micromanaged. Positive reinforcement and well-orchestrated teamwork is appreciated, but in-your-face, tripping over your shoelaces “help” certainly is not. Aside from enforcing practical rules, micromanagement, no matter how unintentional, leads to chaos, embarrassment and animosity. In a restaurant front-of-the-house, how things are handled, both routine and out-of-the-norm, […]
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Letter: Woods column sends wrong message about language
As a linguist, life-long language learner, and someone who promotes foreign language learning, I would like to respond to Steve Woods’ recent column about Chinese in a recent issue of The Forecaster (“Intentionally Unreasonable: A new world view, made in China,” Oct. 12), written as a letter to his children. The economic viability of certain […]
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The Unviersal Notebook: O, liberal sweep of Canada
Last week, I drove 1,550 miles to and through New Brunswick, making stops in Edmundston, Fredericton, Moncton, Bouctouche, Sackville and St. John on a whirlwind tour of art and artists in the province. I have always thought of Canada as a kinder, gentler America, a place less violent, less greedy, less polluted and about a […]
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Short Relief: Political diversity would solve many of Portland's problems
Portland is a great little city. It has handsome, old buildings; access to the ocean, lakes, rivers and mountains; good hospitals and medical care; great arts and culture; world-class restaurants, even our own minor league baseball, basketball and hockey teams. Your kids can get a good education in its schools, and the city is relatively […]
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Westbrook-based Current Publishing joins Sun Media Group of Lewiston
WESTBROOK — Current Publishing, a weekly newspaper publication group in southern Maine, has merged with the Lewiston-based Sun Media Group. Current Publishing, founded in 2001 by Lee Hews, operates the Current in Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth and South Portland; the American Journal in Westbrook; Tri-Town Weekly in Freeport, Durham and Pownal, and the Lakes Region Weekly […]
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Portland city manager promises more change, strong direction
PORTLAND — Three months into his tenure, City Manager Jon Jennings is at the helm of change in city government. He expects there will be more. “I was very direct, very honest with the (City Council),” he said Oct. 21. “If they were not interested in a strong city manager, I was not the candidate.” Since […]
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Portland ordered to pay $56K to Planned Parenthood protesters
PORTLAND — A failed attempt to limit where anti-abortion activists could gather on Congress Street has become costly for the city. An Oct. 8 agreement in U.S. District Court requires the city to pay $56,500 in legal fees to the five plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed in February 2014. The agreement also requires the city to […]
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Portland Question 2 supporters claim ethics violations by magazine publisher, opponents
PORTLAND — Supporters of Question 2, the referendum that would change zoning on Portland Co. property at 58 Fore St., are questioning whether a local magazine broke the law when it raised money to publish an edition opposed to the measure. Peter Macomber, president of Save the Soul of Portland, on Monday sent a letter to […]