PORTLAND — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will make a campaign stop at the University of Southern Maine on Saturday, Oct. 31 from 1-4 p.m. During Stein’s appearance at Talbot Hall, 85 Bedford St., she will speak about abolishing student debt, extending health care, ending the war on drugs and other topics. Stein will also […]
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Halloween parade returns to Portland's West End
PORTLAND — The 33rd annual Halloween parade is coming to the West End on Oct. 31. The parade begins at Reiche Elementary School, 166 Brackett St., at 6:15 p.m. and is expected to end at the school playground around 7 p.m. The parade route follows Brackett, Pine, Emery, Spruce, Clark and Salem streets. Participants include ShoeString […]
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Out & About: Kotzschmar friends to show vampire movie
Back in 1922, silent movies were sweeping the nation and the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ was only 10 years old. This Friday, Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ will recreate those halcyon days of yore with the screening of “Nosferatu,” a vampire movie with an organ accompaniment. The DaPonte String Quartet is launching its 2015-2016 season with […]
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Arts Calendar: Oct. 28-Nov. 14
Greater Portland Books/Authors Friday 10/30 The Great Feast of Samhain: Celtic Halloween, celebrated in Maine and Portland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 7 p.m., Maine Irish Heritage Center, corner of State and Gray streets, Portland, 780-0118, [email protected]. Wednesday 11/4 “The Boys Who Challenged Hitler,” Brown Bag Lecture Series, noon, Portland Public Library, […]
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Patricia A. St. Pierre, 51: Inspired others through a rich, full life
PORTLAND — Patricia Ann “Patty” St. Pierre, 51, passed away at her sister’s home in Raymond Oct. 17. She was born Sept. 28, 1964, in Portland. Diagnosed as legally blind when she was a preschooler, it was initially planned to have St. Pierre attend a “special” school for the blind. However, she was mainstreamed successfully through […]
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Portland Meetings: Oct. 28 to Nov. 4
Wed. 10/28 5:30 p.m. Housing and Community Development CH Wed. 10/28 8 a.m. METRO Board of Directors 114 Valley St. Thur. 10/29 6 p.m. Portland Jetport Noise Advisory Committee Jetport Thur. 10/29 6 p.m. Bayside Transportation Master Plan (Workshop) 20 Myrtle St. Mon. 11/2 5:30 p.m. City Council (Workshop) CH Mon. 11/2 7 p.m. City […]
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Dorothy Donahue, 88
PORTLAND — Dorothy “Dot” Donahue, 88, passed away Oct. 20, at Maine Medical Center, surrounded by her loving family, after a sudden illness. She was born in Portland Feb. 4, 1927, to James and Mary King Doyle. She was a 1945 graduate of Cathedral High School and was employed for many years at New England […]
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Community Calendar: Oct. 28-Nov. 11
Greater Portland Benefits Sunday 11/1 Bayside 5K-9, dog-friendly run, 10 a.m., $25. Benefits Bayside Trail, https://www.runreg.com/bayside-trail-5k9. Books/Authors Tuesday 11/3 Wesley McNair, Maine poet, 7 p.m., Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth. Wednesday 11/4 Maine author Paul Doiron, talk and signing, 7 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Dr., http://www.freeportlibrary.com/. Bulletin Board Calling all crafters: […]
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Letter: Columbus column 'shoddy and circumstantial'
In “Columbus did more than sail the ocean blue,” columnist Julie McDonald-Smith’s history is shoddy and circumstantial. She does get some things right: Columbus sailed in the same year that the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella forced Jews to either convert, die, or leave Spain. And Columbus’s voyages opened the door for Spanish Jews to […]
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The Right View: While press fiddles, education in Maine gets scorched
The feigned media outrage over William Beardsley’s appointment as acting education commissioner was predictable, but it doesn’t make it any less outrageous or pathetic. Like a cat on a hot tin roof, the media being reactionary based on partisan politics is nothing new. However, if the horror surrounding concern for the state of education in […]