MaineHealth’s Cardiac Fellows program and NorthStar division have come together to bring cardiac care to patients who can’t travel or get access to outpatient services.
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Portland Meetings: March 6-13
Wed. 3/6 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Zoom, City Hall Thu. 3/7 Noon Development Corporation Zoom Thu. 3/7 5 p.m. Parks Commission Zoom, City Hall Tue. 3/12 8 a.m. Legislative/Nominating Zoom Tue. 3/12 4:30 p.m. Planning Board Zoom, City Hall Tue. 3/12 5:30 p.m. HHS/Public Safety City Hall Wed. 3/13 5 p.m. Land Bank Commission City […]
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School Notebook: March 6
“I’m A Jewish Mainer” Youth Art Contest The Maine Jewish Museum’s new youth art contest, “I’m A Jewish Mainer,” is accepting submissions through April 12. Students from kindergarten to Grade 12 can submit works reflecting their experiences growing up Jewish in Maine. Winners will be selected in four age groups: K-2, Grades 3-5, 6-8 and […]
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Arts Calendar: March 1-8
Comedy Friday 3/1 “Ultimate Roast Championship” preliminary round: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $10. 21-plus. empirecomedyme.com Saturday 3/2 “Ladies Night”: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $15-$20. 21-plus. empirecomedyme.com Bianca Del Rio: 8 p.m., State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland. $41-$51. All ages. statetheatreportland.com Thursday 3/7 Marc Maron: […]
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Community Calendar: March 1-8
Books/Authors Tuesday 3/5 Crime writers panel: Joseph Souza, Brenda Buchanan and Richard Cass, 6 p.m., Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Road. Registration required. scarboroughlibrary.org Summer J. Hart artist and poetry reading: “Out in May Back in October” beadwork tapestry and poetry reading from “Boomhouse,” 6 p.m., Hannaford Hall, 88 Bedford St., Portland. Free, registration encouraged. […]
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People and Business: Feb. 28
Recognition Angela Stone, the founder of Maine Needs, was awarded Spurwink’s 2024 Humanitarian Award. Maine Needs started with a focus on asylum-seeking mothers and expanded to distribute basic-needs resources to unhoused Mainers, survivors of domestic violence and those leaving incarceration. USI, an insurance brokerage and consulting firm, received Spurwink’s 2024 Corporate Care Award. USI works […]
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New fund seeks to make school sports accessible to more Portland students
The Foundation for Portland Public Schools’ initiative, named in honor of longtime Portland High School girls’ basketball coach Ed Feeney, will provide athletic gear to students who need it to participate.
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Portland Meetings: Feb. 28-March 6
Wed. 2/28 5 p.m. Finance Committee Zoom Wed. 2/28 5 p.m. Rent Board Zoom Wed. 2/28 6:15 p.m. Peaks Island Council Zoom, Island Community Center Mon. 3/4 5 p.m. City Council City Hall Tue. 3/5 5:30 p.m. Housing/Economic Dev. Zoom Wed. 3/6 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Zoom, City Hall
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Letter: Trump engaged in insurrection, and that’s all that’s needed to keep him off ballot
Nancy Chesley, in her Feb. 13 letter (“Bellows weaponized law; Biden’s orders curse U.S.“) quoted G.B. Shaw: “Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.” On that, we agree. But, ironically, this describes Chesley herself, to a T. I wonder what Chesley believes Shenna Bellows did that was outside her purview. Chesley […]
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Letter: Support Wabanaki Nation’s rights to self-determination
Once again, as it has for the past four years, the Maine Legislature is taking on the question of whether our state will more fully acknowledge the sovereignty of the Indigenous nations within our borders. This latest push started in 2019, when a bipartisan Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing […]