Timing is everything. With tourist season in full swing, my Blue-eyed Yankees Fan volunteered me to whip up a list of close-to-Portland activities for a 7-year-old kid From Away. Last week’s column asked readers for dining recommendations. Follow-up reporting on those recommendations, and the whole kids-in-restaurants thing, wasn’t something I was excited about. After all, […]
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Portland residents promote solar power 'farming'
PORTLAND — A group of city residents are trying to generate interest in life on the farm – a community solar farm. In a 6:30 p.m. open house Wednesday at St. Luke’s Church, 143 State St., members of Sierra Club’s Portland Climate Action Team will explain how solar farms expand sustainable energy use. They are […]
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Maine high court to rule on smart meter challenge
PORTLAND — The final say on the public health risks of “smart meters” lies with the state supreme court. After opponents of a Maine Public Utilities Commission decision on the safety of the electricity meters filed an appeal with the Supreme Judicial Court in May, the PUC and Central Maine Power Co., the utility that covers […]
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Portland Police Beat: July 22
Arrests 7/10 at 4 a.m. Benjamin E. Foster, 29, no address listed, was arrested on Portland Street by Officer Ryan Gagnon on a charge of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon. 7/10 at 11 p.m. Reaksmey C. Tang, 22, of Portland, was arrested on Fore Street by Officer Mark Keller on a charge of assault. […]
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Arts Calendar: July 22 to Aug. 4
Greater Portland Books/Authors Wednesday 7/29 “Land of Horses,” book talk and signing with author Chris Lombard, 6:30 p.m., free, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307, freeportlibrary.com. Film “Gueros,” Friday, July 24, 6:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, July 25-26, 2 p.m., $8, students $6, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148, […]
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Phyllis A. Page, 89
PORTLAND — Phyllis A. Page, 89, died peacefully on July 11. The daughter of Harold and Mary Ann Mansur, she was born in Lewiston on May 15, 1926. Page attended school in South Portland. At 17, she went to work as a welder in the South Portland shipyards, helping to build World War II Liberty […]
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Florence N. Brosnan, 87: Longtime teacher never stopped learning
PORTLAND — Florence “Claire” (Noonan) Brosnan, 87, of Portland, formerly of Cape Elizabeth, died July 13 at Mercy Hospital, surrounded by family. Brosnan was born Feb. 15, 1928, in Medford, Massachusetts, the daughter of Francis J. and Florence (Dunphy) Noonan. She graduated from Girls Catholic High School in Malden, Massachusetts, in the class of 1946, […]
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Community Calendar: July 22 to Aug. 4
Greater Portland Benefits Sunday 7/26 Mackworth Island Show & Shine Car Show, to benefit Foundation for Maine’s Deaf & Hard of Hearing Children, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., $5, children $2, Mackworth Island, Falmouth. Bulletin Board Circus Smirkus, Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 3-4, 1 p.m. and 6 p.m., $18-$21, Merriconeag Waldorf School, 57 Desert Road, […]
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People and Business
New Hires, Promotions and Appointments The Center for Autism and Developmental Disorders in South Portland has hired Dr. Kelly McGuire as a child psychiatrist. She previously served on the medical staff of the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. She also was an assistant attending physician at […]
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Portland Meetings: July 22-28
Wed. 7/22 8 a.m. METRO Board of Directors 114 Valley St. Wed. 7/22 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Board CH Wed. 7/22 5:30 p.m. Housing & Community Development Committee CH Thur. 7/23 6 p.m. Finance Committee CH Mon. 7/27 5:30 p.m. City Council (Workshop) CH Tues. 7/28 4:30 p.m. Planning Board CH Tues. 7/28 5 p.m. […]