PORTLAND — School Department officials are waiting to learn if Superintendent of Schools Emmanuel Caulk will leave for a school district job in Kentucky. On Friday, the department announced Caulk is one of two finalists for superintendent of the 40,000-student Fayette County Public Schools system. While Portland hopes to know by the end of the […]
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Community Calendar: June 24 to July 7
Greater Portland Benefits Thursday 6/25 GORP, party to support Portland Trails, 5:30-8 p.m., Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson St., Portland, $45, trails.org. Bulletin Board Cape Elizabeth Strawberry Festival, sponsored by Cape Elizabeth Farm Alliance, including food, music and family activities, Friday, June 26, 6-10 p.m., Shady Oak Farm, Fowler Road, and Saturday, June 27, 10 a.m. to […]
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Portland Meetings: June 24-30
Wed. 6/24 8 a.m. METRO Board of Directors 114 Valley St. Wed. 6/24 5:30 p.m. City Council (Special Meeting) CH Wed. 6/24 5:30 p.m. Historic Preservation Board CH Wed. 6/24 6 p.m. Open Space Vision Committee/Stakeholders CH Thur. 6/25 6 p.m. Finance Committee CH Thur. 6/25 6 p.m. Sidewalk/Snow Clearing (Public Workshop) CH Fri. 6/26 […]
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Portland Police Beat: June 24
Arrests 6/12 at 2 p.m. Athina Goldthwait, 33, no address listed, was arrested on Portland Street by Officer Daniel Knight on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 6/12 at 5 p.m. Katelyn MacDonald, 22, no address listed, was arrested on Forest Avenue by Officer Kathryn Phelan on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 6/12 at […]
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People and Business
New Hires, Promotions and Appointments The Maine Cancer Foundation, headquartered in Falmouth, recently hired Aysha Sheikh as program officer. Previously, she worked for MaineHealth, managing a federally funded initiative to reduce colorectal cancer. She also has been a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia. A registered nurse, Sheikh holds degrees from Mount Holyoke College, Boston University […]
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Arts Calendar: June 24 to July 7
Greater Portland Books/Authors Saturday 6/27 “New Growth: Portraits of Six Maine Organic Farms,” reading by author Peter Felsenthal, 2 p.m., free, Letterpress Books, Northgate Plaza, 91 Auburn St., Portland, 747-4232, letterpress-books.com. Wednesday 7/1 “The Half Brother,” Brown Bag Lecture with author Holly LeCraw, noon, free, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, portlandlibrary.com. Monday 7/6 […]
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Juliette L. Garfield, 92: Crafter loved Maine beaches, travel, was devoted to family
PORTLAND — Juliette (Laflamme) Garfield, 92, died peacefully June 18 at The Cedars Retirement Community. She was born in Biddeford on July 15, 1922, to Albert Laflamme and Isabelle (Parent) Laflamme, and grew up in Dover, New Hampshire. While attending McIntosh Business School in Dover, she met John Garfield. They married in June 1945 in Florida, […]
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Monica M. Merrill, 76
PORTLAND — Monica Mary (Ezzy) Merrill, 76, died June 11 at Mercy Hospital, surrounded by her family. Merrill was born March 4, 1939, in Van Buren, the daughter of Maron Ezzy and Luella (Sites) Athanasion. Merrill was known for her love of cooking, especially Lebanese dinners including baked kibi, grape leaf and cabbage rolls, stuffed eggplant, […]
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Portland park vigil fights homelessness
Homeless Voices for Justice advocate Jim Devine sings the blues in Portland’s Post Office Park on June 19 during the eighth annual Longest Day of Homelessness Summer Solstice Vigil. From sunrise at 4:59 a.m. to sunset at 8:26 p.m., activists and supporters shared stories in the park on Middle Street. “Don’t be too high, mighty […]
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UNE, National Guard close land-for-Portland-armory deal
PORTLAND — A land swap between the University of New England and the Maine Army National Guard has been completed. The deal giving the university the 65,000-square-foot armory at 772 Stevens Ave. in North Deering in exchange for 29 acres of land in Saco was closed last week, spokeswoman Crystal Canney said in a Monday […]