The Pride Parade on Saturday, June 20, in Portland included the first formal participation by the city’s School Deparment. Some students and staff have marched in the annual parade since the 1990s, but this was the first time the school district sanctioned participation by staff, School Board members and students, who rode in or marched […]
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Portland panel maps procedure to reuse Reed School
PORTLAND — The task force charged with recommending ways to reuse the vacant Thomas B. Reed School has completed its work. At its fifth and final meeting on June 18, the Reed School Reuse Advisory Task Force voted unanimously to send its seven-page proposal for possible uses, criteria for proposals, and a process for review […]
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Interstate 295 ramp work begins in Portland
PORTLAND — A ramp improvement project is underway at Interstate 295 Exit 6 at Forest Avenue. The $1.71 million Maine Department of Transportation project is designed to alleviate traffic backups on the ramps while improving accommodations for pedestrian and bicycle traffic on Forest Avenue. Included in the scope of the work are narrowed ramp lanes, flashing […]
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Portland church's annual Greek Festival opens Thursday
PORTLAND — Sweets, treats and dancing will be on tap this weekend at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church at 133 Pleasant St. The 33rd annual Greek Festival opens at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 25 and runs through Saturday. The festival closes at 9:30 p.m. each day. Along with the traditional Greek music and dancing, the […]
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Out & About: New era at Bowdoin International Music Festival
The pace of the summer arts and entertainment season continues to quicken this week, with an abundance of music and theater. Perhaps the biggest story of the summer is the dawn of a new era at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in Brunswick. After half a century at the helm, founding artistic director Lewis Kaplan […]
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Forecaster Forum: A Saltie's reflection on the demise of Salt
The first documentary project I completed at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland was a collaborative radio piece. I wrote and narrated a story about a sardine cannery explosion in Port Clyde in 1970 and the devastating effects the cannery’s closing had on the livelihood of the townspeople. The final cut is rough, […]
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South Carolina church shooting victims to be remembered in Portland
PORTLAND — A community event in response to the June 17 shootings at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, will be held Monday at 5:30 p.m. at Merrill Auditorium, 18 Myrtle St. In a June 19 press release, Mayor Michael Brennan invited the public to attend the “Lift Every Voice and Sing” gathering organized by […]
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Dishin' That: When it rains on Father's Day it pours dining drama
Dreamy Father’s Day plans held by many well-deserving guys went down the drain this year. For some, mid-morning tee-times didn’t happen. For others, the boat was wet, but never saw the open lake. Outdoor grilling of massive T-bones, and cold beer chugging opportunities were either cancelled, or lost their charm after migrating inside. Mother Nature’s […]
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The Universal Notebook: Trans-Pacific Partnership is terrible public policy
The far right sees President Obama as a socialist radical, but from where I sit out here in left field, he looks more and more like a Chamber of Commerce capitalist. Heck, Obama is one of the best friends Corporate America has ever had in the White House. He saved the auto industry, bailed out […]
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The Right View: Legislature's budget affair is nothing to cheer
If you missed the WGAN Morning News with Ken and Mike on June 18, you missed some of the best local radio ever. Co-host Ken Altshuler gave Maine Senate Minority Leader Justin Alfond, D-Portland, a verbal smack-down over the secretive budget meetings in Augusta, the likes of which I’d never heard from him toward a […]