PORTLAND — The following students were recently named to the honor roll of Casco Bay High School for their academic performance during the second trimester of the 2014-2015 academic year. Seniors, high honors: Caitlin Conley, Maya Eng, Liam Fowler, Elise Martin, Ethan Pierce, Zachary Russell, Will Sarvis, Oriana Smith, Isabel Szatkowski, Benjamin Tero and Benjamin Weatherhead. Seniors, […]
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Cleanup, block party coming at Longfellow Park in Portland
PORTLAND — The public is invited to spruce up and party down at Longfellow Park on Friday and Saturday during the annual park cleaning and neighborhood block party. With help from Phi Mu Delta fraternity at the University of Southern Maine and New Sorority Interest Group, the University Neighborhood Organization will clean up the park, […]
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License plates would support Barbara Bush Children's Hospital
PORTLAND — Fundraising for the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland could become more visible with the introduction of a specialty license plate. The Maine Secretary of State has approved the design of the plate, a collaboration between the hospital and Joe and Kim Westrich, who credit hospital staff with saving their daughter’s life. In […]
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Portland's homeless student population declines for 2nd year in a row
PORTLAND — The number of homeless students in the state’s largest school district is down 29 percent this year, according to the Maine Department of Education. But according to Sharon Pray, director of student support services for the Portland Public Schools, those numbers are “outside of (the district’s) control” and highly unpredictable. “I think it’s […]
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Out & About: PSO celebrates 90th with retro flourish
As the calendar inexorably marches toward the midpoint of spring, many of southern Maine’s arts and entertainment producers and presenters are wrapping up their fall-winter-spring seasons. The Portland Symphony Orchestra is bowing goodbye on its 90th anniversary season with a retrospective flourish. The finale comes on Saturday with a special non-subscription concert that will recall […]
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Capitol Notebook: Trying to break Maine’s bottle bill
A few weeks ago, several middle-school students holding a bottle drive arrived at my doorstep to raise money for their sports team. Fortunately, I had a full bag to give them. Bottle drives, redemption centers, and the bottles that are left out on trash pickup night for folks to take and redeem have been a […]
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Dishin' That: More from Pandora's restaurant toy box
Never has a topic garnered so much interest from all corners of this column’s readership. Everyone, it seems, has a horrifying or heart-warming story around the multi-faceted phenomena of children in restaurants. A few of you, citing examples at length, chastised parents and blamed technology for making dining out such a low-tech, thus undesirable, experience. […]
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The Universal Notebook: A Portland Museum of Art Biennial beef
The Portland Museum of Art Biennial has become an important exhibition of new Maine art. This year it will be held from Oct. 8 to Jan. 3, 2016, but it is already generating controversy because of the way the artists were selected. The exhibition is underwritten by a bequest from the estate of artist William […]
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The Right View: Hernandez trial holds a mirror to society
I had never watched families deliver impact statements during the sentencing portion of a trial before. I did at the conclusion of the Aaron Hernandez trial, and many of our society’s ills came into focus. There was no question after listening to the family of Odin Lloyd that they had the heart of their family […]
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Letter: Beem is right: we're suckers
Regarding Edgar Allen Beem’s piece “Welcome to the United Suckers of America,” some people may be offended, but I thought it was great. To people who think his opinions on the influence of wealth in politics are extreme, look up some of the things said by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, who would certainly agree […]