Greater Portland Books/Authors Wednesday 2/4 “The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances,” discussion with author Ellen Cooney, 6:30 p.m., free, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307. Friday 2/6 “Joseph K. Manchester: Northern Son in the South,” Falmouth Historical Society discussion with author Carol H. Manchester, 2 p.m., free, OceanView at Falmouth, 3 Marion […]
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Portland Police Beat: Feb. 4
Arrests 1/24 at 1 a.m. Kayla M. Legere, 24, of Sebago, was arrested on Free Street by Officer Kathryn Phelan on a charge of violating conditions of release. 1/24 at 7 a.m. Akok Nyang, 31, of Portland, was arrested on Fore Street by Officer Andjelko Napijalo on a charge of assault. 1/24 at 10 a.m. […]
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People and Business
New Hires, Promotions and Appointments The John T. Gorman Foundation recently named Anne Dinsmore and Maggie Keohan to its board of directors. Dinsmore has served as the head of the Great Bay Foundation, a nonprofit, Maine-based grants organization that supports children and families.Previously, she held management positions at UNUM for 20 years. Keohan, a native […]
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Jackson E. James, 83: Navy veteran learned life lessons before earning diploma
PORTLAND — Jackson E. James, 83, of Portland, died peacefully at Mercy Hospital on Jan. 20, surrounded by his family. James was born Aug. 20, 1931, in Hoboken, New Jersey, and soon moved to Maine with his father and mother, William and Laura James, to be close to his grandparents and other family members. He was […]
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Community Calendar: Feb. 4-17
Greater Portland Benefits Wednesday 2/11 Relay for Life, orientation event for run/walk to support American Cancer Society, 6 p.m., Easy Day, 725 Broadway, South Portland, 373-3728, relayforlife.org/greaterportlandme. Bulletin Board Ongoing Casco Bay Newcomers Club, for people new to the area and interested in knowing others, second Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m., Freeport Grill, 175 Lower Main St., Freeport, […]
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Out & About: Preservation Hall Jazz Band in Portland
Excellent choices for comfy indoor entertainment abound as we enter the second half of winter this week. Tops is a visiting ensemble from the southern city of jambalaya, crawfish pie and file gumbo. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, which has been a fixture of New Orleans culture since 1961, will play in snowy Portland on […]
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The Right View: Education policy that's rotten to the core
That’s it. I’m done. I am refusing to allow my children to participate in any Common Core-related assessments, surveys, tests – anything, now that testing has begun in earnest in our schools. Here’s why. The United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) was founded in 1945. Its educational objectives are to “support the […]
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The Universal Notebook: Dictates of the dead
High on the list of subjects about which I am greatly ambivalent, conflicted and inconsistent is the time-honored tradition of allowing the dead to dictate to us what we, the living, can and cannot do. Not to do so, I suppose, would be to abrogate a system of laws, yet I very often find myself […]
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Short Relief: A tale of 2 speeches
Gov. Paul LePage delivered his second inaugural address with a firm and confident voice. Gone was the nervous, “Chief Inspector Dreyfus” laugh that sometimes punctuated his remarks during the campaign. He took credit for his accomplishments; in particular, for paying off the hospital debt that had been accrued by his predecessors, for beginning to reform […]
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Scarborough OKs Habitat for Humanity subdivision
SCARBOROUGH — Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland will proceed with construction of a 13-lot subdivision off Broadturn Road after the plan received unanimous approval Monday from the Planning Board. The project is Habitat’s largest, according to Mark Primeau, development associate for the greater Portland low-income housing chapter that was incorporated nearly 30 years ago. Historically, […]