Headlights streak around Portland’s holiday-bedecked Longfellow Square in this long-exposure photo taken on the winter solstice, Sunday, Dec. 21. Sunset was 4:06 p.m. on the shortest day of the year; by Christmas, sunset will occur a few minutes later at 4:09 p.m. Christmas lights illuminate Congress Square in Portland in this long-exposure photo taken just after […]
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Editor's Notebook: Twenty-two words, and 553 writers, to appreciate from 2014
I don’t usually have time to trade emails or chat with every reader who writes a letter to the editor. I’ll write or call to confirm letters, but beyond that, unless a letter needs clarification, or if the writer asks a question about our policies for publishing letters, I don’t usually follow up. But in […]
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The Right View: This Christmas, say a little prayer for us
For me, Christmas is a time of reflection. A time to take stock of the year past, and things I’d like to see changed going forward. Nothing as schlocky as your typical New Year’s resolution, but rather, a refocusing on my family, and pondering what is happening to us as a nation. Two recent events […]
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Intentionally Unreasonable: Is Maine really the greatest place?
Is Maine the greatest state in the country? Is America the greatest country? In its debut episode a few years ago, the television show “The Newsroom,” written by Aaron Sorkin, featured an opening scene where a fictional cable TV news anchor played by Jeff Daniels is asked by a college student to say “why America […]
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The Universal Notebook: Season's greetings and other political corrections
Season’s Greetings, dear readers in Forecasterland, (& various others appended by ampersand). We wish holiday cheer and a glorious year end To citizens public & private, old foe & good friend. Bonne Année, Messrs. LePage et Michaud, (Which seems to rhyme with both low blow & true blue). Congratulations, Congressman Poliquin, Emily Cain, Representative Pingree […]
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Community Calendar: Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
Greater Portland Bulletin Board Wednesday 12/31 “New Year’s Planetarium,” ongoing shows and live broadcast of Times Square countdown, 7 p.m., $6 donation, Southworth Planetarium, University of Southern Maine, 70 Falmouth St., Portland, 780-4249. New Year’s Eve Celebration and “Clam Drop,” 7 p.m., free, First Universalist Church, 97 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-4148. Ongoing Casco Bay Newcomers […]
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Arts Calendar: Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
Greater Portland Film “National Gallery,” part of British Film Series, Friday, Dec. 26, 5:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 27-28, 1 p.m., $8, students $6, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148. Winter Break Family Film Series, Friday, Dec. 26, “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” Saturday, Dec. 27, “The Muppet Movie,” Sunday, […]
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Portland Daily Sun publisher shuts down free paper weeks after buying Portland Phoenix
PORTLAND — Portland Daily Sun Publisher Mark Guerringue confirmed Friday that the free newspaper will publish its final edition on Dec. 23. The paper’s two full-time staff members will move to the Portland Phoenix, which The Sun Newspapers Group, parent company of the Daily Sun, acquired in November. Guerringue, who was co-founder of three free […]
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Portland fire safety panel suggests new inspection department
PORTLAND — A new city department dedicated to enforcing fire safety and housing ordinances, and conducting inspections, could be a recommendation of the task force set up in the aftermath of the Nov. 1 Noyes Street fire that killed six people. In their Dec. 17 meeting, task force members discussed how to best merge distinct […]
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Portland police offer self-defense class for women
PORTLAND — Registration is open to women who would like to take Rape Aggression Defense classes sponsored by the Police Department in January 2015. Held over five sessions at the Police Department at 109 Middle St., the course will teach personal safety tips and physical self-defense skills. The first four classes will be held 6-9 […]