Greater Portland Books/Authors Wednesday 11/19 “When You Hold a Patient’s Hand,” reception with author Dr. Stuart Gilbert, 7-8:30 p.m., free, Cancer Community Center, 778 Main St., South Portland, 774-2200. Friday 11/21 “River Talk,” discussion with local author C.B. Anderson, noon to 1 p.m., free, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 705. Film […]
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Portland Police Beat: Nov. 19
Arrests 11/7 at 4 p.m. Elizabeth M. Bennett, 32, of Westbrook, was arrested on Forest Avenue by Officer Marjory Clavet on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking. 11/8 at midnight. James E. Thyne, 22, of Lyman, was arrested on Wharf Street by Officer David Schertz on a charge of criminal mischief. 11/8 at midnight. Justin […]
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Proposed Portland storm water fee flows through 2nd public hearing
PORTLAND — The City Council Finance Committee is expected to make a recommendation Thursday on a plan to charge property owners new fees to pay for storm-water infrastructure improvements. The proposal to charge $6 per month for every 1,200 square feet of impervious surface did not make a big splash Nov. 13 at the final […]
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Waynflete School in Portland to add adult education
PORTLAND — A local private school isn’t just for kids anymore. Waynflete School, at 360 Spring St., will begin hosting adult education classes for the first time starting in the winter semester. The course is modeled after a similar, upper-level English class taught to high school students last spring, and will be taught by the same […]
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Portland middle school hopes reading silently proves golden
PORTLAND — An unusual day at Lyman Moore Middle School is in the books. Principal Stephen Rogers participated the Principal Challenge, hosted by Pizza Hut’s Book It!, which saw him sit in the school’s main lobby on Nov. 13, reading silently from the moment the first bell rang until the final bell ended the day. He […]
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McAuley community cleans up in Portland
Every student, faculty and staff member from Catherine McAuley High School, and some parents, participated in the second annual All School Service Day on Nov. 13, where they crossed the street to Evergreen Cemetery to work on a fall cleanup project.
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Out & About: Jazz profs and piano men
Diverse brands of popular music continue to top my personal A&E charts this weekend. On Friday, an ensemble of jazz professors from the University of Southern Maine School of Music will hold forth on the Gorham campus. Their show is titled “Not Your Grandfather’s Jazz.” Crowd-wise, the biggest draw will be the Portland Symphony Orchestra’s […]
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The Universal Notebook: Support your local library
You can tell almost everything you need to know about a town by looking at its public schools and its public library. Towns that invest in education and literacy are great places to live. Towns that don’t aren’t. I was pleased to see that the library referendums in Cape Elizabeth, where Thomas Memorial Library was […]
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Abby's Road: Worry is as worry does
As talents go, the ability to imagine the worst probably ranks somewhere above posting a selfie, but decidedly below walking without tripping. Fine. Sprinkle those grains of salt on top of the following: If BuzzFeed ever publishes a list of the top 17 worry-warts who live in a state that used to be part of […]
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Short Relief: Portland media haze masks Maine election reality
I was among those surprised by the Nov. 4 election results. The conventional wisdom made sense to me. I expected it to be close. I thought that the most likely outcome was a narrow Mike Michaud victory. That Gov. Paul LePage had a hard ceiling of around 38 percent, or about what he received in […]