PORTLAND — Is Sangillo’s just a regular neighborhood tavern, threatened by developers and gentrification at its 18 Hampshire St. setting? Or has it become a magnet for disorderly conduct that should be shut down because of repeated breaches of the neighborhood peace? Those are questions Timothy Poulin, deputy director of the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic […]
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Portland library offers ACA assistance
PORTLAND — Questions about the Affordable Care Act and how to sign up will be answered each Wednesday from 10 a.m.-noon through Feb. 12, 2015, at the Portland Public Library. Rachael Weyand, the library programming manager, Monday announced a Health Insurance Marketplace Navigator volunteer will available in Meeting Room No. 3 to assist people about […]
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Community Calendar: Nov. 12-25
Greater Portland Benefits Thursday 11/13 Make-a-Wish of Maine, benefit concert with local choruses, 7 p.m., donations suggested, First Universalist Church, 97 Main St., Yarmouth. Bulletin Board Saturday 11/15 South Portland High School Cheering Vendor/Bake Sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Boys & Girls Club, 169 Broadway, South Portland, [email protected]. Ongoing Casco Bay Newcomers Club, for people […]
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Portland Police Beat: Nov. 12
Arrests 10/31 at midnight. Ronald Hargrove, 48, of Portland was arrested on Market Street by Officer Timothy Farris on a charge of unlawful furnishing of scheduled drugs. 10/31 at 10 a.m. Bryan Lopez, 30, of Cumberland, was arrested on Marginal Way by Officer Christopher Gervais on a charge of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs. 11/1 […]
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People and Business
New Hires, Promotions and Appointments Maine Medical Partners, an affiliate of Maine Medical Center, has added three new physicians to its practice. Dr. Megan Abbott has joined MMP’s Portland office, specializing in otolaryngology. She completed her residency at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, and performed a clinical research fellowship in plastic and oral […]
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Arts Calendar: Nov. 12-25
Greater Portland Auditions/Calls for Art “Miniatures,” call for small works of art in all media, to be displayed during holiday season, Constellation Gallery, $5 entry fee, [email protected]. Books/Authors Thursday 11/13 “The Republic of Pirates,” reading and book signing with author Colin Woodard, 6:30 p.m., Letterpress Books, 91 Auburn St., Portland, 747-4232. Tuesday 11/18 “In a […]
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Dorothy O. Kangas, 92: Seamstress never lost her Southern accent
PORTLAND — Dorothy Oliver Kangas, 92, died Oct. 27 at the Barron Center in Portland, with her children by her side. She was born Dec. 29, 1921, in Cadiz, Kentucky, the oldest of eight children of Helen and Nathan “Carter” Oliver. In 1945, she married Raymond Conway, who was serving in the U.S. Army and […]
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Portland middle school students take hunger relief into their own hands
PORTLAND — Students at Lyman Moore Middle School are spearheading a program to make sure none of their peers go hungry. It started as a lesson last year for seventh graders about the effects of global poverty and food insecurity. But after two students researched a health problem in the community and developed an action plan, […]
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Portland schools-business partnership promotes STEM learning
PORTLAND — Students, teachers, and business representatives from around the city gathered at the Ocean Gateway Terminal Monday for a first-of-its-kind education exposition. The Portland Public Schools, in partnership with EnviroLogix, held the first STEM Exposition, which showcased science, technology, engineering and math projects and demonstrations by students, businesses, and post-secondary schools. “We know that one […]
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Out & About: Pieta Brown tops parade of pop musicians
An intriguing variety of popular music dominates this week’s picks of the tix in Portland, with artists ranging from singer-songwriters to rock ensembles. All are booked into a trio of Congress Street venues that are within a few minutes walk of each other. Maybe they should parade down Congress Street. Pieta Brown, a singer-songwriter with […]