PORTLAND — The Portland Museum of Art will close for about six weeks early in 2016 as it works to make its collection more accessible to patrons. The work is part of a new strategic “vision” for the museum, which will close in mid-January 2016 and reopen in mid-February. Museum Director Mark Bessire said the goal […]
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Giving Back The Maine Credit Union League recently donated $25,000 for the second consecutive year to support the Good Shepherd Food Bank’s school backpack and school pantry programs. The contribution is part of the league’s three-year campaign to prevent childhood hunger in Maine. In 2013, the league raised more than $500,000 toward that goal. The […]
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Bruce L. Glasier, 69: Legendary sportscaster brought wit, passion to viewers' TVs
SCARBOROUGH — Bruce L. Glasier, 69, died at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House on Oct. 1, after a battle with lung cancer. He was surrounded throughout the day by the smiles and stories of loved ones, friends and coworkers. The youngest son of A. Keith Glasier and Dora Morton Williamson, he was born in Portland on […]
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Community Calendar: Oct. 8-21
Greater Portland Benefits Annual Fall Book Sale, to benefit Prince Memorial Library, Friday, Oct. 17, to Tuesday, Oct. 21, Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main St., Cumberland, 829-2215. Fall Book & Bake Sale, to benefit Thomas Memorial Library, Friday, Oct. 17, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 18, from 9a.m. to 2 p.m., Thomas Memorial […]
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Portland Meetings: Oct. 8-14
Wed. 10/8 5:30 p.m. Housing & Community Development Committee CH Wed. 10/8 6 p.m. Police Citizen Review Subcommittee Public Safety Bldg. Thur. 10/9 6 p.m. Finance Committee CH Tues. 10/14 4:30 p.m. City Manager’s Neighborhood Advisory Committee CH Tues. 10/14 5:30 p.m. Public Safety, Health & Human Services Committee CH Tues. 10/14 7 p.m. Planning […]
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Arts Calendar: Oct. 8-21
Greater Portland Books/Authors Wednesday 10/8 “Deadly Hypocrisy,” reading by author Gar Roper, 6:30 p.m., free, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307. “The Giver,” discussion with author Lois Lowry, 7 p.m., free, Trinity Episcopal Church, 580 Forest Ave., Portland, 828-1090. Saturday 10/18 “A Generation of Leaves,” reading by author Nicole D’Entremont, 7 p.m., $10 […]
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Portland Police Beat: Oct. 8
Arrests 9/26 at midnight. Arnold L. Craney, 45, no address listed, was arrested on the Maine State Pier by Officer Michael Bennis on a charge of violating conditions of release. 9/26 at 2 p.m. Kayla A. Ross, 23, no address listed, was arrested on Portland Street by Officer Daniel Knight on charges of assault and […]
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Portland principal wins $100K for school projects
PORTLAND — After a month of online voting, a city high school principal has won $100,000 for his school. Derek Pierce, of Casco Bay High School, won the Nellie Mae Education Foundation’s third annual Larry O’Toole Award, which gives a grant to a New England educational organization to advance student-centered learning. For the first time, this year’s winner […]
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Out & About: 'The Rainmaker' leads deluge of events
There’s a veritable flood of fine offerings from many different lands in the performing arts this mid-October, so many that it’s impossible to deal with more than a handful in this space. Tops in my opinion is “The Rainmaker,” a powerful American romantic comedy that opens the 2014-2015 season at Portland’s Good Theater. Portland Symphony […]
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The Universal Notebook: Bumping, grinding and moralizing
High school students in Scarborough and Gorham recently walked out on school dances when school officials forbid them from grinding, a form of dancing in which a dancer typically rubs his/her pelvis against his/her partner’s backside. Disgusting, right? Lewd. Obscene. All decent folk should be appalled at such public displays of teen lust. Wrong. I […]