PORTLAND — Snow removal operations at the Portland International Jetport will get a $484,000 boost, according to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine. Pingree announced the grant from the Federal Aviation Administration in a news release last week. The grant is part of a larger package of $4 million in FAA grants given to airports in […]
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Portland Meetings: May 28 to June 3
Wed. 5/28 5:30 p.m. Housing & Community Development Committee CH Thur. 5/29 4 p.m. Development Corporation CH Mon. 6/2 7 p.m. City Council CH Tues. 6/3 6 p.m. Bayside Neighborhood Association Unity Village Community Room
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Rita Katherine Caterina, 89: Portland native, enjoyed travelling
PORTLAND — Rita Katherine Caterina, 89, of Portland, died May 15 at Maine Medical Center. She was born in Portland on Aug. 11, 1924, a daughter of James A. and Winnifred E. Gorrivan Quinn. She attended local schools and was a 1943 graduate of Portland High School. While in high school, she was a horseback rider […]
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People and Business
Grants and Expansions The Bob Crewe Foundation has awarded a $3 million gift to Maine College of Art to develop a new program that focuses on the study of contemporary music and its relation to visual art. The gift will support an innovative field of study in honor of internationally-known musician, artist, and entrepreneur, Bob […]
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PHOTOS: Memorial Day Parade in Portland
The Honor Guard for Maine’s Department of Corrections marches past Preble Street on Monday during the Memorial Day parade on Congress Street in Portland. During a ceremony later, Mayor Michael Brennan called for greater support for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other ailments. Music teacher Gilbert Peltola conducts the Deering High School band […]
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G-o-o-d l-u-c-k, L-u-c-y
Eighth-grader Lucy Tumavicus receives a grand sendoff Friday, May 23, during a surprise assembly in the gymnasium at Lincoln Middle School in Portland. Tumavicus, who won this year’s Maine State Spelling Bee, is representing Maine this week in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland.
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Portland mobile shower company getting ready to roll
PORTLAND — Zach Schmesser has an idea that is all wet. The Libra Future Fund will help him splash it around. Schmesser, 28, is the coordinator of BikeMaine for the Bicycle Coalition of Maine. During last summer’s trek across the state with 250 riders, he noticed bicyclists in need of showers could quickly use up […]
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The Universal Notebook: Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016
Remember back in 1998, when then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton alleged that there was a “vast right-wing conspiracy” behind all the attacks on her husband? Whitewater, Travelgate, Filegate, Paula Jones, Gennifer Flowers, Monica Lewinsky – heck the dirt bags of the right even charged that the Clintons had killed White House attorney Vince Foster and […]
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Arts Calendar: May 28-June 10
Greater Portland Books & Authors Annual Book Sale, May 30, 5-7 p.m. and May 31, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Barron Center, 1145 Brighton Ave., Portland, 797-3014. Wednesday 5/28 Brooke Carlton and Brenda Sturgis children’s book reading and signing, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307. Film Friday 5/30 “Cheap Thrills,” 7 p.m., SPACE […]
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Community Calendar: May 28 to June 10
Greater Portland Benefits Saturday 5/31 Cancer Community Center’s Summertime Social, raffle, live auction, music, 6-11 p.m., East Coast Yacht Sales, 106 Lafayette St., Yarmouth, 774-2200, $100. Maine Walks with Haiti, timed 4-Mile Run, live music, Haitian art, food, 8:30 a.m. registration, Back Cove, Portland, across from Hannaford, $10 youths, $15 adults, $20 day-of for runners, […]