Greater Portland Benefits Saturday 9/20 African Gala, to benefit Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church, 5-9 p.m., adults $10, children $4, Mellen and Sherman streets, Portland, 321-7810. Sunday 9/21 Trail to Ale 10K Race/Walk, to benefit Portland Trails, 9 a.m., $30, Eastern Promenade, Portland, trails.org. Tuesday 9/23 Furniture Friends Fundraiser, to benefit charitable distribution of […]
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Portland Police Beat: Sept. 17
Arrests 9/6 at 1 a.m. Daniel A. Aboda, 39, of Portland, was arrested on Cumberland Avenue by Officer Kyle Brake on a charge of aggravated assault. 9/6 at 2 a.m. John F. Chick, 53, of Portland, was arrested on Portland Street by Officer Heather Brown on a charge of disorderly conduct. 9/6 at 2 a.m. […]
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Robert S. Crewe, 83: Legendary singer, songwriter, transformed pop music
SCARBOROUGH — Robert “Bob” S. Crewe, known for writing some of the biggest hit songs from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, died peacefully Sept. 11 at a Scarborough nursing facility, with his brother, Dan Crewe, by his side. Crewe was the creator, often with a collaborator, of top hits including “Can’t Take My Eyes Off […]
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Board meeting in Fort Kent angers USM students
PORTLAND — Some University of Southern Maine students and faculty are angry about a decision to move a University of Maine Board of Trustees vote hundreds of miles away. Students and faculty held a press conference Sept. 12 outside the Abromson Center to ask the Board of Trustees to move a scheduled meeting back to Portland. The […]
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$100K on the line, online, for Portland school principal
PORTLAND — A city high school principal has a one-in-six chance of landing his school $100,000. Derek Pierce, who has been principal at Casco Bay High School since it was founded nine years ago, has been nominated for the Nellie Mae Education Foundation’s Larry O’Toole Award, which gives a grant to a New England school, community organization […]
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Portland School Board District 4 election draws 1st-time candidates
PORTLAND — Two newcomers are squaring off for the School Board seat in District 4, and an incumbent seeking a third term is unopposed in District 5. The District 4 seat, which covers the area from Back Cove to Stevens and Allen avenues, was previously held by Justin Costa. He is now running for City Council. Stephanie Hatzenbuehler […]
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African festival coming to Portland church
PORTLAND — African culture and food will be celebrated Saturday, Sept. 20, at Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Church, 65 Mellen St. Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland spokesman Dave Guthro said in a press release the 5-9 p.m. festival will include traditional dishes from Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan; dancers and drummers from Burundi, and a performance […]
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Climbing for a cause in Portland
Lt. Will Owen, of Yarmouth Fire-Rescue, climbs the stairs at One Monument Square in Portland on Sunday as part of a 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb. About 60 participants, including two dozen firefighters from throughout New England, scaled 11 floors 10 times for a total of 110 floors – the number of floors at the World Trade […]
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The Universal Notebook: 'Now we are orphans'
When my father died back in February an odd thing occurred to me as I sat at his deathbed with my two younger brothers. “Now we are orphans,” I said to them, our mother having passed away seven months earlier. We tend to think of orphans as young children whose parents have died, leaving them […]
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The Right View: NFL commissioner fails the character test
The two-game suspension of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice – after he was seen on video dragging his unconscious fiancee, and now wife, Janay Palmer, out of an elevator in a hotel casino and dropping her on the floor, face first, in February – was ludicrous. It wasn’t even a slap on the wrist. NFL […]