Leaves are turning red, ferns are turning brown and children are heading back to school. Those are sure signs that the summer season is over and Labor Day weekend is upon us. An equally sure sign of the season is the annual Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Special in Brunswick. Running Aug. 28-31, it’s the biggest […]
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USM, AAA help students cruise into tourism careers
PORTLAND — With the summer tourist season coming to a close and visits from leaf-peepers just around the corner, what better way to learn about the tourism industry than on a cruise ship? The University of Southern Maine’s Tourism and Hospitality department, along with AAA Northern New England and Holland America Line, held a fundraiser on […]
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Portland High School to launch 'career pathways'
PORTLAND — Students at Portland High School will start this year on a new path. Students in grades 10 through 12 will have a choice of four career pathways beginning this year. The pathways are funded by a Nellie Mae Education Foundation Grant, which contributed $5.1 million to be divided among the city’s four high schools. […]
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Brew Fest returns to Portland's eastern waterfront
PORTLAND — The taps will flow Friday, Aug. 29, and Saturday, Aug. 30, at the Portland Company Complex at 58 Fore St. for the Portland Brew Festival. The fourth annual festival will feature about 40 brewers serving more than 120 beers, as well as a Maine beer and cheese pairing fundraiser for the Maine Brewer’s […]
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Registration open for pesticide collection
PORTLAND — Registration is open until Sept. 26 for the free collection in October of banned or unusable pesticides by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Collection will be conducted at four sites, including Portland and Augusta. Agriculture Department spokesman John Bott said registrants will be directed […]
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Catherine McAuley High School in Portland names new head of school
PORTLAND — Catherine McAuley High School has appointed a new head of school. Following a year-long national search, Kathryn Woodson Barr will be the fourth head of school in McAuley’s 45-year history. She replaces Deborah Kost, who had served as interim head of school for one year and is returning to Pennsylvania. Kost succeeded Margaret Downing, […]
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The Universal Notebook: Let’s make a deal, Mr. Cutler
Independent gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler got a bit of a boost last week when independent U.S. Sen. Angus King endorsed him. Sen. King and Mr. Cutler seem to share the belief that only an independent can break through partisan gridlock to get things done. The only trouble with that belief is that the Maine Legislature […]
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Abby's Road: After a Trapper Keeper snaps shut, it never lets go
The iconic portrait of my life features me at the tender age of 7. It can be attributed to my mother, who snapped it on whatever predated the disposable camera. At least one of my sisters was likely hugging her knee at the time. In the calm second my mother’s pointer finger was able to […]
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Letter: McDonald-Smith ignores LePage's real record
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and Julie McDonald-Smith sees only the best in our governor LePage through her rose-colored glasses. I’m an independent critical thinker, observant, and find her opinion on the LePage record to be incomplete, thus inaccurate. It’s curious that she reprimands the Fourth Estate for having a leftist bias […]
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William E. Leo, 90: Golden Gloves boxer, built throughout Maine
SCARBOROUGH — William E. Leo, 90, died on Aug. 12, with his family by his side. The son of Antonio and Amelia (Amabile) Leo, he was born in Portland on June 16, 1924. As many other young men did, he turned to activities at the Boys Club on Cumberland Avenue, now the Boys and Girls […]