PORTLAND — Virginia Adair Turner Wintle, 91, died peacefully April 6 at the Barron Center in Portland. She was born Oct. 12, 1922, in Palmyra, to parents Manzer Turner, a farmer, and Rachel Tibbetts Turner, a housewife and school teacher. She attended a one-room school house with her mother as the teacher, and many of her […]
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Portland Police Beat: April 16
Arrests 4/5 at 1 a.m. Declan J. Kelly, 24, of Portland, was arrested on Orkney Street by Officer Edward Ireton on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. 4/5 at 2 a.m. Richard W. Chadbourne, 26, of Portland, was arrested on Orkney Street by Officer Jennifer Lamperti on a charge of assault. 4/5 […]
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People and Business
Awards finalists announced Eighteen Maine firms will vie for honors May 19 at the 15th anniversary of the Maine Family Business Awards. The awards are presented at the Sable Oaks Marriott, South Portland, by the Maine Institute for Family-Owned Business in partnership with the law firm Verrill Dana. Finalists in seven categories are Acadia Lending, […]
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Portland Meetings: April 16-22
Wed. 4/16 4 p.m. Island Advisory Committee Casco Bay Ferry Terminal Wed. 4/16 4 p.m. Public Art Committee Portland Public Library Wed. 4/16 5 p.m. Historic Preservation CH Wed. 4/16 5:30 p.m. Transportation, Sustainability & Energy Committee CH Thur. 4/17 4 p.m. Development Corporation CH Thur. 4/17 5:30 p.m. India Street Neighborhood Advisory Committee CH […]
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Portland School Notebook: April 16
Portland students win MPA awards Seniors Maddie Pierce, of Casco Bay High School; Christopher Thorne, of Deering High School; and Annette Denekas, of Portland High School, are winners of the 2014 Principal’s Awards. Sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, the awards are given in recognition of academic achievement and citizenship. Teacher selected for National Geographic […]
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Pepperclub closing: A piece of Portland dining history heads for Kennebunk
PORTLAND — After a quarter-century of serving meals to friends on Middle Street, Mary Ledue Paine has reached a bittersweet conclusion. “It sounds really sad, but it feels like Portland does not need the Pepperclub anymore,” Paine said last week. By early fall, the restaurant will be about 20 miles south, in a new location […]
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Slightly reduced Portland school budget goes to City Council
PORTLAND — The School Board on April 10 approved a $101.7 million budget, paving the way for a City Council vote and, eventually, a voter referendum. During a special meeting, the board voted 8-0 to send the budget to City Hall, where School Board Chairwoman Sarah Thompson presented the spending plan to the council on […]
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Longfellow Park cleanup set for Friday in Portland
PORTLAND — Neighbors, University of Southern Maine students and public service crews will join together Friday, April 18, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. for the second annual Longfellow Park cleanup. The park is at the confluence of Longfellow, Noyes and Oakdale Streets, between Brighton and Forest avenues. The cleanup will also celebrate Earth Day, which is […]
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The View From Away: Re-imagining USM will take more than reversing cuts
The news that officials will reverse some proposed cuts to the University of Southern Maine budget is a mixed blessing. It is a blessing in that it would be a mistake to balance the university’s budget disproportionately on the back of arts and humanities programs that, while more challenging to monetize in strict business terms, […]
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The Right View: Sympathy for a Democrat? You've come to the wrong place
My first “political memory,” if you will, is of eavesdropping in the hallway as a child. I was listening to my family just shred Jimmy Carter on election night, and I felt sorry for him. It was 1976. I was 7 years old, and it was the last time I ever had any sympathy for […]