SOUTH PORTLAND — Volunteers interested in monitoring water quality in Casco Bay are invited to attend a five-hour training session beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 12, at Southern Maine Community College. The Friends of Casco Bay is seeking help monitoring water at 40 sites along the bay on 10 Saturdays through October. Volunteers must […]
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Portland seeks input about acessibility
PORTLAND — The Portland Disability Advisory Committee is seeking input about city accessibility and livability through a new online survey. The confidential survey seeks to build on a March 24 public forum on accessibility issues, and to improve quality of life for people with disabilities who live and work in the city. Included are questions […]
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The Universal Notebook: We are all on welfare
If you work hard all your life you will be rewarded by financial security. That’s one of the Big Right lies of American conservatism. As Republicans like Gov. Paul LePage and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., wage their war on the poor, blaming the victims and slashing social welfare programs, they would like us to believe […]
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Abby's Road: Compassion, not pity, for Paltrow-style parenting
My sister once referred to parenting as a daily science experiment. I am terrible at science. I think that equates to further confirmation that I am a terrible parent. If you had asked me six years ago, I would have expressed some confidence that I would make a decent mother. I was the clucking hen […]
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Policy Wonk: Voter initiative should decide Mainecare expansion
An obstinate governor and an ideologically driven Republican minority in the Legislature are on the cusp of again blocking Maine’s participation in the Affordable Care Act, a participation that would provide health insurance to some 60,000-70,000 low-income Mainers, and pour hundreds of millions of federal dollars into Maine’s economy over the next three years. Whether […]
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Letter: Portland seller of used books will be missed
Your recent article about the closing of Annie’s Book Stop (“Annie’s bookselling story ends after 30 years,” April 2) was both enlightening and very sad. Used book shops that have been the delight of avid readers for decades are unfortunately becoming a thing of the past. Annie’s was a special place with a rich history […]
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Letter: Energy industry deserves thanks, not criticism
The calendar tells us that spring is here, and though lingering snow banks make it hard to think of warmer temperatures, they will be here soon enough. Spring fever makes it easier to forget all of those bitterly cold winter nights we endured. Most of us spent those cold winter nights comfortably warm inside our […]
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Arts Calendar: April 9-22
Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 4/9 “A Life Lived Outdoors” book talk with George Smith, noon, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700. Tuesday 4/15 Portland Buy Local Book Club launch, with first book “Big Box Swindle,” 7 p.m., Longfellow Books, 1 Monument Way, Portland, 286-4271. Saturday 4/19 “Pigs Can’t Swim” author signing […]
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Community Calendar: April 9-22
Greater Portland Bulletin Board Friday 4/11 Credit Report Day, review credit report and discover strategies, noon-3 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, free. Saturday 4/12 Community Shredding Day, paper shredding, 9 a.m.-noon, South Portland Public Library, 482 Broadway, South Portland, 767-7660, free. April Stools Day & Community Cleanup, 9 a.m.-noon, participate at […]
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Frog monitors keep ears to the ground – er – wetlands
Volunteers commit to listen for mating calls to help naturalists spot trends in the amphibian population.