PORTLAND — A Maine College of Art senior has designed a label that will appear on nearly 1 million bottles of beer this year, and won a $5,000 prize for her effort. Nicole Holmes, a graphic design major from Branford, Conn., recently won a competition to create the label for D.L. Geary Brewing Co.’s Summer […]
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Portland looks for public input on street redesign
PORTLAND — The proposed redesign of Franklin Street, the 3/4-mile artery between Marginal Way and Commercial Street, is going public. The second phase of a design study, which the city launched last June, is looking for input from residents in a forum at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, in the Public Library’s Rines Auditorium. A […]
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Task force backs pay-per-bag shopping plan
PORTLAND — In what may be a case of history repeating itself, a City Council task force on Monday narrowly recommended a proposed fee that many city merchants would charge customers to pack goods in disposable bags. The council’s Green Packaging Working Group, which last year proposed a ban on polystyrene foam food packages, voted […]
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Aftin H. Doughty Sr., 84: Mechanic, owned two local gas stations
PORTLAND — Aftin H. Doughty Sr., of Portland, 84, died Jan. 16 after a short illness. The son of Aftin L. Doughty and Harriett McCullum Doughty, he was born in Portland on March 22, 1929. He was raised by his grandmother, Ethyl Colby Doughty, and her partner, Jack Griffin, and attended Windham schools. Doughty was serving […]
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Portland Meetings: Jan. 29-Feb. 4
Wed. 1/29 6:30 p.m. Franklin Street Redevelopment Public Workshop Rines Auditorium Thur. 1/30 noon CDBG Allocations CH Mon. 2/3 7 p.m. City Council CH
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People and Business: Jan. 29
Awards and Recognition Healthy Portland recognized SSS Brothers Smoke Shop for its efforts to curb marketing of tobacco to youth. It was named a Star Store as a responsible retailer that takes seriously its role in reducing the visibility of tobacco advertising to kids. The Portland Symphony Orchestra is one of 23 American orchestras recently selected […]
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Portland Police Beat: Jan. 29
Arrests 1/18 at 6 a.m. Luis Garcia, 33, no address listed, was arrested on Oxford Street by Officer Kevin Murphy on a charge of disorderly conduct. 1/18 at 10 a.m. Joseph M. Kenny, 34, of Portland, was arrested on Central Avenue by Officer Robert Lauterbach on a charge of assault. 1/18 at 11 a.m. Kevin […]
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Winter festival welcomes new Mainers in Portland
Three brothers – Ezadin, left, Ishmael and Abbas Hassan – share a sled ride at Payson Park on Saturday during the 10th annual Welcome to Winter Festival. The event is meant to introduce new Mainers to winter activities and encourage year-round enjoyment of the outdoors. The Hassan brothers, of Portland, were all born in the […]
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Abby's Road: Risk a life to save a life
When you live in towns as small as those many of us live in, budgets can’t always support a full staff of professional firefighters. Instead, our towns rely on a mix of professionals and volunteers. Having grown up in Falmouth, I understood this need in its most general terms. One Christmas Eve, more than 20 […]
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Arts Calendar: Jan. 29-Feb. 11
Greater Portland Books & Authors Thursday 1/30 “Crossing to Safety” by Wallace Stegner, discussion, 7 p.m., Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-4763, free and open to public. Friday 1/31 “Learning to be Old” with author Margaret Cruikshank, noon, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700. Film Banff Mountain Film Festival, Feb. 9 […]