Wed. 1/22 5 p.m. Historic Preservation CH Wed. 1/22 5:30 p.m. Housing & Community Development CH Wed. 1/22 7 p.m. City Council CH Thur. 1/23 noon CDBG Allocations CH Thur. 1/23 5:30 p.m. Finance Committee CH Mon. 1/27 4:30 p.m. Green Packaging Working Group CH Tues. 1/28 3:30 p.m. Planning Board Workshop CH Tues. 1/28 […]
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Portland Police Beat: Jan. 22
Arrests 1/11 at midnight. Bobby Turner, 41, of Portland, was arrested on Rigby Road by Officer Nicholas Gowen on a charge of aggravated forgery. 1/11 at 8 a.m. James S. Gibson, 37, of Portland, was arrested on Forest Avenue by Officer Thomas Reagan on an outstanding warrant from another agency and a charge of theft […]
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William T. Gannon, 85
PORTLAND — William T. Gannon, 85, died Jan. 15, at Gosnell Hospice House, Scarborough, with his loving family was by his side. Gannon was born in Portland, April 6, 1928, the son of James H. and Angela M. Gannon. He attended local schools and graduated from Portland High School, class of 1946. On Sept. 5, 1949, […]
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People and Business: Jan. 22
Farmers’ market honored at Ag Trades Show Lisa and Ralph Turner, owners of Laughing Stock Farm in Freeport, received the Distinguished Service award from Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Commissioner Walter Whitcomb and Governor Paul LePage at the Commissioner’s Luncheon during the Ag Trades Show in Augusta on Jan. 7. Their contributions to […]
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Out & About: PSO, USM return from winter break
As the end of January approaches, the performing arts calendar is beginning to fill up again. The Portland Symphony Orchestra’s first concert of 2014 is slated for this Sunday with two guest artists. On the podium will be Ken-David Masur, conducting a program that revolves around Aaron Copland’s “Clarinet Concerto” and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Symphony […]
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The View From Away: Winter
For a minute there, it looked as if we were finally going to get the brutal winter my California friends warned me about when we decided to move to Maine. Warned in the sense of telling me how I wouldn’t be able to handle it after 20 years of sunshine. For a state that does […]
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Arts Calendar: Jan. 22-Feb. 4
Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art “Young Frankenstein” auditions, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. and Jan. 25 at noon, Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., Portland, 799-1421; prepare song, ages 15 and up, no sneakers/bare feet. Books & Authors Thursday 1/23 “Deer Hunting in Paris: A Memoir of God, Guns and Game Meat,” discussion […]
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Community Calendar: Jan. 22-Feb. 4
Greater Portland Benefits Friday 1/24 Cancer Benefit for Brittany Riley, comedians and musicians, raffles and prizes, 8 p.m., Empire, 575 Congress St., Portland, 747-5063, $12. Friday 1/31 4th Annual Cycle4Care, for Cancer Community Center, 4 p.m.-12 a..m., UNE, Finley Recreation Center, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, registration fees $5-$40. Bulletin Board Friday 1/24 El Centro Latino […]
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Forecaster Forum: Mainers can help stamp out special-interest politics
Last fall, at the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, professional ice cream guys and amateur carnival barkers, drew big crowds to see their one-of-a-kind Amend-O-Matic StampMobile – an interactive Rube Goldberg-type machine mounted on a flat-bed truck, designed to educate and engage people about the nefarious influence of money in […]
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The Universal Notebook: No sleep until springtime
This winter a lot of people, myself included, seem to be having trouble sleeping. It’s been years since I had a problem falling asleep. In fact, just the opposite has been the case in recent years. But for a month or more I have been tossing and turning at night, wrestling with the bed clothes, […]