PORTLAND — A City Council task force on Monday began drafting an ordinance that would charge grocery and convenience-store shoppers a 10-cent “waste reduction fee” for each disposable bag used to package their purchases. Councilor Ed Suslovic, chairman of the Green Packaging Working Group, said the council could consider the ordinance in the next few […]
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Portland Meetings: Jan. 15-21
Wed. 1/15 5:30 p.m. Transportation, Sustainability and Energy Committee CH Thur. 1/16 noon CDBG Allocations Committee CH Thur. 1/16 5 p.m. Parks Commission 55 Portland St. Thur. 1/16 6:30 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals CH Tues. 1/21 6:30 p.m. Capisic Pond Park Deering High Cafeteria
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People and Business
Lumberjack circus-performers roll into Portland Aerial and circus acrobatics combined with feats of agility and strength, inspired by North-American lumberjacks, loggers and farmers rolls into Merrill Auditorium when Portland Ovations presents Quebec’s Cirque Alfonse: “Timber!” on Jan. 29. at 7 p.m. Cirque Alfonse, established in 2005, is a young circus company from Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez in the […]
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Jane B. Hasson, 72: Surrounded herself with music
PORTLAND — Jane B. Hasson, 72, of Portland, died Jan. 7, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, with her loving family at her side. She was born in Portland on Oct. 1, 1941, daughter of Katherine Donovan Hasson and John Hasson Sr. She grew up in Portland and was a graduate of Cathedral High School. […]
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Portland Police Beat: Jan. 15
Arrests 12/31 at 4 p.m. Peter Bickford, 51, of Portland, was arrested at an undisclosed location by Officer Sean Hurley on a charge of public drinking. 12/31 at 6 p.m. Jane Loyalala, 31, of Portland, was arrested on Oxford Street by Officer Jamie Beals on a charge of disorderly conduct. 12/31 at 8 p.m. Osman […]
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Seeliger joins committee on food sustainability
PORTLAND — School Board member Holly Seeliger was appointed to serve on the Mayor’s Initiative for Healthy Sustainable Food Systems. School Board President Sarah Thompson made the announcement last week, saying that Seeliger had expressed an interest in the subject. Seeliger will join the 20-member committee, which includes food purveyors, politicians and community members. The […]
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The Universal Notebook: Gov. Scrooge strikes again
Back around Christmas 2011, when Gov. Paul LePage threw 65,000 Maine residents off MaineCare, he drew comparisons in this column and elsewhere to the heartless Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” Well, this holiday season, Scrooge LePage struck again. “At this festive season of the year, Gov. Scrooge, it is more than usually […]
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Superintendent's Notebook: Community partnerships enrich Portland students’ education
Students attending the Portland Public Schools benefit from drawing on the resources of Maine’s largest city. Local businesses, nonprofits and other groups give generously of their time and money to provide learning opportunities for our students. The district partners with more than 200 organizations, including law firms, airlines, service clubs, colleges, banks, restaurants, construction companies, […]
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Abby's Road: Too much talk takes the fun out of sports
I grew up in a house full of sports. I wasn’t playing them, but I was watching them, learning them, enjoying them. Three little sisters later, our family became a sports family because of a baby who, at 2 years old, preferred basketballs over baby dolls and, at 4 years old, ran Baxter Boulevard in […]
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Forecaster Forum: Michaud is the progressive candidate who can beat LePage
As a longtime advocate for equality and a woman’s right to choose, I strongly support U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud for governor. Despite recent attempts to distort Michaud’s record on issues like reproductive freedom, equal rights and background checks, I know that Michaud, like so many Mainers, has become a fierce advocate for core progressive values […]