Greater Portland Film Anime Movies for Teens, Thursdays, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, 871-1700, ages 13-19. “20 Feet From Stardom,” Dec. 26-29, times vary, The Frontier, 14 Maine St., Brunswick, $6. Friday 1/3 “Teen Beach Movie,” 1 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307, free. Friday 12/27 “Muscle Shoals,” 7 […]
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Editor's Notebook: A few (hundred) of my favorite things
‘Tis the season. For Top 10 lists. We’re all too familiar with them: Stories that news organizations pull together at the end of the year because a) there’s little real news happening around the Christmas and New Year holidays, b) half the staff is on vacation and listicles can take up copious amounts of news […]
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Letter: Portland school chief took China's bait
I must respond to Portland Superintendent of Schools Emmanuel Caulk’s recent Superintendent’s Notebook column about his visit to Chinese public schools (“China schools prepare students to compete globally,” Dec. 15). An individual of Mr. Caulk’s education and experience should have been warier about falling prey to China’s public relations engine. What Mr. Caulk should have […]
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New bishop of Diocese of Portland played role in purging of abusive priests
PORTLAND — The newly appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is credited with playing a key role in the Vatican’s purge of priests accused of sexual abuse, and later as the Archdiocese of Boston took the step of identifying abusive priests openly on its website. Both were considered significant moves in the […]
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The View From Away: There's a vacancy at the 'Hotel California'
After several weeks of consulting on a couple of television series in California, it’s good to be back in Maine for Christmas. The consulting itself was tremendous. One of television’s best-known directors, Jamie Widdoes (you may remember him as Hoover, the fraternity president in “Animal House”) co-created and directed a web series I wrote for. […]
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Nominations sought for regional open-government awards
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The New England First Amendment Coalition is seeking nominations for a pair of annual awards recognizing private citizens and professional journalists who aggressively advance the people’s knowledge of what government is doing – or failing to do – on their behalf. The Antonia Orfield Citizenship Award and the FOI Award will be presented at […]
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Unsung Hero: Michelle Doiron of Scarborough, crafted to serve
SCARBOROUGH — Michelle Doiron’s life path led to her current volunteer work: teaching sewing and other crafts to adults with developmental disabilities at the Morrison Center. As a young girl living in upstate New York, Doiron’s best friend had a brother with a mental disability. “That experience gave me an understanding of disabilities,” Doiron said. […]
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Pope appoints new bishop for Catholic Diocese of Portland
PORTLAND — An auxiliary bishop and canon lawyer in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has been named by Pope Francis to lead Maine’s Catholics, according to a press release issued early Wednesday morning. Bishop Robert P. Deeley, 67, was ordained a priest in July 1973, and consecrated a bishop in January. “As I prepare […]
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Bike, pedestrian wish list takes shape, including Portland-Auburn link
YARMOUTH — An effort to improve bicycle and walking paths in the region covered familiar ground during a third and final meeting Tuesday. The meeting also revealed continuing enthusiasm for a possible rails-with-trails link between Portland and Auburn. About 30 people braved a winter storm to attend the planning workshop, which included draft proposals for […]
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Holiday deadlines
Because of the Christmas and New Year holidays, The Forecaster has early deadlines the next two weeks for letters to the editor. Letters must be received by noon, Friday, Dec. 20, for publication in our Dec. 25-27 editions, and by noon Friday, Dec. 27, for our Jan. 1-3, 2014, editions.