Greater Portland Books & Authors Saturday 4/20 Record Store Day, book signing with John Densmore of The Doors, 2 p.m., Bull Moose, 456 Payne Road, Scarborough, 775-2126. Film Wednesday 4/10 “Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God,” part of the Maine Deaf Film Festival, 7:30 p.m., SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, 828-5600. […]
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Easter Seals hopes to grow programs for veterans, kids
PORTLAND — Services for military veterans and others are expanding under the Easter Seals Maine umbrella this spring. A subsidiary of Easter Seals New Hampshire, the Maine organization, based at 125 Presumpscot St., is in the process of expanding its preschool program and developing a veterans assistance program. Easter Seals Maine serves children and adults with […]
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Registration open for Earth Day race
PORTLAND — The second Urban Runoff 5k will take place Saturday, April 20. The race celebrates Earth Day, which is April 22. The race begins at 9 a.m. at Deering High School and winds through the surrounding neighborhoods and pieces of the Portland Trails system behind Evergreen Cemetery before popping back out onto Stevens Avenue and […]
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Portland teacher a semifinalist for award
PORTLAND — A King Middle School teacher is one of the six semifinalists for Maine’s 2014 Teacher of the Year award. Language arts teacher Karen MacDonald and the other semifinalists were honored April 4 in a Statehouse event with Gov. Paul LePage and Maine Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen. They will undergo a selection process consisting of […]
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Portland Fire Department adds new ambulance
PORTLAND — The Fire Department started up a new ambulance last week, a planned replacement for a vehicle that made nearly 13,000 emergency runs over the past four years as Medcu 6. The new Medcu unit, a 2013 Braun Chief XL ambulance, is housed at Central Fire Station near City Hall. The unit provides emergency […]
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Unsung Hero: Howard Bliss, hunger prevention superstar
BRUNSWICK — Claudia Adams, vice president of the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, thinks Howard Bliss is “awesome.” “This guy does everything,” Adams said. Bliss began helping out at what was then called the Food Bank in 1997, when he hauled boxes of food from the Hannaford Bros. supermarket to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Today, […]
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Letter: Despite Beem's belief, we thrive on competition
I often wonder if resident guru, now prophet, Edgar Allen Beem rereads his pieces, wishing he could hit “delete.” Please read his last, egotistically dubbed “Universal Notebook.” It’s deletion worthy. Beem prophesied the end of our human world this century. Why? Competition. The competition which has reduced prices (when logically adjusted for currency inflation) of […]
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The Universal Notebook: Be it ever so humble …
My grandmother lived in the same house in Portland for 47 years. I have now lived in the same house in Yarmouth for 31, far longer than I have ever lived anywhere in my life. I’ve been thinking about all the houses I’ve lived in – about 20 by my count – as Carolyn and […]
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Policy Wonk: Contrary to right-wing opinion, the world is not flat
The refusal to accept hard facts, truths that stare us in the face, has become the hallmark of the political right in the nation, and in Maine. The insistence by right-of-center political leaders (Gov. Paul LePage is one among many) on policies that ignore facts and truth is stifling the U.S. and Maine economies. Which […]
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Abby's Road: Trust is the fuel of family travel
Traveling with young children is like living in a suspended state of self-assessment. It is like being stuck in a question mark. It is like pressure-testing the line between drama and comedy. Are we having fun right now, or are we being played for fools? Last weekend, my husband and I took our almost-5-year-old daughter […]