Arrests 1/4 at 7 p.m. Catie N. Snowdon, 26, no address listed, was arrested on Forest Avenue by Officer Dan Aguilera on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer. 1/4 at 11 p.m. Ryan A. Lane, 22, of Waterboro, was arrested on Congress Street by Officer Henry Johnson on a charge of operating […]
Portland Forecaster
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Portland Meetings Jan. 16-22
Wed. 1/16 4 p.m. Island Ferry Advisory Committee Casco Bay Ferry TerminalWed. 1/16 4 p.m. Public Art Committee PPLWed. 1/16 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Board CHWed. 1/16 5:30 p.m. Transportation, Sustainability and Energy Committee CHThu. 1/17 2 p.m. CDBG Working Group CHThu. 1/17 6:30 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals CHFri. 1/18 8 a.m. Legislative Committee […]
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People & Business
Grants The Portland Performing Arts Festival recently received a $4,000 grant from the Rines/Thompson Fund of the Maine Community Foundation in support of the expansion of the festival’s activities in 2013. The Portland Symphony Orchestra recently received a first-year Getty Education and Community Investment Grant. The grant was awarded to develop the orchestra’s music and […]
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School Notebook
Casco Bay High School quarter 2 honor roll PORTLAND — Grade 9 Honor Roll: Ayan Ahmed, Fowzia Ali, Alysha Alling, Madeline Bennett, Monica Boucher, James Bowie, Curtis Brown, Henry Burke, Hannah Clifford, Anna Crabill, Emily Damon, Melody Fish, Sebastian Grimm, Nathan Hesselink, Benjamin Kelly, Cedric Kerley, Gabe Kolbert, Julian Lambert, Emelia McLaughlin, Cora Melcher, Saffron […]
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Portland mayor, police chief urge tighter gun-control laws
PORTLAND — Exactly a month after 20 children and six adults were killed in a mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., Mayor Michael Brennan and city leaders called on the state Legislature and Congress to enact “common sense” gun-control measures. “I am calling on Congress to stand up for the survivors, for the family members of victims, […]
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Community Calendar Jan. 16-29
Greater Portland Benefits Wednesday 1/16 Keep ME Warm fundraiser, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Gelato Fiasco, 425 Fore St., Portland and 74 Maine St., Brunswick, all profits from sales go toward Keep ME Warm. Bulletin Board Wednesday 1/16 League of Women Voters monthly meeting, 5:45-7:30 p.m., Burton Fischer Room, One City Center, Portland, 831-3577. Thursday 1/17 Labyrinth […]
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Arts Calendar Jan. 16-29
Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Musica de Filia, auditions for several all-female choirs, Jan. 2-22, 550 Forest Ave., Portland, 807-2158. Books & Authors Friday 1/18 “The Russian Coup and the Girl,” Kira von Korff, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700. Sunday 1/20 Meg Wolff book signing, 7 p.m., Longfellow […]
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Abby's Road: Gone skating
Parenting was hard even for Albert Einstein. I mean, he is the man who defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Clearly, he had that breakthrough after commanding “indoor voices!” and hearing no reduction in volume. I don’t understand most of what Albert said, but I can keep […]
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The Universal Notebook: The governor flunketh
Gov. Paul LePage has nothing but contempt for public education, public school teachers and administrators and public school students. A man possessed of the worst combination of ignorance and arrogance, he seems to have no idea of the damage he does every time he opens his big mouth and badmouths Maine education. “I don’t care […]
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Portland museum sets attendance record
PORTLAND — The Portland Museum of Art finished 2012 with its highest attendance in more than a decade and the second-highest attendance in museum history. Nearly 178,000 people visited the museum in 2012, a 34 percent increase over 2011 attendance. The museum also broke its monthly attendance record, with nearly 26,000 visitors during December. “We […]