PORTLAND — Workers have broken ground on Portland Technology Park, a planned 26-acre site off Rand Road that would house offices and research facilities for the region’s growing life-sciences industry. The first phrase of construction includes installation of utilities and building the initial stretch of a 1,500-foot road. That phase is expected to be finished […]
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Film festival seeks student entries
PORTLAND — The Portland Children’s Film Festival is looking for submissions for the Young Film Makers Contest that takes place in conjunction with the festival April 4-7, 2013. The contest is open to students from kindergarten through high school from Portland and surrounding communities. Films may be of any style, but can only be three minutes […]
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Longfellow School gets Blue Ribbon nod
PORTLAND — Longfellow Elementary School is one of three schools in Maine to be nominated by the state Department of Education as a 2013 National Blue Ribbon School. The National Blue Ribbon School program is an honor bestowed by the U.S. Department of Education to recognize public and private schools whose students achieve at a very […]
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Out & About: Monster and magician top holiday fare
Holiday A&E fare takes some unusual forms this week. Most intriguing is an original play, “The Legend of the Golem,” written by longtime Portland theater activist Michael Levine. The Golem is a benevolent monster-like creature who saved thousands of Jews in 16th-century Europe; in Levine’s tale he reawakens to save one doubting soul in the […]
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Special delivery
The Wreaths Across America convoy of trucks headed to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia passes under the Stars and Stripes as it arrives at Cheverus High School in Portland on Sunday evening, where hundreds of people attended a ceremony in the school gym to welcome and bless the wreaths. The Wreaths Across America program, conceived […]
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The Universal Notebook: Welcome to Redneck Nation
Does anyone seriously doubt that race played a major role in the past election? Of course it did. But, despite how pronounced the racial divisions were among voters, the elements of racism for the most part remain subtle and insidious rather than blatant and obvious. To begin with, Mitt Romney appealed primarily to white voters […]
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The View From Away: My friend, my teacher
One of my writers’ group colleagues asked me at last week’s meeting if I have to censor my writing for The Forecaster. The question got me thinking about how many of my assumptions I have had to change since coming to Maine. I thought censorship would be a significant issue, given my lifelong comic sensibilities. […]
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Unsung Hero: Jim Pinfold, from South Portland to Sri Lanka, with love
SOUTH PORTLAND — Why would an ordinary citizen endure a 20-hour trip every spring to go to hot and humid Sri Lanka? The answer begins with birds or, more accurately, bird-watching. In the mid-1990s, Jim Pinfold, who works as a buyer for Bull Moose, began taking bird-watching trips to India to get away from Maine […]
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After sale falls through, Mercy seeks deal with parent of Bangor hospital
PORTLAND — The proposed sale of Mercy Health System to a for-profit hospital chain is off, but Mercy is now negotiating a new deal with Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems. Mercy, the nonprofit system that operates 230-bed Mercy Hospital, Portland’s second-largest, had been trying since August to work out terms of an acquisition by Steward Health […]
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Traditional, fresh events greet Hanukkah in greater Portland
PORTLAND — Eight days and nights of Hanukkah began last weekend with several events in and around Portland. The annual Hanukkah party was held Friday night at the Maine Jewish Museum as a preview to the festival. Saturday night saw the lighting of the grand menorah in front of the steps at Portland City Hall, […]