Greater Portland Books & Authors Thursday 8/30 “Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide,” 4-6 p.m., Freeport Wild Bird Supply, 541 Route 1, Suite 10, Freeport, 865-6000. Friday 8/31 “The Maine Garden Journal,” Lisa Colburn, 12-1 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700. Tuesday 9/4 “Envy,” Elizabeth Miles, release party, […]
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Jennie Arlene VanScyoc, 86: lover of children, family
PORTLAND — Jennie Arlene VanScyoc, 86, died on Aug. 19. VanScyoc was born on June 22, 1926 in Portland, the daughter of Wilfred and Mildred Noel. In June 1945, she married Larry VanScyoc. Together they raised five children and a grandson. VanScyoc worked for 20 years as a traffic guide for the Portland Police Department. Then, […]
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Portland Police Beat: Aug. 29
Arrests 8/19 at 2 p.m. Robin L. Carter-Trout, 38, no address listed, was arrested on Riverside Street by Officer Thomas Reagan on a warrant from another agency and a charge of operating under the influence. 8/19 at 4 p.m. Timothy Crockett, 30, of South Portland, was arrested on Welch Street by Officer Charles Frazier on […]
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People and Business
Appointments Bob Flynn has been named president of the South Portland/Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club for the 2012-2013 year. Flynn assumed presidential responsibilities recently and will serve for one year, succeeding Marge Barker. Flynn has lived in Cape Elizabeth with his family for 40 years. Awards Georges Budagu Makoko has been selected by USDA Rural Development […]
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Portland, Bath, Brunswick nonprofits share in Quimby foundation grants
FREEPORT — Arts Are Elementary will continue to send artists into Brunswick elementary school classrooms to provide enriching arts experiences after the nonprofit received a $7,500 grant from the Quimby Family Foundation, the group’s executive director, Kristi Hatrick, said Monday. The Brunswick organization was one of 68 nonprofits in Maine that was awarded some of […]
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No Sugar Added: The dating 'situation'
Something is amiss in the wonderful world of mid-life dating. It seems more and more often, friends and acquaintances refer to a dating connection as a “situation.” As in, “the Greg situation,” or “the Enrique situation,” or – if it’s under deep scrutiny and being analyzed on a daily or weekly basis – merely shortened to initials: […]
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Out & About: Brunswick bluegrass festival marks end of summer
The mums are blooming, pine spills are spilling and ferns are turning brown. Those are Mother Nature’s certain signs that summer’s end is nigh. Maine’s arts and entertainment calendar has similar signs, with the most prominent being the annual Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival in Brunswick, which has been a fixture of Labor Day weekends […]
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The Universal Notebook: The GOP's 3 R's: Romney, Ryan, Rand
We all embody contradictionsm I suppose, but Mitt Romney’s running mate Rep. Paul Ryan,R-Wisconsin, is one big nasty knot of self-negating nonsense. You think I’m exaggerating? Ryan, the buff busker for budget busting, is a wild-eyed prophet of smaller government, raging in the Middle America wilderness against big government. Yet he has been sucking on […]
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Global Matters: Reflections on summer, visitors, and veterans
There are so many reasons to savor the Maine summer. The stunning weather, the native produce, the late-afternoon light all combine with a slower pace of daily life that enables us to enjoy these blessings, if we are truly fortunate, with family and dear friends. Inevitably, though, at some point in August, after you’ve spent […]
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Letter: Beem needs a lesson in lacrosse history
As a coach of both boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, I found Edgar Allen Beem’s labeling of lacrosse rules as “sexist nonsense” harsh and historically inaccurate. Lacrosse is a Native American game that takes its name from the Jesuit priests’ (mis)interpretation of the Iroquois sticks as ecclesiastical crosiers. In the 1880s a group of barnstorming Iroquois […]