PORTLAND — The new Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., rescheduled its opening show to this Saturday. The Fear Nuttin Band, will headline this weekend’s show. Portland-based Sidecar Radio will open at 9 p.m. The opening show was orginially scheduled for last weekend, but was cancelled because the club’s liquor license was still pending. […]
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pnms-forum_dwight-012109 A crash diet isn't what Maine needs
Gov. John Baldacci’s administration recently announced budget cuts and reorganizations by effectively saying, “I’m going on a diet. I’m going to order less food!” Diet and exercise experts across the state (a.k.a. fiscal conservatives), praised the effort as finally getting “serious.” But, they noted that it came as a result Maine’s economy being unable to […]
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p-mainestatepier-012109 City must re-evaluate future of Maine State Pier
PORTLAND — The city was dealt a blow last week when developer Ocean Properties bowed out of negotiating to redevelop the Maine State Pier. A spokesman for Ocean Properties said the decision was made after the company evaluated projects it currently has in the works. “Over the last two years as the recession has deepened, […]
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pnms-grindle-012109 From sequins to sermons Unusual career path for actor-turned-minister Charles Grindle
PORTLAND — Wearing a rainbow stole over his dark minister’s robes, the Rev. Charles Grindle, 57, the newest member of the ministry team at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, welcomed parishioners on a frigid January night for his weekly Eventide service. The service began in a typical fashion, with music, albeit a rather free-form version […]
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s-pwd-011609 1 candidate for water district
There will be a special election on Tuesday, Jan. 27, to elect a new trustee to represent South Portland and Cape Elizabeth on the Portland Water District Board of Trustees. The election is being held to complete the unexpired term of Gary Larsen, who died in September at the age of 58. Larsen, whose term […]
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pnms-fptfarmclasses-011409 Do-it-yourself classes teach farming basics
FREEPORT — Knitting, cheese and wine making, animal tracking and astronomy are a few of the classes offered at Wolfe’s Neck Farm this winter as part of a do-it-yourself series. Heather Foran, an AmeriCorps volunteer at the farm, found instructors to teach skills many people may want to improve upon or learn for the first […]
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Portland School Notebook
McAuley students inducted into NHS PORTLAND — Twenty-four students at Catherine McAuley High School were recently inducted into the National Honor Society. Newly inducted members are Rachel Golden of Portland, Devan Gorman of Freeport, Eun Hye Jung of Portland, Ji Su Nam of Falmouth, Marissa Simoneau of Biddeford, Hanna Chung of Gray, Caitlin Cimino of […]
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ps-adulted-011409 As economy worsens, adult ed enrollment increases
PORTLAND — Everyone from the street sweeper to the bank executive is being affected by the recession, which is also threatening many public programs as leaders look to trim expenses. But as layoffs mount and employers become more selective about who they hire, Adult Education programs in Portland and South Portland are becoming more attractive […]
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p-statebudget-011409 Schools spared additional state budget cuts
PORTLAND — Gov. John Baldacci last week unveiled a fiscal 2010-2011 budget that attempts to reduce spending to meet a $330 million drop in revenues caused by the national recession and an additional structural gap of $508 million. The $6.1 billion budget, which includes increases to hunting and fishing license fees but no tax increases, […]
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pnms-universities-011409 Maine universities look toward broad changes $43M to be cut over 4 years
PORTLAND — Major changes are in store for the University of Southern Maine and the entire University of Maine System, which will spend the next six months developing a new organizational model in order to cut $42.8 million in costs over four years. More than 40 percent of that cut, $18 million, will be made […]