By Michael Hoffer As the 2008-09 season begins its second half, it’s clear that the Class A girls’ basketball preseason favorite is living up to the hype. The Deering Rams have passed every test to date and cemented their status as the team to beat with recent victories at Scarborough and Noble. The Rams held […]
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p-tenants-011409 Wrongs versus rights City's dispute with landlord leaves tenants in the middle
PORTLAND — The city’s decision to force some Old Port residents out of their apartments because of landlord negligence put those tenants in an unusual situation, according to a local legal service. Tenants of 24 apartments at 10 Exchange St. had to be out by the morning of Jan. 12. The evictions stemmed from a […]
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p-mlkday-011409 MLK Jr. breakfast features 'Hip-hop intellectual,' hockey iconoclast
PORTLAND — A Fox News commentator and the first black player in the National Hockey League are the featured guests at the NAACP’s 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast on Jan. 19. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, an assistant professor at Temple University who is known as a “hip-hop […]
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pnms-reportersnotebook-011409 Welcome to the Resolution-Free Zone
Lots of people talk or write about the futility of New Year’s resolutions. But what about the futility of a fitness regimen because of the absurdity of New Year’s resolutions? Nobody wants to discourage Mainers, three out of five of whom are overweight, from putting a wiggle in that jiggle, especially when you’re personally engaged […]
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pnms-BRFbrunjobfair Oxford Aviation to hold Brunswick job fair
BRUNSWICK — An aircraft refurbishing business is hosting a job fair this weekend for openings at a facility planned at Brunswick Naval Air Station. Oxford Aviation will hold the fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Maine Advanced Technology Center on the Brunswick campus of Southern Maine Community College, 6 Industry Road. […]
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p-mainewharf-011409 Cianchette proposes boutique hotel for wharf
PORTLAND — A local businessman wants to build a boutique hotel on the wharf he owns and has asked the city to support a contract zone to allow the development. Eric Cianchette, who owns the Portland Regency and a few other Old Port properties, would replace the Maine Wharf he owns and add a hotel, […]
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John R. Delaney Jr., 72: Owned Delaney's Burner Service for 30 years
PORTLAND — John Richard Delaney Jr., 72, died Jan. 8 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. He was born in Portland on May 16, 1936, a son of John R. and Violet A. (Clark) Delaney Sr. and attended local schools. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. On July 10, 1970, […]
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pnms-beem-011409 Advertisements for myself (and others)
My new book arrived today. Although it will be a few weeks before it hits the bookstores, “Backyard Maine: Local Essays” (Tilbury House, Publishers, $15) is a collection of columns from The Forecaster masquerading as a book. I wanted to call it “The Universal Notebook: Scribbling for a Living in Maine,” but the publisher has […]
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p-historicdistrict-011409 Congress St. historic zone moves forward
PORTLAND — The Planning Board is expected to vote later this month on a plan to turn the downtown stretch of Congress Street and the surrounding area into a historic district. The proposed Congress Street Historic District has been in the works for nearly three years. If recommended by the board and approved by the […]
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p-chickens-011409 Panel lays chicken proposal in council's lap
PORTLAND — Residents may soon be allowed to keep up to six live chickens per household, provided they have the right amount of space. The City Council Public Safety Committee on Tuesday evening sent the full council an ordinance that will allow residents to keep up to six domesticated hens. Current law prohibits backyard chickens. […]