SCARBOROUGH — Efficiency Maine’s “Kill A Watt” campaign, soon to be launched across the state in a series of detective “whodunit” advertisements, is designed to put a weapon in the hands of the people – user-friendly energy monitors that gauge the electricity consumed by household appliances. By next Monday, more than 600 of the television […]
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p-BRFmlk-010709 City establishes MLK Jr. commission
PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday approved creation of a commission to implement the recommendations of a task force that was formed to find a place in Portland for a memorial honoring slain civil rights leader The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The task force selected the new Bayside Trail because it is […]
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pnms-dtv-010709 As DTV conversion looms, sales of TVs, antennas, converters pick up
PORTLAND — David Munster’s TV on Forest Avenue hasn’t experienced much demand for rooftop television antenna installations since the advent of cable and satellite TV in the late 1980s. But with the transition to all-digital broadcasts looming less than six weeks away, viewers of over-the-air TV are also upgrading their antennas, in addition to buying […]
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pnms-outabout-010709 Singer Carlene Carter gets things back on track
It’s over. The annual onslaught of holidays – and the associated hiatus on the regular arts and entertainment calendar – is now behind us, and the normal levels and types of activities are beginning to resume after nearly six weeks of dormancy. Among the first up is the Jan. 11 concert by Carlene Carter, scion […]
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Winter season resumes 2009 comes in like a lion
By Michael Hoffer After a brief (and triumphant) break for holiday tournament action, local winter sports teams have returned to league play. With February (and the postseason) drawing closer, the news continues to be promising. SUBHEAD-Boys’ basketball: Cheverus wins holiday tourney A year ago, the Cheverus boys’ basketball team won the Portland High Holiday Tournament […]
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pnms-BRFcrowley-010709 'Survivor' winner to sign autographs
PORTLAND — Robert Crowley, the winner on the CBS reality television show “Survivor,” will greet fans and sign autographs on Saturday, Jan. 10, from 1-3 p.m. at Free Range Fish & Lobster, 450 Commercial St. Crowley, 57, topped 18 other contestants to win the show’s $1 million prize. “Survivor” viewers also chose Crowley as their […]
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pnms-yarfire-010709 Yarmouth, York fires raise suspicions Businesses scramble to recover from Route 1 blaze
YARMOUTH — Investigators are looking for possible connections between the blaze that caused an estimated $4 million in damage to a Route 1 building last Friday and an arson fire followed by a burglary at a York office building the next night. According to Capt. Kevin LeConte of the York Police Department, the Yarmouth and […]
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Expo open for business Indoor track season begins
By Michael Hoffer Indoor track was the last to join in the winter sports fun, but all involved with the sport were excited for the beginning of another short and sweet season at the Portland Expo Saturday. Locally, the best results came from the Deering Rams, as both the school’s boys’ and girls’ teams came […]
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pnms-correx-010709 Correction
Last week’s Forecaster Forum by Paul Mills incorrectly identified the former Portland City Councilor who unsuccessfully defended the Cumberland Club’s exclusionary policies in 1969. The councilor was Dr. William MacVane.
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p-obit_mcdonough-010709 Lucy T. McDonough, 67: Bookkeeper, champion bowler
PORTLAND — Lucy T. McDonough, 67, died unexpectedly Jan. 1 She was born in Poland on Sept. 10, 1941, a daughter of Ferdynand and Albina Malec. The family moved to the United States in 1951. She graduated from Portland High School and attended Northeast Business School. She married U.S. Army Capt. James M. McDonough at […]