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Arts Calendar: Dec. 20-27

Comedy Saturday 12/21 Rafi Gonzalez: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $24.25-$34.63. 21-plus. empirecomedyme.com “A Holly Jolly Holiday with Ida”: 7:30 p.m., Footlights Theater, 190 Route 1, Falmouth. $20. thefootlightstheatre.com Friday 12/27 Empire Comedy One-Year Anniversary: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $20. 21-plus. empirecomedyme.com “Dark and Dirty”: 9 […]

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People and Business: Dec. 18

Hires, promotions, appointments Richard Flagg of Scarborough was promoted to executive vice president, senior commercial banking officer at Norway Savings Bank. He joined the bank as vice president, commercial lender in 2001, was promoted to regional vice president, team leader in 2009, overseeing the commercial lending team in Greater Portland, and in 2020 was promoted […]

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Community Calendar: Dec. 20-27

Bulletin Board Through 12/20 Scarborough Kiwanis Sock Drive: Drop off at Scarborough public schools, Town Hall or Ron Forest and Sons Fence, 354 Payne Road. [email protected] Friday 12/20 Annual Homeless Persons Memorial Vigil: 4:30 p.m., candlelight procession starts at MaineHealth-Preble Street Learning Collaborative at 20 Portland St. and proceeds to Monument Square, Portland. facebook.com/PrebleStreet Goosepoop’s […]

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A Window on the Past: Irving Anderson and his family of School Street in Ferry Village

At South Portland Historical Society, we recently received donations of several items related to Capt. Irving Anderson and his family. Among the items are Irving’s telescope and his gorgeous Bacon Professional FF five-string banjo. Let’s take a look at this interesting Ferry Village man and his family. Irving’s parents, August P. Anderson and his wife […]

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Mainewhile: A rough draft of how life should be

Here we are in mid-December. Everyone doing OK? I hope all of you are getting an ample supply of cookies, eggnog and merriment. I have decided to give myself the gift of using this space to sketch out my ideal community. Right here, in black and white, the way I wish life would be. Now, […]

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Sentry Meetings: Dec. 13-20

Cape Elizabeth Mon.  12/16  7 p.m.  Town Council Workshop  Town Hall Tue.  12/17  3 p.m.  School Board Executive Session  Town Hall Tue.  12/17  7 p.m.  Planning Board  Zoom, Town Hall Wed.  12/18  6 p.m.  Business Public Forum  Town Hall Thu.  12/19  6 p.m.  School Board Executive Session  CEHS Thu.  12/19  7 p.m.  Energy Committee  Town […]

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A Window on the Past: The electrical building in Mill Creek and early fire alarm systems, part 2

We pick up where we left off last week in our story about the Depression-era jobs program and the resulting Electrical Building in Mill Creek. During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created a program known as the Civil Works Administration. This short-lived, job-creation program began on Nov. 9, 1933, and South Portland was […]