Even though it’s still early October, we’ll get an early taste of the fall sports postseason this weekend, as the golf state championships will be held. For football, soccer, field hockey, volleyball and cross country, the regular season continues and the best is yet to come. Here’s a look back at the week that was […]
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Community Calendar: Oct. 11-18
Bulletin Board Saturday 10/12 29th Annual White Cane Walk: Awareness for blindness and visual impairments, 9 a.m. to noon, The Iris Network, 189 Park Ave., Portland. theiris.org Falmouth Fire-EMS open house: Games, Touch-A-Truck, raffle and more, 9 a.m. to noon, Central Station, 8 Bucknam Road, Falmouth. Free. facebook.com/FalmouthME Sunday 10/13 Soup and Cider Day: Hosted […]
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Forum: Covering mental health is good for employees, could save money
World Mental Health Day is Thursday, Oct. 10, and it’s an important opportunity to raise awareness about this major public health issue. NAMI Maine reports one in five adults experiences a mental health condition in a given year. Last month, the Biden administration announced updates to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act – […]
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Mainewhile: Traditions of free stuff on the lawn reflect community
Maine is a land of traditions. Some of them are beautiful. A few are even profound. Some of them are distinctly odd. Most of them are seasonal. None of them (or at least none that I can think of) are pretentious. Which, in its own way, is another one of our traditions. That plaid-clad, down-to-earth […]
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People and Business: Oct. 9
Hires, promotions, appointments Jamie Mawhinney was promoted to chief operations officer for the Atlantic Federal Credit Union. She has worked at AFCU for 12 years. The Maine Island Trail Association named Ben Dougherty as its new executive director. He succeeds Doug Welch, who held the position for 17 years. Dougherty most recently served as CEO/head […]
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Through My Lens: Halloween is a time of storytelling in many forms
It’s Halloween season again. Skeletons dangle from porches, pumpkins sit carved on doorsteps, and the air is filled with an eerie excitement. Seeing all this reminds me of the ghost stories and spooky experiences from where I grew up, in Mogadishu, Somalia, a place that could feel like living in Halloween every day. In Mogadishu, […]
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South Portland’s undefeated run ends at Bonny Eagle
Red Riots can’t get a key stop and drop a close one, 24-19.
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South Portland City Council to vote on bus service merger
The South Portland City Council is scheduled to take a final vote on a plan to consolidate the city’s bus service into the Greater Portland Transit District and have Metro take over services long-term. If passed, the merger would take effect in January. Metro temporarily took over bus services this summer after Rick Sargent, longtime […]
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Letter: Cape Elizabeth taxes are out of control
When we received our new Cape property evaluation letter earlier this year, we were shocked that the new value was 340% of last year’s evaluation. This increase was despite no new construction for at least 10 years. We made an appointment with the tax assessor and found there was a lot of misinformation about our […]
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Letter: Return Anne Carney to the state senate
On Nov. 5, I’m voting to return Anne Carney to the Maine Senate. I know Carney to be an incredible listener who invites differing perspectives on issues. These qualities have resulted in her leadership to enact environmental protections, gun law reform, workplace safeguards and the promotion of social justice. Most of this legislation has passed […]