Bulletin Board Saturday 1/25 South Portland Repair Fair: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., South Portland Public Library, 482 Broadway, South Portland. [email protected] Ongoing Adult chess drop-in: 3 p.m., Saturdays. Bring a chess board if you have one. Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main St., Cumberland. princememorial.org Bath ReStore: 1 Chandler Drive. 504-9340. habitat7rivers.org Bellows Supportive Screaming […]
Southern Maine Weeklies
News from the Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Courier, Kennebunk Post, Scraborough Leader and South Portland Sentry.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Scarborough Leader, South Portland Sentry, The Forecaster
People and Business: Jan. 22
Hires, promotions, appointments Greater Portland Landmarks added two new members: Alison Frazee is the new director of advocacy and Julie Gondzar has joined as director of development. Frazee spent more than a decade at the Boston Preservation Alliance. Gondzar comes from the Rocky Mountain West, where she most recently served as natural resource program manager […]
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Arts Calendar: Jan. 24-31
Comedy Friday 1/24 & Saturday 1/25 Sean Patton: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $29.44-$39.82. 21-plus. empirecomedyme.com Thursday 1/30 Free Showcase Thursday: 7 p.m., followed by open mic, Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. Free. 21-plus. empirecomedyme.com “The Roast of Sean Boucher”: 9 p.m., Blue, 650A Congress St., Portland. $5 suggested […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
Celebrity book signing at Biddeford library to benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
This is a story where community crosses all kinds of lines and partnerships are formed to benefit the greater good; a story that could only take place in New England, which often feels like a small town itself. Biddeford resident Jessica Johnson has been continuing her mother Dorothy’s legacy and honoring her wishes since 2002. […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
Business students develop marketing plans for Biddeford-based buoyancy manufacturer
The University of New England, with a campus in Biddeford, has for the second year partnered with DeepWater Buoyancy — a Biddeford-based manufacturer of subsea buoyancy products used in offshore energy, oceanographic research, and other industries — to provide students in its burgeoning College of Business with hands-on, global marketing experiences, according to a university […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
A Window on the Past: Albert J. McLean of South Portland Heights and Thornton Heights
Well known in South Portland in the early 1900s, Albert J. McLean was born in Richmond, Quebec, in 1861. After his mother died in 1879 and his father in 1882, McLean immigrated to the United States in 1883, arriving in the Portland area about 1887. In his first appearances in local directories, about 1889, McLean […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
Center of Technology awarded $2,500 for STEM programs
The Biddeford Regional Center of Technology (BRCOT) was presented with a $2,500 STEM Talent Pipeline Grant from We Work for Health on Jan. 17. This grant is designated for use with STEM programs: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, according to a Biddeford School Department press release. During the grant presentation, four students from BRCOT spoke […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
SP, Cape teams in contention as stretch run nears
Plenty of work to do before postseason arrives.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Kennebunk Post
County Report – Commissioners discuss deputy program, recovery center in early budget talks
Transition to a new recovery center, potential changes in the sheriff’s office contract deputy program and other matters, like upcoming contract negotiations, were discussed by York County Commissioners Jan. 15 as part of early fiscal year budget talks. It may be winter still – and just under six months before York County government’s new fiscal […]
Posted inScarborough Leader
Scarborough teams in the hunt as stretch run begins
Red Storm squads on schedule to take part in postseason.