Finding a new home for the program was a lesson in civic participation in which new skills were key.
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Group sues Portland over plan for Congress Square
Friends of Congress Square Plaza wants to circulate a petition that seeks to save the public land, which is being sold to an Ohio developer.
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EDITORIALS: Parents are at core of student learning
It’s 8 p.m. Do you know what your children are doing? That oft-spoken phrase beckoning parents to check on the whereabouts and goings-on of their children has surely reminded parents to take a more advisory role through the years. Now, it seems we need one for daylight hours. It’s 8 a.m. Do you know what […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES: Sacrificial lambs
With the polls in Maine still more than 13 months from opening, we here at the Politics & Other Mistakes Center for Farcical Statistical Analysis are ready to call some of the 2014 races. Our projections show Republican Susan Collins winning re-election to the U.S. Senate by a sizable margin, probably more than 20 percentage […]
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Tri-Town Weekly calendar – 9/25
Upcoming events Durham codes enforcement officer, available Wednesday, Sept. 25, 25-7 p.m., Durham Town Office. Fall in the Forest, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2 p.m., weather permitting, Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, Freeport. Meet at circle of benches by second parking lot. Free with park admission. For more information, call 865-4465. MTI De-mystified, a program on […]
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Q&A with Dewitt Kimball
Energy-efficiency expert DeWitt Kimball incorporates the training from each of his certifications with more than 20 years of field work in his analysis of buildings. Through his Brunswick-based business, Complete Home Evaluations, he helps homeowners looking to save money on heating bills. Dewitt will be bringing his knowledge to Freeport’s Energy Fair on Oct. 2. […]
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Pownal News – 9/25
Town office note The Pownal Town Office will be closed on Monday, Oct. 14, for Columbus Day. Pownal selectmen will meet Monday, Oct. 7 and 21, at 7 p.m., at Mallett Hall. Fuego Diablo music night Sept. 28 Fuego Diablo’s next open mic music night is Saturday, Sept. 28, from 5-9 p.m., at 52 Loring […]
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Freeport News – 9/25
Meet Betsy and Gar Roper Betsy and Gar Roper, residents of Freeport for 12 years, are taking over the responsibilities for the Freeport News column. Betsy is the former owner-director of a children’s residential summer camp in Poland Spring. Gar is mostly retired from a career in marketing and now devotes his time to writing. […]
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In 21 hours, Cruz talks health law in Republican terms
By noon Wednesday when the Texas freshman finally sat down, tea party groups supporting him were in full fundraising mode.
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Maine DA: Jailed victim was contacted by her attacker
The victim of a savage domestic beating was arrested only as a ‘last resort,’ the prosecutor says.