Theater Through Saturday, April 5 “Da,” presented by American Irish Repertory Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Studio Theater at Portland Stage Company, Forest Avenue, Portland. $18-$20. www.Airetheater.com Sunday, April 6 “Legends: The Music of Judy Garland,” performed by Gorham native Kelly Caufield, 2:30 p.m., Raymond Village Community Church, 27 Main St., Raymond. $15, 939-7947 or email [email protected]. […]
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Biddeford Wave head to Nationals
The Biddeford Wave U18 hockey team – a midget major squad of top athletes from nine schools in southern Maine – skated the majority of their season way back in early autumn, and did so quite successfully, defeating the Maine Moose for the state crown. In November, the players parted ways, joined their regular Class […]
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GUEST COLUMN: Keep tar sands out
I was invited to South Portland to tell my story and to help make people aware of the real dangers of tar sands. My name is Genieve Long, I am a mother of four children, a full-time college student, a lifelong resident of Mayflower, Arkansas, and I live next to the house I grew up […]
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LETTERS: Withdrawal’s implications
The essence of a tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides on the solemnity of the remorseless working of things. Alfred Whitehead I just read the working separation draft submitted by the Freeport Withdrawal Committee. I was impressed by the continued rise to prominence of self-interest. Garret Hardin in Science magazine (1968) described a typical self-interest […]
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Q&A with Judy Garland performer Kelly Caufield
FREEPORT – Kelly Caufield, who has been singing since she was a child, will perform “Legends: The Music of Judy Garland,” on April 4 and 5 at the Theater of Awesome in Freeport. Caufield, the director of vocal music at Hebron Academy, will sing many of Garland’s best-known songs, including a couple of medleys – […]
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Colorful company at Freeport High School
FREEPORT – Chris Nordenson, a 2004 graduate of Freeport High School who serves now as the girls tennis coach, still appreciates the accommodations school officials made for him while he was getting treatment for his epilepsy. For that reason, and to make students and teachers at his alma mater more aware of the disease, Nordenson […]
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Warren, lawyers settle case
WINDHAM – The four-year legal imbroglio that has consumed Kaile Warren ever since he was charged with defrauding investors in his national handyman company, Rent-A-Husband, may have finally come to an end. On Feb. 28, Warren reached a confidential settlement with Ace Hardware and the two law firms, Preti Flaherty and Marcus Clegg & Mistretta, […]
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EARTH SPEAKS: A nun vs. the rule of law
If an 84-year-old nun with two associates can hike two hours undetected and get into Tennessee’s Y-12 National Nuclear Weapons Security Complex, what am I doing sitting here at my computer in the warmth of my home in Windham? In July 2012 the trio cut through security fences, hurled human blood and spray-painted antiwar messages […]
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ON THE RIGHT LANE: Going for the gold
I have that sneaky feeling that government at all levels is contemplating even more ingenious ways of robbing Peter to pay Paul. The United States has a federal deficit above $17 trillion and climbing without doing anything about it. There are stories about the Congress reducing the debt but all that has been accomplished to […]
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Saccarappa petition misses mark
WESTBROOK – A petition to prevent development at Saccarappa Park without voter approval has failed to muster enough votes. James Tranchemontagne, owner of Westbrook’s Frog & Turtle restaurant, took the lead on the effort about a month ago. The initiative, which he called “Save Saccarappa Park,” was launched to gather the required 1,216 signatures to […]