Ice Dance International, founded by Maine native and Kittery resident Douglas Webster, holds its first performance in the state Tuesday.
February 2020
Posted inCommunity News
Briefs
PORTLAND Water District opens up scholarship applications Applications for the $1,500 Joseph A. DiPietro Scholarship are now available. The scholarship serves students in communities served by the Portland Water District, who are pursuing a career that is applicable to the water/wastewater industry (e.g., water/wastewater treatment technology, HVAC, electrical, automation technology, instrumentation, plumbing, pipefitting, fire science, […]
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Posted inAsk ME, Local & State
Why does Maine have so many towns named for foreign countries and cities?
Mainers in the young United States were thinking globally, honoring nations that had struggled for independence, sent immigrants to help settle the state or were rich in history and culture.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Roux Institute an important step for Maine
Combined with investments in transit and public education, Portland can enter a new economic era.
Posted inBicentennial, Local & State, News
On this date in Maine history: Feb. 10
Feb. 10, 1886: At 4:45 a.m., the wooden passenger steamship Cambridge strikes Old Man’s Ledge off Port Clyde and sinks in 50 feet of water. The 248-foot vessel, carrying heavy freight, completely breaks apart, becoming the only Boston-to-Bangor steamer to be lost in more than a century of service. All crew members and the 40 […]
Posted inCommunity News
Events
BATH Knights of Columbus sponsor blood drive An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Red Cross bus at St. Mary Church, 144 Lincoln St. Call 800-RED-CROSS for an appointment. Drop-ins also welcomed. Sponsored by Bath Knights of Columbus. For more details, call Tony Masulaitis at […]
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Bill targets 10 waterfront oil terminals in Maine for ‘proper closure’
Sponsored by Rep. Anne Carney, D-Cape Elizabeth, L.D. 2033 would force terminal owners to remove tanks and contamination if they shut down petroleum facilities from South Portland to Searsport.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Identity of Valentine’s Day Phantom is Portland’s most beloved mystery
Those who know won’t say, and those who don’t know want to keep it that way.
Posted inDo This, Food
Eat and Run: Copper Branch makes plant-based bowls even a carnivore could love
The vegan chain opened its first Maine location in downtown Portland in December.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Times Record
Bill would prohibit a common property tax appeal by big-box retailers
Large retailers have been pressuring Maine communities to lower their property taxes based on hypothetical arguments about the properties’ resale value.
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