Comedy Saturday 2/8 Casey Watson: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $15. 21-plus. empirecomedyme.com Friday 2/14 “Hey Party People! Get Sexy”: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $15 advance, $20 at door. 21-plus. empirecomedyme.com Friday 2/14 & Saturday 2/15 Ian Fidance: 7 p.m. Friday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, […]
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Community Calendar: Feb. 7-14
Bulletin Board Friday 2/7 207 Scavenger Hunt: Visiting businesses around Portland for scavenger hunt, discounts and activities. Registration required. portlandmaine.com Love Market: Craft and artist fair, music, food, games and more, 6-9 p.m., Woodfords Club, 179 Woodford St., Portland. woodfordscorner.org Saturday 2/8 Project GRACE Fuel Rally: Fundraiser for heating Scarborough neighbors’ homes, 10 a.m. to […]
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People and Business: Feb. 5
Hires, promotions, appointments David M. Austin was named a partner at the law firm Verrill. He was formerly a managing partner at Eaton Peabody. Anamika Chaudhari joined Portland Housing Authority as its new director of finance and administration. Her most recent position was controller for Albany International’s advanced materials division. Ryan Foss was hired at […]
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Portland Meetings: Feb. 5-12
Thu. 2/6 8 a.m. CDBG Allocation Zoom Thu. 2/6 5 p.m. Parks Commission Workshop Public Works Thu. 2/6 6 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals Zoom Mon. 2/10 5 p.m. City Council Workshop City Hall Tue. 2/11 8 a.m. Legislative/Nominating Zoom Tue. 2/11 5:30 p.m. HHS/Public Safety Zoom Wed. 2/12 5 p.m. Land Bank Commission Public […]
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Letter: Iftin’s work is a vital insight into Maine’s immigrant community
While recently ripping up a December issue of The Forecaster to start a fire in my woodstove, I read with deep dismay of Abdi Nor Iftin’s decision to step back for a while from writing the columns that routinely appeared in this paper. Let’s be clear about one thing: Abdi has every right to live […]
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Letter: Cumberland School Board shouldn’t control roads
Because I oppose any attempt to speed up traffic flow through the center of town simply to avoid a few minutes’ travel delay, with a resultant loss of the walking/biking lanes, the increased safety risk to the many children who cross Main Street there, and the harm to be suffered to homeowners’ property, I attended […]
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Mainewhile: History months and holidays teach us about our world, inform our future
Here we are at the start of February and, apparently, the federal government has “canceled” Black History Month? It’s hard to tell exactly what has actually been done about this, or what it means to those of us on the ground, but… yeah. The statement from the government declared that no longer will there be […]
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Sentry Meetings: Jan. 31-Feb. 7
Cape Elizabeth Sat. 2/1 8:30 a.m. Planning Board Site Walk 90 Ocean House Road Mon. 2/3 7 p.m. Town Council Workshop Zoom, Town Hall Tue. 2/4 9 a.m. Riverside Cemetery Committee Town Hall Tue. 2/4 3:30 p.m. School Board Negotiations Town Hall Tue. 2/4 7 p.m. Planning Board Workshop Town Hall Wed. 2/5 9 a.m. […]
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Scarborough Meetings: Jan. 31-Feb. 7
Mon. 2/3 6 p.m. School Building Advisory Zoom Tue. 2/4 4 p.m. School Board Policy Zoom, Town Hall Wed. 2/5 7 p.m. Town Council Zoom, Town Hall Thu. 2/6 8 a.m. School Board Communications Zoom Thu. 2/6 7 p.m. School Board Zoom, Town Hall
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Arts Calendar: Jan. 30
Authors/Writing Feb. 5 “Make Your Own Mystery”: Audience works with local authors to build a mystery novel together, 6 p.m., Windham Public Library, 217 Windham Center Road. windham.lib.me.us Exhibits/Galleries Through Feb. 15 “Life Forms; Grow”: Jackie Brown, Leah Gauthier, Elaine K. Ng and Ashley Page, University of Southern Maine Art Gallery, 5 University Way, Gorham. […]