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Sande’s Picks: Treat your sweetheart to a special Valentine’s Day dinner

by Sande Updegraph February 14, 2020February 11, 2020

Food & Beverage Events in the Southern Midcoast Feb. 14 Bow Street Market tasting of the “Manager’s Picks of the Best Wines under $13,” 4-6 p.m., free, 79 Bow St., Freeport, 865-6631. Harraseeket Inn presents a special Valentine’s Dinner. Four-course menu with choices, $95/person plus tax and gratuity, reservations required, 865-9377, 162 Main St., Freeport. […]

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Bowdoin College trustee’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein under investigation

by Hannah LaClaire February 13, 2020February 13, 2020

According to a statement from Bowdoin College, the school is aware of Staley’s connection to Epstein and after a thorough review last fall, the board decided there was nothing in Jes Staley’s actions or behavior that warranted any action from the board. He remains a trustee.

Business, Local & State, Times Record

Layoff at Wayfair hits 55 Brunswick employees

by Hannah LaClaire February 13, 2020February 13, 2020

The company announced Thursday it will lay off more than 500 employees worldwide, roughly 3% of the company’s workforce.

The Forecaster

Arts Calendar: Feb. 19-29

February 13, 2020February 17, 2020

Shake Your Groove Thing in Freeport Exhibits/Galleries Black History Month Art Competition,/Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine, finalists on display in local U.S. Cellular stores, where the public is invited to vote on their favorite piece of art through Feb. 29. Faculty Triennial Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, 522 Congress […]

Times Record

Brunswick could get recreational marijuana store

by Hannah LaClaire February 12, 2020February 19, 2020

The project, intended for Business Parkway, is still in the earliest phase of development.

The Forecaster

Arts Calendar: Feb. 12-21

February 12, 2020February 10, 2020

Maine Museum of Photographic Arts Exhibits/Galleries Faculty Triennial Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St., Portland. On view to March 1. Free, meca.edu. “Perfection,” Able Baker Contemporary, 29 Forest Ave., Portland. Poses questions about what constitutes “perfection,” to March 2, ablebakercontemporary.com. The Tolerance Project, a message of social acceptance, Maine College […]

Coastal Journal, The Forecaster, Times Record

Harpswell Coastal Academy students share personal stories, poems with new book

by Alex Lear February 11, 2020

The students worked with the Portland-based Telling Room to write and publish “Somehow I Knew What to Do: Personal Narratives from Harpswell Coastal Academy.”