CAPE ELIZABETH — Thomas Memorial Library is partnering with the Southern Maine Astronomers club to offer an evening of guided stargazing 7-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25. Participants will meet at the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust office, 330 Ocean House Road, to go over the basics of reading star charts before heading to Gull Crest Field […]
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Greater Portland People & Business: Jan. 22
Foley’s Fitness Center celebrates new facility on Haigis Parkway After years of planning and a summer of construction, Foley’s Fitness Center held its grand opening on Jan. 11, with more than 200 people marking the event at 33 Haigis Parkway. Visitors enjoyed promotional giveaways, tours of the facility, fitness class demonstrations and the opportunity to […]
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1,000 Portland students get free books
PORTLAND — The Portland Public Schools and national nonprofit Reading Is Fundamental have teamed up to provide free books to the district’s fourth- and fifth-graders through RIF’s Books for Ownership program. The program, which provided close to 1,000 students from nine elementary schools with three books a piece, was funded through a $9,500 grant secured […]
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Volunteers needed to fill So. Portland board vacancies
This information already ran in a November brief.
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Grants available for Cumberland County nonprofits
PORTLAND — The Maine Community Foundation’s Community Building Grant Program is accepting applications from nonprofit and public organizations for funding to support projects to strengthen communities. In 2019, the Cumberland County Committee awarded $65,600 in grants to 10 nonprofits, including: Little Sebago Lake Association, to develop a Little Sebago Loon Monitoring Program; Maine Youth Court, […]
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Committee seeks volunteers to shovel for elderly
PORTLAND — The Age-Friendly Portland Steering Committee is looking for volunteers willing to shovel snow for elderly neighbors this winter. Volunteer coordinators are also needed to help match Portland residents 65 and older with groups and individuals willing to help with snow removal. According to the city, only eight or nine Portland neighborhoods are participating, […]
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Cumberland rabies clinic scheduled
BRUNSWICK — Midcoast Humane is hosting a low-cost rabies clinic for cats and dogs at the Cumberland Town Hall from 9- 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 18. Services offered will include rabies vaccines ($10), microchipping ($25), ear cleaning ($10) and nail trimming ($10). The clinic is one in a series that is taking place throughout the year […]
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Nominations for Maine teacher awards now open
AUGUSTA – Nominations are now open for the 2020 County Teachers of the Year and 2021 Teacher of the Year. Members of the public can nominate educators who “demonstrate a commitment to excellence and nurturing the achievement of all students” via the Maine Teacher of the Year Website until 5 p.m. on Feb. 3. Heather Whitaker, an alternative education teacher at Gorham Middle School […]
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Portland teacher launches children’s book
PORTLAND — A party to celebrate the release of “Magnificent Homespun Brown,” a children’s book by Presumpscot Elementary School kindergarten teacher Samara Cole Doyon is set for this weekend. The event will run from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Indigo Arts Alliance, located at 60 Cove St. The 32-page book, […]
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New approach to WinterFest comes to Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH — Scarborough Community Services has decided to switch things up for the 2020 and replace the annual one-day WinterFest with a Winter Celebration Series that will take place on Fridays in January and February. Each night will have its own unique theme and take place from 5:30-9 p.m. at the ice rink off Municipal […]