Blainor McGough, founding executive director of Mayo Street Arts in Portland, has been named executive director of the Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity in Bridgton. McGough, a resident of Gorham, has been a longtime contributor to the Maine arts scene as a musician, DJ, performing artist and curator, according to a press release […]
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Cumberland officer honored for saving woman’s life
Cumberland Police Officer Matthew Merriman has received a Meritorious Service Award for saving the life of a woman considering suicide. The woman was sitting on the railing of the Interstate 95 overpass on Blackstrap Road July 3 when Merriman arrived about 4:45 a.m. At one point, as he was talking to the woman, she stood […]
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Cumberland library’s annual star party Aug. 16
Prince Memorial Library’s annual Big Sky and Star Party will be held Aug. 16 at Twin Brook Recreation area in Cumberland. The party begins at 7:30 p.m. with ice cream from Toots in North Yarmouth. The Southern Maine Astronomers group will provide telescopes, and at 8:15 p.m. astronomer Edward Gleason of the Southworth Planetarium will […]
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City of South Portland piloting four-day work week
South Portland will begin piloting a four-day work week beginning Aug. 7. The new hours for City Hall will be 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday. The assessing building on Thomas Street will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday. […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Warden to teach session on digging softshell clams
Shellfish Warden Jon Hentz will teach a session on digging softshell clams at Reid State Park in Georgetown from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 8. No clam digging license is required to participate. Hentz will share clam digging techniques and information about the local clam harvesting industry. The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust is sponsoring the […]
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Sensory-friendly visit offered at Maine Maritime Museum
The Maine Maritime Museum will offer a sensory-friendly session for families and individuals from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Aug. 20. Staff will adapt aspects of the museum galleries to create more welcoming environments for for visitors with sensory sensitivities, including modified lighting and volume levels and additional signage in galleries that are near high-level audio-visual […]
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Photos sought for water district’s annual Sebago Lake Calendar
The Portland Water District is looking for photo submissions for its Images of Sebago Lake Calendar to be published in the fall. The photograph must be high resolution and include the Presumpscot River, a tributary of Sebago Lake or – new this year – Casco Bay. All photographers who submit entries will receive a complimentary […]
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Falmouth students’ artwork displayed at Kennebunk gallery
The artwork of four Falmouth High School students is on display through Aug. 16 at the Maine Art Hill gallery in Kennebunk. Collage paintings by Owen Burt, Nicholas Camuso, Sabrine Alcock and Quinn Hagerty are part of artist Ryan Kohler’s exhibition at the gallery. Kohler worked with Nancy Goldstone’s advanced art class at Falmouth High […]
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Yard sale at fairgrounds to benefit HART’s cats
HART, the Homeless Animal Rescue Team of Maine, will host its annual yard sale Aug. 10-13 at the Cumberland Fairgrounds. Admission is free. All proceeds from items sold will go toward HART’s care of the hundreds of cats it takes in every year at its shelter and adoption center. A Sip and Shop preview will […]
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Second annual Flash Read Festival coming to Falmouth Memorial Library
Falmouth Memorial Library will host its second annual Flash Read Festival from 1-3 p.m. Aug. 12 in celebration of the end of the summer reading program. Residents should bring their own books, or they can borrow one from the library, and chairs or blankets. When the fog horn sounds, everyone will drop everything and read. […]