Visit portlandmaine.gov for Zoom information. To watch municipal meetings online, go to townhallstreams.com/towns/portland_maine. Wed. 4/7 8:30 a.m. Design Manual: Working Group Meeting Wed. 4/7 3:30 p.m. Creative Portland Board Wed. 4/7 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Board Thur. 4/8 3 p.m. City Manager’s Working Waterfront Group Thur. 4/8 5 p.m. Joint City/School Finance Committee Thur. 4/8 […]
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School Notebook – Coastal Journal Edition: April 2
Topsham students take part in ‘powerful’ pandemic project As a way to mark the one-year anniversary of the day the world shut down after the outbreak of COVID-19, Megan Bosarge, an eighth grade language arts teacher at Mt. Ararat Middle School in Topsham, decided to challenge her students with what she called “a powerful project.” […]
Community Calendar: April 7-17
Books/Authors Wednesday 4/14 “Race: Through the Lens of Fiction,” 6:30-8 p.m. via Zoom, presented by Prince Memorial Library. A book group for adults and teens, princememorial.org/fmi. Ongoing Beanstack, online reading programs for all ages, a reading-habit tracker platform through Patten Free Library that includes reading programs and challenges. Visit patten.lib.me.us for details. Books & Brews, […]
Arts Calendar: April 7-17
‘Mozart Divertimento’ Exhibits “A Congregation of Birds,” through May 15 at Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath. Free, chocolatechurcharts.org/gallery for details and COVID-19 protocols. “Aestival: Sun Drawing Water” by Nathaniel Meyer, through April 11 at Moss Galleries, 251 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth. elizabethmossgalleries.com. Art4Good, April 15, 22 and 29, focuses on how the arts can be […]
People & Business: March 31
Second generation takes the helm at Fontaine Family Team Fontaine Family Team – The Real Estate Leader was sold to the second generation of daughters Melissa Fontaine-Field, Angie Fontaine-Larochelle and Crystal Fontaine-Bergeron in early 2021. With a combined 70 years of experience in real estate, the women provide a solid foundation on which to build […]
School Notebook: March 31
Girl power PHS student Gold Key award winner Portland High School junior Eden Swails recently won a Gold Key from The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Alliance for Young Artists and Writers for her poem, “Arachnophobia.” Swails, a student in Jane Wellehan’s English class, wrote the poem in response to Langston Hughes’ “Theme for English […]
Southern Meetings: April 2-9
Cape Elizabeth Information on remote access and calendar of televised meetings at capeelizabeth.com. Tues. 4/6 3 p.m. School District Planning Tues. 4/6 6:30 p.m. School Board Workshop Tues. 4/6 7 p.m. Planning Board Workshop Wed. 4/7 6:45 p.m. Civil Rights Committee Scarborough Check scarboroughmaine.org for information on remote access. Videos streams at sctv.viebit.com/?folder=ALL. Fri. 4/2 […]
Midcoast Meetings: April 2-9
Bath See cityofbath.com for information on Zoom meetings. Fri. 4/2 9 a.m. Marketing and Branding Subcommittee (Economic Development Committee) Mon. 4/5 3 p.m. Facilities Committee Tues. 4/6 6 p.m. Planning Board Wed. 4/7 6 p.m. City Council Brunswick For information on remote access, televised/streamed meetings see brunswickme.org. Mon. 4/5 6:30 p.m. Town Council Meeting Tues. […]
Northern Meetings: April 1-8
Chebeague Island Visit townofchebeagueisland.org for information on Zoom access. Thur. 4/1 4 p.m. Community Advisory Response Team Tues. 4/6 6 p.m. School Committee Wed. 4/7 6 p.m. Board of Selectmen Cumberland Check cumberlandmaine.com for access to Zoom. Mon. 4/5 5:30 p.m. Town Council Workshop Wed. 4/7 7 p.m. Lands and Conservation Commission Thur. 4/8 6 […]
Portland Meetings: March 31-April 7
Visit portlandmaine.gov for Zoom information. To watch municipal meetings online, go to townhallstreams.com/towns/portland_maine. Thur. 4/1 5 p.m. Parks Commission Thur. 4/1 5 p.m. Racial Equity Steering Committee Mon. 4/5 5 p.m. City Council Tues. 4/6 5 p.m. Finance Committee Tues. 4/6 5:30 p.m. Housing and Economic Development Committee Tues. 4/6 6:30 p.m. Pesticide Management Advisory […]