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Northern Meetings: July 30-Aug. 6
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Community/Arts Calendar: July 29-Aug. 8
Editor’s Note: In lieu of The Forecaster’s regular community and arts calendars, the following listings include virtual events, meetings, resources and online activities.
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Maine Bicentennial: South Portland
In 1922, the Portland Water District hired the Bennett Contracting Company to lay 16-inch submarine pipe from Portland to South Portland to improve public water service to South Portland. In this photograph, men are working on a trench that appears to be the beginning of the submarine line. The former “Million Dollar Bridge” can be […]
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Maine Bicentennial: Harpswell
A volunteer fireman from Harpswell poses in front of a seascape backdrop for this studio portrait. Maine State Historian Earle Shettleworth has noted that membership in local fire companies was a particular matter of pride in Maine during this era and it was common for men to take their picture in uniform. The photo print […]
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SMCC announces spring semester dean’s list
SOUTH PORTLAND — Southern Maine Community College announced that more than 1,200 students have made the spring semester dean’s list. The following local students were included: Bath Miles Bobbe, Zachary Bower, Kayla Chaput, Kayla Doherty, Kelsey Hall, Molly Hanson, Sarah Jamison, Natalia Klimova, Carly Lister, Matthew Mango, Kimberly Marston, Kevin McCoy-Reimer, Patrick McKenna, Lukas Osterhout, […]
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Maine Bicentennial: Falmouth
James B. Morrill, age 10, appeared on the cover of the Portland Evening Express on June 15, 1935. James’s father, Herbert Morrill, was missing for approximately a week before he was found in the basement of the family home in West Falmouth, in an improvised grave. Mary E. Morrill, the 53-year-old wife of the victim, […]
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Southern Meetings: July 24-31
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
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People & Business: July 22
Dedicated doctor, child advocate announces retirement from Spurwink After over 25 years of evaluating and treating several thousand children for abuse concerns, Lawrence R. Ricci, MD, announces his retirement as child abuse pediatrician at the Spurwink Center for Safe and Healthy Families, effective July 31. Ricci, who resides in South Portland, is a clinical professor […]
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Maine Bicentennial: Portland
In commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial this year, The Forecaster is featuring historical highlights from our communities’ past 200 years, in print and online every other week.