National Merit Scholarship winner Portland middle schooler is Maine State Spelling Bee champ Competing from her bedroom in the virtual Maine State Spelling Bee on June 4, Lincoln Middle School seventh grader Rose Bolduc fought through 32 rounds to win the contest and become Maine’s 2020 Spelling Bee champion. Bolduc was among 12 of the […]
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Midcoast Meetings: June 19-26
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
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Southern Meetings: June 19-26
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Portland Meetings: June 17-24
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Northern Meetings: June 18-25
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Community/Arts Calendar: June 17
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: Brunswick
The Casino at Merrymeeting Park in Brunswick was just one of the attractions at the amusement park. The park covered 140 acres and housed the casino, a zoo, refreshment stands, an open-air amphitheater and a dance pavilion. The grounds also boasted many miles of woodland walking trails and a pond where guests could go rowing. […]
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Maine Bicentennial: South Portland
On the set of The Dave Astor Show on March 17, 1962, South Portland High School students, including Bonnie Tibbetts, pose in front of the camera. The Dave Astor Show aired on WCSH, Portland’s NBC affiliate, from 1956 through 1971. Originally titled “For Teenagers Only,” Astor’s program was first broadcast on WGAN (now WGME). It […]
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People & Business: June 10
60 years in the priesthood Scarborough native takes command of naval combat ship Capt. Jack Fay, who is a Scarborough native, relieved Capt. Matthew McGonigle as commander of Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One during a change of command ceremony at Naval Base San Diego on May 29. “The capability, flexibility and lethality that LCS provides […]
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School Notebook: June 10
Telling Room authors sweep Maine Literacy Awards youth categories For the first time in Telling Room history, the nonprofit writing and publishing program for young authors swept the youth categories of the Maine Literary Awards with their published writing in all three genres of the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance Maine Literary Awards: Youth Competition […]