Greater Portland Benefits Bam Bam Bakery, 267 Commercial St., Portland, $1 donated from the sale of gluten-free eclairs donated to Beyondceliac.org for Celiac Awareness Month in May. Saturday 5/28 Yard sale to benefit Greater Freeport Community Chorus, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 181 Main St., Freeport. Household items, collectibles, tools, furniture, antiques, clothing. Rain date May 29, […]

Scarborough RIT student’s writing recognized Michael Guesev of Scarborough, representing the Department of Economics at Rochester Institute of Technology’s College of Liberal Arts,  was the winner of a 2016 Henry and Mary Kearse Distinguished Lecture and Student Writing Award. Guesev, a second-year economics major, was recognized for his paper, “Wex, Inc.: Strategic Position and Future […]

Brunswick Tues.  5/24  7:30 a.m.  Brunswick Downtown Association  TH Tues.  5/24  5:30 p.m.  School Board Facilities & Maintenance Committee  TH Tues.  5/24  7 p.m.  Village Review Board  TH Wed.  5/25  10 a.m.  Staff Review  TH Wed.  5/25  6 p.m.  Rivers & Coastal Waters Commission  TH Wed.  5/25   6:30 p.m.  School Board  (Special Meeting)  TH Thur.  […]

Cape Elizabeth Tues.  5/24  6:30 p.m.  School Board  (Workshop)  CEHS  Tues.  5/24  8 p.m.  School Board Finance Committee  CEHS Wed.  5/25  8 a.m.  Spurwink School Committee  TML Wed.  5/25  6 p.m.  Board of Assessment Review  TH Thur.  5/26  6:30 p.m.  Family Fun Day Volunteers  CECC Scarborough Tues.  5/24  6:30 p.m.  Ad-Hoc Transportation Committee  MB Thur.  […]

Recognition University of New England President Danielle Ripich was honored by the Maine business publication Mainebiz as a Business Leader of the Year in the nonprofit category at a reception held at the Portland Country Club May 5. Ripich was recognized for the international prominence that she has brought to UNE in the past decade […]

Student-poet takes top prize at Merriconeag Falmouth High School sophomore Ella Boyd earned first place at the ninth annual Merriconeag Festival May 1 at Maine Coast Waldorf School in Freeport. Boyd led a contingent of four other Falmouth students selected as festival finalists by Maine poet Rachel Contreni Flynn. Contreni Flynn also announced that Cape […]

Cooking with class: 1940s fundraiser revived, revamped and reissued A cookbook first published more than 70 years ago is being reissued to once again help the Deering High School band program. “Cooking to Beat the Band,” a cookbook created by some Deering High School Band parents in the 1940s, successfully raised enough money to buy […]

Chebeague Island Thur.  5/19  7 p.m.  Planning Board  IH Mon.  5/23  4:30 p.m.  Cemetery Committee  IH Wed.  5/25  6 p.m.  Board of Selectmen  IH Thur.  5/26  6 p.m.  Coastal Waters Commission  TO Cumberland Mon.  5/23  7 p.m.  Town Council  TH Falmouth Mon.  5/23  7 p.m.  Town Council  TO Tues.  5/24  9:30 a.m.  Board of Zoning […]

Portland Wed.  5/18  5 p.m.  Energy & Sustainability Committee  CH Wed.  5/18  5 p.m.  Historic Preservation Board  CH Wed.  5/18  4 p.m.  Public Art Committee  PPL Thur.  5/19  4 p.m.  Portland Development Corporation  CH Thur.  5/19   6:30 p.m.  Zoning Board of Appeals  CH Tues.  5/24  5 p.m.  Economic Development  CH Tues.  5/24  4:30 p.m.  Planning […]

Greater Portland Benefits Bam Bam Bakery, 267 Commercial St., Portland, $1 donated from the sale of gluten-free eclairs to Beyondceliac.org for Celiac Awareness Month in May. Thursday 5/19 “The Best of Maine’s Music and Humor,” Champions For Kids Salvation Army benefit, USM Abromson Center, Tim Sample, Pretty Girls Sing Soprano, David Mallett. Tickets $50, includes […]