Portland Wed.  3/23  5:30 p.m.  Housing Committee Meeting – Regional Housing Forum  USM Abromson Center Wed.  3/23  8 a.m.  METRO Board of Directors  114 Valley St. Wed.  3/23   6:30 p.m.  Peaks Island Council Meeting    PICC Thur.  3/24   5 p.m.   Finance Committee  CH Thur.  3/24   3 p.m.  March Ridership Committee  114 Valley St.   […]

Festival to host local acoustic student musicians Several Freeport and Yarmouth students will be among the 32 middle and high school music students who will come together for an intensive three-day acoustic music festival. Now in its fourth year, Maine Acoustic Festival is presented by 317 Main Community Music Center in Yarmouth and North Yarmouth […]

Chebeague Island Thur.  3/24  6 p.m.  Planning Board – Sea Level Rise Study Report  IH Mon.  3/28  4:30 p.m.  Cemetery Committee  TH Cumberland Mon.  3/28  7 p.m.  Town Council  TH Tues.  3/29  7 p.m.  Planning Board  TH Falmouth Thur.  3/24  6 p.m.  Long Range Planning Advisory Committee  TH Mon.  3/28  6 p.m. Town Council  TH […]

Baxter students’ robot rocks at first competition Baxter Academy for Technology and Science’s 2-year-old robotics team, the Outliers, won the highest engineering award at the Granite State district event in Windham, New Hampshire, on March 6 during First Robotics’ opening weekend of competition in New England. Local team members who represent the Portland public charter […]

Recognition Phyllis Harmon of Earle W Noyes & Sons Moving Specialists in Portland, was one of 10 people honored with the annual Heart of Quality award by United Van Lines.  The award was created to recognize move coordinators throughout the van line who provide customers with exceptional service. Transitions Rae Fasulo Media & Marketing of […]

Brunswick Sat.  3/19  9:30 a.m.  School Board Facilities Public Forum  TH Wed.  3/23  10 a.m.  Staff Review  TH Wed.  3/23  4 p.m.  Midcoast Regional Redevelopment  TH Wed.  3/23  6 p.m.  Rivers & Coastal Waters Commission  TH Thur.  3/24  9 a.m.  People Plus  Border Trust, Topsham Thur.  3/24  11 a.m.  Zoning Ordinance Review Committee  TH Thur.  […]

Cape Elizabeth Mon.  3/21  7 p.m.  Town Council (Budget Workshop)  TH  Tues.  3/22  6:30 p.m.  School Board (Workshop)  CEHS  LLC Tues.  3/22  7  p.m.  Town Council (Budget Workshop)  TH Tues.  3/22  7  p.m.  Zoning Board of Appeals  TH Tues.  3/22  8 p.m.  School Board Finance Committee  CEHS LLC Wed.  3/23  5 p.m.  Police Department/ Mooring […]

Baxter students win app challenge John Zarate of South Portland and Wil Losereewanich, who are both students at Baxter Academy for Technology and Science in Portland, have won this year’s Congressional App Challenge for Maine’s 1st Congressional District. The team’s winning submission—an organization app called Flex—can be used to help track the progress of different […]

BHS student ranks high in art competition Anna Callahan of Brunswick High School was named 1st Runner Up in the 2016 Congressional Art Competition for Maine’s 1st District. Held each year, the Congressional Art Competition takes place in participating Congressional Districts across the country. One winning work from each District hangs in a special exhibit […]

Greater Portland Benefits Beauty and the Books, to March 31, silent auction of art and crafts to benefit Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, 781-2351, beautyandthebooksfml@gmail.com. Chocolate Lovers’ Fling, 1-4 p.m. April 3, South Portland Marriott, 200 Sable Oaks Dr., South Portland. Chocolate confections made in Southern Maine, judging, silent auction. All proceeds benefit Sexual […]