Recognition Thos. Moser, Handmade American Furniture of Auburn, announced its Cumberland Chair, designed by Adam Rogers of Cumberland, has won a 2015 GOOD DESIGN Award, which is the world’s oldest awards program that recognizes design excellence. Ross and Christine Endicott, owners of Endicott Home in Scarborough, received the Business Award from Portland-based nonprofit Prevent Harm […]
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Portland School Notebook: Feb. 17
First graders’ art on display at library Animal books by first-graders at Ocean Avenue Elementary School are on exhibit at the Portland Public Library’s children’s room this month. Side x Side and the Portland Public Library have partnered to exhibit the students’ handmade animal books. The books were completed during a Side x Side bookmaking […]
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Southern School Notebook: Feb. 12
Holy Cross students help is heartfelt Students at Holy Cross School in South Portland have developed some interesting new hobbies this winter, like searching under car seats, leaving no couch cushion unturned and cleaning out their piggy banks. Their motivation is not personal gain, it is helping kids more than 8,000 miles away. During Maine […]
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Mid-Coast Meetings: Feb. 12-19
Brunswick Tues. 2/16 7 p.m. Town Council TH Wed. 2/17 10 a.m. Staff Review TH Wed. 2/17 6 p.m. Appointment Subcommittee TH Wed. 2/17 6 p.m. Recreation Committee TH Thur. 2/18 6 p.m. Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Corp. TH Fri. 2/19 9 a.m. Brunswick Development Committee TH Harpswell Fri. 2/12 10 a.m. Planning Board Site […]
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Southern Meetings: Feb. 12-19
Cape Elizabeth Thur. 2/18 6:30 p.m. Thomas Memorial Library Trustees TML Scarborough Tues. 2/16 4 p.m. Town Council Ordinance Committee MB Chamber A Wed. 2/17 7 p.m. Town Council MB Chamber A Thur. 2/18 6:30 p.m. Housing Alliance MB Conference Room South Portland Wed. 2/17 6 p.m. Conservation Commission CH Wed. 2/17 7 p.m. City […]
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Community Calendar: Feb. 10-26
Greater Portland Benefits Saturday 2/13 Cribbage Tournament, 9 a.m. to noon, North Yarmouth Memorial School, Route 9. Cash prizes. Entry fee benefits North Yarmouth Veterans Memorial Park. Storm date Feb. 20. Register at http://bit.ly/1VvKiHH. Tuesday 2/16 Partners for World Health benefit, 5-9 p.m., Flatbread Company, 72 Commercial St., Portland, $3.50 from large & $1.75 from […]
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Northern Meetings: Feb. 11-18
Chebeague Island Thur. 2/18 7 p.m. Planning Board IH Cumberland Tues. 2/16 7 p.m. Planning Board TH Freeport Thur. 2/11 6:30 p.m. Shellfish Commission FCC Tues. 2/16 7:30 a.m. Traffic & Parking Committee TH North Yarmouth Thur. 2/11 6:30 p.m. EDSC TH Tues. 2/16 6 p.m. Board of Selectmen (Workshop) TH Tues. 2/16 7 p.m. […]
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Northern School Notebook: Feb. 11
Million-dollar pledge to benefit FHS track Fred Palmer, president of the Tri-Town Track and Field Project, announced that Nike has pledged a $1 million donation toward the construction of an outdoor, all-weather, eight-lane track and turf field planned for Freeport High School. The gift is contingent upon the Tri-Town Track and Field Project raising an […]
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People and Business: Feb. 10
Recogntion The Scarborough Kiwanis Club recently presented Hero of the Quarter Awards to Jessica Balogh, a live-in student firefighter/EMT, and Gerry Pineau, a per diem firefighter and EMT. Tracy A. Davis of Urban Dwelling, an interior design firm in Portland, has been awarded the 2016 People’s Choice Award for residential design from the American Institute […]
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Portland Meetings: Feb. 10-18
Portland Wed. 2/10 5:30 p.m. Housing Committee CH Wed. 2/10 6 p.m. Police Citizen Review Subcommittee CH Thur. 2/11 5 p.m. Board of Harbor Commissioners S. Portland CH, 25 Cottage Road Thur. 2/11 5 p.m. Economic Development CH Thur. 2/11 5 p.m. Land Bank Commission CH Wed. 2/17 5 p.m. City Council CH Wed. […]