Recognition Eileen Skinner, president and CEO of Mercy Health System of Maine, will be honored at the 19th Annual Women of Distinction Gala Dec. 3 at the Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks in South Portland. The Gala is an annual event sponsored by the Girl Scouts of Maine to celebrate women whose high level of […]
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Portland Meetings: Nov. 25 to Dec. 3
Portland Wed. 11/25 8 a.m. Metro Board of Directors 114 Valley St. Wed. 12/2 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Board CH Wed. 12/2 10 a.m. Portland Disability Advisory Committee CH Thur. 12/3 5 p.m. Parks Commission CH
Mid Coast School Notebook: Nov. 20
New trails unveiled Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School unveiled a new outdoor walking course Oct. 28 that correlates with an indoor trails course, launched in 2014 throughout the halls of the Brunswick school. Created by HBS speech pathologist Jessica Pelletier and physical education teacher Lynn D’Agostino, the Bobcat Trails course has three trails of varying […]
South Meetings: Nov. 20-27
Scarborough Tues. 11/24 6:30 p.m. Ad Hoc Transportation Committee MB South Portland Mon. 11/23 6:30 p.m. City Council (Workshop) CH Tues. 11/24 5 p.m. Harbor Commissioners 2 Portland Fish Pier, Portland
Mid Coast Meetings: Nov. 20-27
Brunswick Fri. 11/20 9 a.m. Brunswick Development Corp. TH Tues. 11/24 7 a.m. Planning Board TH Tues. 11/24 7:30 a.m. Brunswick Downtown Assoc. TH Wed. 11/25 10 a.m. Staff Review TH Wed. 11/25 6 p.m. Rivers and Coastal Waters Commission TH Harpswell Tues. 11/24 3 p.m. Budget Advisory TH Tues. 11/24 7 p.m. Marine Resources […]
Southern School Notebook: Nov. 20
Warriors charge into volunteer work Members of the Southern Maine Warriors basketball team visited the Maine Veteran’s Home in Scarborough Nov. 7 to volunteer in several different ways. Some of the boys swept the courtyard, washed windows and rake and bagged leaves. Others visited and played bingo with residents. When the tasks were completed and […]
Northern School Notebook
FMS sixth-grader: ‘Peace out’ Sarah Murphy, a sixth-grade student at Falmouth Middle School, has taken the first step to becoming an internationally recognized artist by winning a local competition sponsored by the Falmouth Lions Club. Murphy’s poster was among more than 400,000 entries submitted worldwide in the 28th annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest. Lions […]
Portland Meetings: Nov. 18-25
Portland Wed. 11/18 5:30 p.m. Historic Preservation Board CH Wed. 11/18 7 p.m. Annual District 3 Meeting Italian Heritage Center Thur. 11/19 7 p.m. Annual District 4 Meeting Ocean Avenue School Thur. 11/19 10 a.m. Mayor’s Food Initiative CH Tues. 11/24 5 p.m. Board of Harbor Commissioners 2 Portland Fish Pier Tues. 11/24 4:30 p.m. […]
Northern meetings: Nov. 19-26
Chebeague Island Thur. 11/19 7 p.m. Planning Board IH Mon. 11/23 4:30 p.m. Cemetery Committee CIFS Cumberland Mon. 11/23 7 p.m. Town Council TH Falmouth Mon. 11/23 8:30 a.m. Community Development Committee TH Mon. 11/23 7 p.m. Town Council TH Tues. 11/24 6 p.m. Long Range Planning Advisory Committee TH North Yarmouth Thur. 11/19 6 […]
Holiday Calendar of Events Nov. 18- Dec. 4
Collections & Donations Coats for Seniors, Maine-based initiative to collect coats for older Mainers in need. For each coat collected, Goodwill will provide Area Agencies on Aging with a voucher to give to an older adult who needs a winter coat. Coat collection, men’s and women’s clean, gently used winter coats needed, People Plus, 35 […]