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People and Business

Grants and Expansions The Bob Crewe Foundation has awarded a $3 million gift to Maine College of Art to develop a new program that focuses on the study of contemporary music and its relation to visual art. The gift will support an innovative field of study in honor of internationally-known musician, artist, and entrepreneur, Bob […]

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Community Calendar: May 28 to June 10

Greater Portland Benefits Saturday 5/31 Cancer Community Center’s Summertime Social, raffle, live auction, music, 6-11 p.m., East Coast Yacht Sales, 106 Lafayette St., Yarmouth, 774-2200, $100. Maine Walks with Haiti, timed 4-Mile Run, live music, Haitian art, food, 8:30 a.m. registration, Back Cove, Portland, across from Hannaford, $10 youths, $15 adults, $20 day-of for runners, […]

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Mid-Coast School Notebook: May 23

Local students make dean’s list The following students have made dean’s list at their respective university. Southern New Hampshire University: Peter Zimowski, of Bath; and Cynthia Dilling and Joanne Fielding, both of Brunswick. Local students make president’s list The following students have made president’s list at their respective university. Southern New Hampshire University:  Jamie Emerson, of Bath; Jonathon Esquell, Lizmailyn […]

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Mid-Coast Meetings: May 23-29

Brunswick Tues.  5/27  7:30 a.m.  Downtown Association  TH Tues.  5/27  6 p.m.  Council Workshop  TH Wed.  5/28  6 p.m.  Rivers & Coastal Waters Commission  TH Wed.  5/28  6 p.m.  School Board Workshop  TH Topsham Tues.  5/27  7 p.m.  Marine Resources  TO Wed.  5/28  6:30 p.m.  Board of Appeals  TO Thur.  5/29  6 p.m.  Board of […]

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Southern Meetings: May 23-29

Cape Elizabeth Tues.  5/27  7:30 a.m.  School Board Policy Committee  TH Tues.  5/27  11 a.m.  Senior Citizen Advisory Commission  TH Tues.  5/27  3:15 p.m.  School Board Evaluation Committee  TH Tues.  5/27  6:30 p.m.  School Board Workshop  TH Tues.  5/27  7 p.m.  Zoning Board of Appeals  TH Tues.  5/27  8 p.m.  School Board Finance Committee  High […]

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Southern School Notebook: May 23

Cape senior wins poetry contest Cape Elizabeth High School senior Jane Vaughan was awarded first prize by poet Richard Blanco at the seventh annual Merriconeag Poetry Festival on May 4. Vaughan won for her original poem “The Tall Figures of Giacometti.” Blanco, a Bethel resident who achieved national renown when he read his poem “One […]

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Mystery Shrouds Sub

The nuclear-powered NR-1, launched in Groton in 1969, was one of the most secretive vessels in the U.S. undersea force. Five years after her retirement, the full extent of her missions may never be publicly known.

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Northern School Notebook: May 22

Falmouth residents graduate college Falmouth resident Keren Sandler Bitan is graduating from Cornell University, summa cum laude. Her major was biology in society. A 2010 graduate of Falmouth High School, Bitan served as the president of her class from eighth grade through her senior year. Eliav Sandler Bitan is graduating from the University of Virginia […]