Comedy Friday 3/1 “Ultimate Roast Championship” preliminary round: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $10. 21-plus. empirecomedyme.com Saturday 3/2 “Ladies Night”: 7 p.m., Empire Comedy Club, 575 Congress St., Portland. $15-$20. 21-plus. empirecomedyme.com Bianca Del Rio: 8 p.m., State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland. $41-$51. All ages. statetheatreportland.com Thursday 3/7 Marc Maron: […]
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Community Calendar: March 1-8
Books/Authors Tuesday 3/5 Crime writers panel: Joseph Souza, Brenda Buchanan and Richard Cass, 6 p.m., Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Road. Registration required. scarboroughlibrary.org Summer J. Hart artist and poetry reading: “Out in May Back in October” beadwork tapestry and poetry reading from “Boomhouse,” 6 p.m., Hannaford Hall, 88 Bedford St., Portland. Free, registration encouraged. […]
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People and Business: Feb. 28
Recognition Angela Stone, the founder of Maine Needs, was awarded Spurwink’s 2024 Humanitarian Award. Maine Needs started with a focus on asylum-seeking mothers and expanded to distribute basic-needs resources to unhoused Mainers, survivors of domestic violence and those leaving incarceration. USI, an insurance brokerage and consulting firm, received Spurwink’s 2024 Corporate Care Award. USI works […]
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Northern Meetings: Feb. 29-March 7
Chebeague Island Thu. 2/29 6 p.m. Facilities Committee Town Hall Fri. 3/1 2:30 p.m. Executive Session Town Hall Tue. 3/5 6 p.m. School Committee CI School Wed. 3/6 6 p.m. Select Board Town Hall Cumberland Thu. 2/29 6 p.m. Affordable Housing Info Val Halla Falmouth Thu. 2/29 4 p.m. Long-Range Planning Zoom, Town Hall Tue. […]
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Southern Meetings: March 1-8
Cape Elizabeth Tue. 3/5 6:30 p.m. School Board Budget Workshop CEHS Tue. 3/5 7 p.m. Planning Board Workshop Town Hall Wed. 3/6 4 p.m. Ordinance Committee Town Hall Thu. 3/7 8:30 a.m. School Board Advisory Zoom Thu. 3/7 7 p.m. Recycling Committee Public Works Scarborough Wed. 3/6 7 p.m. Town Council Zoom, Town Hall Thu. […]
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Portland Meetings: Feb. 28-March 6
Wed. 2/28 5 p.m. Finance Committee Zoom Wed. 2/28 5 p.m. Rent Board Zoom Wed. 2/28 6:15 p.m. Peaks Island Council Zoom, Island Community Center Mon. 3/4 5 p.m. City Council City Hall Tue. 3/5 5:30 p.m. Housing/Economic Dev. Zoom Wed. 3/6 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Zoom, City Hall
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Coastal Journal Meetings: March 1-8
Bath Tue. 3/5 5 p.m. Planning Board Workshop City Hall Tue. 3/5 6 p.m. Planning Board City Hall Wed. 3/6 10 a.m. Housing Subcommittee City Hall Wed. 3/6 4 p.m. Bike/Pedestrian Education/Advocacy City Hall Wed. 3/6 6 p.m. City Council Zoom, City Hall Thu. 3/7 8 a.m. Climate Action Commission City Hall Brunswick Sat. 3/2 […]
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Community Calendar: March 1-8
Books/Authors Tuesday 3/5 Crime writers panel: Joseph Souza, Brenda Buchanan and Richard Cass, 6 p.m., Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Road. Registration required. scarboroughlibrary.org Summer J. Hart artist and poetry reading: “Out in May Back in October” beadwork tapestry and poetry reading from “Boomhouse,” 6 p.m., Hannaford Hall, 88 Bedford St., Portland. Free, registration encouraged. […]
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Cooking at the Cove: Cabbage is king, especially in this healthy side dish
Keeping up with the theme of American Heart Month, let’s whip on the oven and make two easy offerings – one is a dinner side dish and the other is for anytime-snacking. Both these recipes may seem “weird” and they certainly aren’t pretty, but they’re both delicious and inexpensive. There’s a lot you can do […]
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People and Business: Feb. 21
Hires, promotions, appointments Hancock Lumber has appointed Anna Russo to chief people officer following the retirement of Wendy Scribner, who had been with the company for 40 years. Russo was hired in 2000 and later served as HR manager. She worked as an HR director, HR senior business partner and safety compliance officer at several […]