Greater Portland Benefits Saturday 3/8 Women Around the World, proceeds benefit vocational training for immigrant women, 6-9 p.m., Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., Portland, 780-0118, $15, $5 children, food, music, international fashion show. Bulletin Board Saturday 3/1 Adoptable Dogs in Portland, noon-2 p.m., Planet Dog, 211 Marginal Way, Portland, 985-3244. Sunday 3/2 Snow Sculpture […]
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Maine bill calls for giving limited dental coverage to adults getting MaineCare
The goal is to reduce costly emergency room visits to treat dental pain.
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Southern Meetings: Feb. 21-27
Cape Elizabeth Mon. 2/24 7 p.m. Town Council Workshop TH Mon. 2/24 7 p.m. Planning Board TH Tues. 2/25 6:30 p.m. School Board Budget Workshop High School Library Tues. 2/25 7 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals TH Tues. 2/25 8 p.m. School Board Finance Committee High School Library Wed. 2/26 4 p.m. School Board Negotiations […]
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Southern School Notebook: Feb. 21
South Portland High School jazz bands receive awards South Portland High School’s Jazz Combo and Jazz Ensemble both received 3rd place awards Feb. 8, at the Berklee Jazz Festival which was held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Mass. Berklee College of Music’s annual event is the largest of its kind in the United […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Mid-Coast Meetings: Feb. 21-27
Brunswick Tues 2/25 7 p.m. Planning Board TH Wed. 2/26 3:30 p.m. CIP Committee MB Wed. 2/26 6 p.m. School Board Workshop MB Thur. 2/27 9 a.m. People Plus Border Trust Thur. 2/27 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Master Plan Implementation Committee MB Thur. 2/27 7:30 p.m. Recycling & Sustainability HBSS Harpswell Mon. 2/24 4 p.m. […]
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Railroad seeks safer tank cars to haul oil and ethanol
Multiple major accidents have highlighted the need for safer transportation of hazardous materials.
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Southern Meetings: Feb. 7-13
Cape Elizabeth Fri. 2/7 8 a.m. Town Council Ordinance Committee TH Mon. 2/10 4 p.m. Town Center Plan Committee TH Mon. 2/10 7 p.m. Town Council TH Tues. 2/11 7 p.m. School Board TH Tues. 2/11 7 p.m. Conservation Commission TH Thur. 2/13 7 p.m. Recycling Committee Public Works Scarborough Mon. 2/10 7 p.m. Ad-Hoc […]
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Northern School Notebook: Feb. 20
The following students made the dean’s list at their college or university. Freeport Susquehanna University: Kayla Bibeau. Falmouth Tufts University: Samantha Welch. Students receive regional scholastic writing awards North Yarmouth Academy students Xander Bartone, Morgan Elkins, and Hannah Grant received 2014 Alliance for Young Artists & Writers Scholastic Writing Awards. The Southern Maine Writing Project, in conjunction […]
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Northern Meetings: Feb. 20-26
Chebeague Island Thur. 2/20 7:15 p.m. Planning Board TO Wed. 2/26 6 p.m. Budget Workshop TO Cumberland Mon. 2/24 7 p.m. Town Council TO Falmouth Thur. 2/20 4:30 p.m. Food Pantry TH Mon. 2/24 7 p.m. Town Council TH Mon. 2/24 7 p.m. School Board Elementary School Tues. 2/25 10 a.m. Food Pantry TH Tues. […]
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People and Business
Local director filming thriller movie around Portland Jim Cole, a Portland-based director and owner of the production company Gum Spirits, is filming “Anniversary,” a low-budget, independent thriller, around many Portland suburbs. The film includes local actors Ian Carlsen, Aaron Duffey and Mian Benton. The cast also includes non-Portland-based actor Paul Cram. Cole, who earned an art degree […]