Falmouth Thu. 10/14 8 a.m. Harbor / Waterfront Committee Falmouth PD Thu. 10/14 7 p.m. Long Range Planning Advisory Committee TH Mon. 10/18 6 p.m. Town Council Falmouth Memorial Library Mon. 10/18 7 p.m. School Board TH Tue. 10/19 4 p.m. Parks and Community Programs Advisory Committee TH Cumberland Thu. 10/14 7 p.m. Adjustments and […]
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People and Business: Oct. 13
Donated lease gives new life to Portland food co-op PORTLAND — The Portland Food Cooperative has found a new home thanks to the donation of a five-year lease on an East End building from local businessman Donald Sussman. Sussman is also donating resources to help the PFC renovate the building and move in by […]
Portland Meetings: Oct. 13 – 19
Portland Wed. 10/13 5 p.m. Community Development Committee CH Wed. 10/13 5:30 p.m. Bicycle Pedestrian Committee CH Wed. 10/13 6 p.m. Police Citizen Review Sub-Committee 109 Middle St. Wed. 10/13 6:30 p.m. Peaks Island Council Workshop MCC Thu. 10/14 5 p.m. Parks Commission 55 Portland St. Thu. 10/14 5 p.m. Board of Harbor Commissioners Public […]
Northern School Notebook: Oct. 12
CUMBERLAND / NORTH YARMOUTH — With the first month of school behind them, the students of SAD 51 are working hard on academics, sports and arts programs, and are hoping to involve the entire Cumberland and North Yarmouth community in school events. The fall sports teams have been training since mid-August and the season is […]
Community Calendar: Oct. 13 – 24
Greater Portland “Homegrown,” benefit sale of fine art and crafts for Skyline Farm, artwork for sale, viewing on silent auction items now through Dec. 4, final live auction held Dec. 4, Skyline Farm, 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth, Pamela Ames, 829-5708, skylinefarm.org. Benefits Wednesday 10/13 Yarmouth Community Garden’s 8th Annual Harvest Dinner Fundraiser, with silent […]
Portland School Notebook: Oct. 11
PHS hosts immigrantvoting rights forum PORTLAND — Students in the law and public policy class taught by Antoinette Skillings at Portland High School are presenting a televised forum on local immigrant voting rights. The impetus for the forum is the referendum question on the Nov. 2 ballot asking Portland voters to decide whether legal immigrants […]
Southern Meetings: Oct. 8 – 14
Cape Elizabeth Tue. 10/12 6 p.m. Arts Commission TML Tue. 10/12 7 p.m. Conservation Commission TH Tue. 10/12 7 p.m. School Board TH Tue. 10/12 8 p.m. Open Space and Greenbelt Management Plan Committee TH Wed. 10/13 7:30 p.m. Town Council TH South Portland Tue. 10/12 7 p.m. Planning Board CH Wed. 10/13 6:30 p.m. […]
Mid-Coast Meetings: Oct. 8 – 14
Brunswick Tue. 10/12 12 p.m. Housing Authority Board 12 Stone St. Tue. 10/12 7 p.m. Planning Board Maine Street Station Wed. 10/13 9 a.m. School Board MSS Thu. 10/14 7 p.m. City Council Workshop with Downtown Master Plan Committee MSS Bath Thu. 10/14 4:30 p.m. Community Development Committee CH Thu. 10/14 5:15 p.m. Bath Community […]
Northern Meetings: Oct. 7 – 13
Falmouth Thu. 10/7 7 p.m. Long-Range Planning Advisory Committee TH Cumberland Mon. 10/11 7 p.m. Town Council TH Wed. 10/13 6 p.m. Val Halla Board TH Freeport Thu. 10/7 6:30 p.m. Shellfish Commission FCC Mon. 10/11 6:30 p.m. Winslow Park Commission FCC Tue. 10/12 6 p.m. Municipal Facilities Committee TH Tue. 10/12 6:30 p.m. Town […]
People and Business: Oct. 6
$1.4 million for New England groundfishermen PORTLAND — NOAA Fisheries Service has awarded $1.4 million to Portland-based Gulf of Maine Research Institute for New England groundfisherman to comply with new federal regulations. Last year, the federal government changed the way it monitors the groundfish industry, which includes 13 different species of “fin fish,” such as […]