Greater Portland Benefits Saturday 8/28 First Annual Kwenu Fundraising Party, 5-8 p.m., Museum of African Culture, Kimball Court Building, 13-15 Brown St., Portland, space limited, reservations required, museumafricanculture.org. Benefit Concert/Celebration for the Phil James Family Emergency Fund, with Phil Nyokai James, Carl Dimow, Nathan Kolosko, Danielle Langord, Nicole Rabata, Mark Tipton and Marita Kennedy-Castro, 8 […]

Brunswick Mon. 8/23 1 p.m. Staff Review 46 Federal St. Mon. 8/23 4 p.m. Teen Center Advisory 35 Union St.. Mon. 8/23 6 p.m. Maine Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program Maine Street Station Tue. 8/24 7 p.m. Planning Board MSS Wed. 8/25 9 a.m. People Plus Trustees Border Trust, Topsham Wed. 8/25 5 p.m. […]

Cape Elizabeth Tue. 8/24 6:30 p.m. School Board Finance Committee CEHS Tue. 8/24 7 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals TH Tue. 8/24 7:30 p.m. School Board CEHS Wed. 8/25 10:30 a.m. Riverside Memorial Cemetery Board of Trustees TH Wed. 8/25 7 p.m. Community Services Advisory Commission CECC Thu. 8/26 7 p.m. Recycling Committee PW South […]

Academic awards and recognitionsBriana L. Costello of South Portland was inducted into the Phi Alpha Honor Society for social work students at the University of Vermont. The Portland Water District Board of Trustees awarded the 2010 Joseph A. DiPietro Memorial Scholarship for $1,500 to Spencer DiPietro Bowring of South Portland.  Bowring, a recent graduate of […]

Falmouth Mon. 8/23 7 p.m. Town Council TH Cumberland Mon. 8/23 7 p.m. Town Council TH Freeport Tue. 8/24 7:30 a.m. Freeport Economic Development FCC Wed. 8/25 6 p.m. Cable TV TH Yarmouth Mon. 8/23 7 p.m. Town Council LC Mon. 8/23 7 p.m. Energy Conservation Committee TH Wed. 8/25 7 p.m. Planning Board LC […]

Yarmouth High School2009-2010 Fourth Quarter Honor Roll High Honors Grade 12: Iris Gwynne, Brady Jacques, Samuel Lloyd, Ryan Melvin, David Olshan, Erica Paul, Samuel Richardson, Reed Wommack, Samuel Woodbury, Cameron Woodworth, Timothy Wright.Grade 11: Andrew Beckmann, Campbell Belisle Haley, Rebecca Bell, Elizabeth Bergesch, Chloe Brant, Michelle Clark, Adrian Copeland, Andrew DiMarco, Julie Dursema, Abbie Hutchinson, […]

The foundation of a culvert collapses, forcing traffic down to one lane and causing a backup three miles long.

Portland Wed. 8/18 4 p.m. Island Advisory Committee Casco Bay Ferry Terminal Thu. 8/19 3 p.m. Downtown Portland Corporation CH Thu. 8/19 6:30 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals CH Sat. 8/21 10 a.m. Peaks Island Council Public Dialogue MCC Mon. 8/23 5 p.m. Special City Council Meeting CH Tue. 8/24 3:30 p.m. Planning Board Workshop […]

Maine Distilleriesdebuts Cold River Gin FREEPORT — Maine Distilleries, producers of Cold River Vodka and Cold River Blueberry Vodka, has released a new product, Cold River Gin. The gin is handcrafted and batch-distilled in Freeport, using potatoes from Green Thumb Farms in Fryeburg and water sourced from western Maine’s Cold River Aquifer. The all-natural, ground-to-glass, […]

University of Southern MaineSpring 2010 Dean’s List Portland residents: Johnathan Cook, Katrina Abramo, Gregory Acampora, Anastasia Alexis, Jesse Altman, Jordan Anderson, Kayla Artinyan, Jason Ashe, Kristina Barker, Adinah Barnett, Elizabeth Barrett, Jessica Barry, Anne Bartlett, Nancy Begert, Marguerite Birrell, Michaele Black, Brian Blenkhorn, Michelle Boisvert, Danielle Bouchard, Lisa Bowie, Hayley Brennan, Caroline Breton, Davin Brooks, […]