St. John’s student wins state poster contest Sadie Anderson, a third grader at St. John’s Catholic School in Brunswick, was the first-place K-3 winner in the Maine Constitution Essay and Poster Program. She and her classmates met the Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Rep. Ed Polewarczyk at the Statehouse on June 1. The Maine […]
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People and Business: June 14
Hires, promotions, appointments UScellular promoted Payton Austin to sales manager of its Scarborough store and Tyler Gawrys to sales manager at in Westbrook. Austin joined UScellular in 2013 and Gawrys in 2019 as retail wireless consultants in Auburn. Eben Jose was named vice president, client adviser, director of private markets at Spinnaker Trust in Portland. […]
Southern Meetings: June 16-23
Cape Elizabeth Tue. 6/20 7 p.m. Planning Board Town Hall Scarborough Wed. 6/21 7 p.m. Town Council Zoom, Municipal Bldg Thu. 6/22 6:30 p.m. Sanitary District Municipal Bldg South Portland Mon. 6/19 6:30 p.m. Conservation Commission Planning/Dev. Office Tue. 6/20 6:30 p.m. City Council Zoom, City Hall Wed. 6/21 7:30 a.m. Bike/Pedestrian Committee Cafe 93 […]
Northern Meetings: June 15-22
Chebeague Island Thu. 6/15 7 p.m. Climate Action Team School Wed. 6/21 6 p.m. Select Board Town Hall Cumberland Mon. 6/19 7 p.m. Town Council Town Hall Tue. 6/20 7 p.m. Planning Board Town Hall Wed. 6/21 4 p.m. Housing Authority Zoom Falmouth Wed. 6/21 6 p.m. Town Council Annual Caucus Zoom, Town Hall Wed. […]
Coastal Journal Meetings: June 16-23
Bath Wed. 6/21 2 p.m. Community Dev. Committee City Hall Wed. 6/21 3 p.m. Transportation Committee City Hall Wed. 6/21 4 p.m. Bicycle/Pedestrian Committee City Hall Brunswick Tue. 6/20 5 p.m. Town Commons Committee Zoom, Town Hall Tue. 6/20 6:30 p.m. Town Council Zoom, Town Hall Wed. 6/21 10 a.m. Staff Review Committee Zoom, Town […]
Portland Meetings: June 14-21
Wed. 6/14 5 p.m. Land Bank Commission Zoom, City Hall Wed. 6/14 5 p.m. Sustainability/Transportation Zoom Wed. 6/14 6 p.m. Police Citizen Review Zoom Thu. 6/15 8:30 a.m. Emergency Shelter Assessment Zoom Thu. 6/15 4 p.m. Development Corporation Zoom Tue. 6/20 8 a.m. Legislative/Nominating Zoom Tue. 6/20 5:30 p.m. Housing/Economic Dev. Zoom Wed. 6/21 3:30 […]
Arts Calendar: June 9-16
Comedy Saturday 6/10 Welcome to Maine Comedy Show: 7 p.m., St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., Portland. $15 advance, $19 at door. stlawrencearts.org Friday 6/16 “Empire Comedy Lives”: 8 p.m., Empire Live, 575 Congress St., Portland. $20. empireliveme.com Ongoing The Char and Cher Drag Show: 8:30 p.m., first Wednesday, Flask Lounge, 117 Spring St., Portland. […]
We Love Sales and Fairs: June 8
Plant sale – Saturday, June 17, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth. Native wildflowers, shrubs and tree seedlings. Vendors wanted – Tables are $25 for Casco Village Church Fair, Saturday, July 8, 8 a.m.-1p.m. Call 627-4282 or email cvcucc@gmail.com.
Community Calendar: June 9-16
Books/Authors Saturday 6/10 Shannon Mullen, Gov. Janet Mills, Sen. Angus King author talk: “In Other Words, Leadership,” 7 p.m., Mechanics’ Hall, 519 Congress St., Portland. longfellowbooks.com Tuesday 6/13 Brant MacDuff author talk: “The Shotgun Conservationist,” 6:15 p.m., Longfellow Books, 1 Monument Way, Portland. longfellowbooks.com Thursday 6/15 Steven Rowley author talk: “The Celebrants,” 6 p.m., South […]
People and Business: June 7
Hires, promotions, appointments David Ackley was promoted to executive vice president at Camden National Bank, and will succeed retiring Joanne Campbell as chief risk officer July 7. Whitney Gill has been appointed the executive director for the Maine Crafts Association and Shop Maine Craft Board of Directors. She first joined the Maine Crafts Association as […]