PORTLAND — The week-long Maine African Film Festival will have its inaugural launch on Friday, April 17. “Film has the power to heal, to educate, to bring people with different backgrounds and experiences together,” said festival founder and Executive Director Kazeem Lawal, a man passionate about the redemptive power of film. While living in or […]
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A Portland dream spins worldwide
Record Store Day celebrates retail independence PORTLAND — In July 2007, Chris Brown was sitting in his Monument Square office when he got an idea to plan a one-day celebration of local, independent music stores. Brown, vice president of marketing and operations for Bull Moose, was serving at the time as chairman of the Music […]
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Legalize it, don't criticize it
PORTLAND — The Maine Marijuana Policy initiative will launch a public awareness and fundraising campaign Monday, April 20, to build support for a November ballot initiative that would legalize medical marijuana dispensaries. The so-called “420” event starts at 4:20 p.m at Empire Dine & Dance on Congress Street and will include performances by several local […]
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Portland schools on track for $700K budget surplus
PORTLAND — The School Committee will receive a third-quarter finance report that predicts at least a $700,000 surplus at end of the fiscal year. Also, in a workshop following its meeting on Wednesday, April 15, the committee will hold preliminary discussions about creating two new high school courses designed to educate students about non-Western cultures. […]
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Portland Charter Commission election likely to stand alone
Cost to city: $20K PORTLAND — Almost 20 candidates have qualified for the ballot in the city’s June 9 election of a Charter Commission, which is expected to recommend whether the city should have a popularly elected mayor. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said this week that time is running out for the Legislature […]
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Bulldogs rule regatta
The three Portland High School boats in last Saturday’s inaugural Bulldog Classic Regatta jockey for position at the start of a race on Casco Bay. In six races the host sailors rang up five wins to defeat boats from the Cape Elizabeth High School and Southern Maine (Freeport, Falmouth, Yarmouth, North Yarmouth Academy, Casco Bay […]
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BIW eyes Coast Guard fleet project
Shipyard selected for 3 destroyers BATH — The week brought news for Bath Iron Works: the possibility of work rebuilding the U.S. Coast Guard fleet, and the allocation of money in the 2010 U.S. Department of Defense budget for the shipyard to build all three DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyers. U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen visited […]
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Community Services bridges Cape budgets
CAPE ELIZABETH — The quarterly Community Services brochure just arrived in mailboxes across Cape Elizabeth, offering classes from lawn care to ballroom dancing, soccer camp, dance camp, and a Fort Williams walk. But Community Services offers more than what’s shown in the brochure. In this tight budget season, Director Janet Hoskins has been trying to […]
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Conflict charge, counter-charges consume Brunswick council
BEDC loyalists allege slander BRUNSWICK — On the same night its members were asked to support a project many hope will create jobs and spur the redevelopment of Brunswick Naval Air Station, the Town Council on Monday found itself mired in a conflict that’s becoming increasingly personal. The dispute centered on former Brunswick Economic Development […]
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High court rules for 'Secret Beach' homeowner
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court this week affirmed a lower court decision enforcing a negotiated settlement of a 4-year-old beach access dispute that has polarized a Broad Cove neighborhood. According to one attorney involved in the case, the ruling in favor of Running Tide Road residents Paul Woods and Helen Muther means […]