SOUTH PORTLAND — The greater Portland Toastmasters will hold an open house next week for anyone trying to develop leadership skills or to overcome fears of public speaking. The club is one of 11,700 Toastmasters clubs in 92 countries. The nonprofit organization was founded in 1924 in Santa Ana, Calif. The mission is simple: Give […]
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pnms-lobster-012809 Lobstermen realize value of creative sales, marketing
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — In a crowded hall on Chebeague Island, a handful of men in thick flannel shirts joked: “How many lobstermen does it take to change a light bulb? … Change?” But that’s exactly what they were setting out to do. As fishermen in an industry typically slow to change, these men had come […]
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p-clothesline-012809 Lawmaker's laundry list includes clothes line protection
PORTLAND — A local legislator is going on a line to protect the right of residents to use solar energy at home. According to state Rep. Jon Hinck, D-Portland, “An Act to Protect the Right to Use Solar Energy” would prohibit municipalities, landlords and condominium associations from restricting the rights of residents to hang clothes […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
p-windstudy-012809 East End wind study postponed Schools to conduct community outreach
PORTLAND — The School Department postponed a public hearing scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 27, on a proposed wind study at the East End Community School on Munjoy Hill. The district is seeking a zone change to install a 100-foot tower and anemometer at the corner of Eastern Promenade and North Street. Wind speeds would be […]
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p-schoolbudget-012809 School chief: Sports cuts, furlough days unlikely School Committee rejects changes to sex ed program
PORTLAND — The School Committee last week voted unanimously against the interim superintendent’s cost-cutting proposal to immediately shift the elementary school sex education program to regular classroom teachers. But the two options contained within that proposal were expected to be considered as part of the discussion for next year’s budget, which have already begun. Meanwhile, the district […]
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P-cbhsenergyaudit-012809 High school students bring energy awareness home
PORTLAND — “Look at those icicles,” energy analyst Ben Todd said Saturday as he jumped out of his black Toyota pick-up in the driveway of a modest two-story home in a dense residential neighborhood. “Please let this be the place we’re auditing.” It was: 105 Caleb St., the home of Milt Calder, whose 16-year-old daughter, Julia, […]
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m-bathbook-012309 Author draws from multi-racial family life for 1st book
BATH — In writing her first book, “Travels to Fahdamin-Ra,” Chaz Young took several pages from her own life, incorporating her experience in a multi-racial family into her book. “My husband’s black … I’m white, and my kids are brown; that’s what they call themselves, ‘brown,’” Young said Tuesday. The dearth of adventure stories about […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
s-scarfairchild-012309 Fairchild: Time, not money, drove decision to stay in S.P.
SCARBOROUGH — Fairchild Semiconductor Corp.’s decision to remain in South Portland leaves a business and economic hole in Scarborough. A 90,000-square-foot, $20 million building once hailed as “vitally important” to the community by Town Manager Tom Hall would have been the centerpiece to the Gateway Square development on Haigis Parkway. But the failure of development […]
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S-scardowns-012309 Downs makes pitch to York County
SCARBOROUGH — After an effort to bring a racino to Scarborough failed by 225 votes in November, Scarborough Downs is looking at York County as a possible place to move and build a racino. Representatives of the Downs met with town officials from a coalition of 12 York County towns Monday to share information and […]
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m-bruncommunityread-012309 Community Read to focus on food, good and bad
BRUNSWICK — The eighth annual Midcoast Community Read will give participants a lot to chew on this year. The 2009 edition of the collaborative effort between libraries will focus on two books about food, particularly the joys of eating local and the perils of fast food. The event will be held throughout February and March. […]