The show features 350 painted scrolls, masks, ritual weapons, musical instruments and other sacred objects.
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Savvy Senior: Resources available for frazzled caregivers
Use technology and – most important – other people to help lighten the load.
Letter to the editor: Groups’ support for Bingham wind project overstated
We (Kenneth D. Kimball from the Appalachian Mountain Club, Ron Tipton from Appalachian Trail Conservancy and myself) write to correct misinformation in a recent news report regarding the Bingham wind project, which incorrectly stated that Appalachian Trail organizations now support that project in return for future land conservation (“Maine wind project wins support of conservation […]
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UPCOMING Invasive Forest Workshop 9 a.m., March 13, in Jefferson Hidden Valley Nature Center is hosting a workshop to train volunteers in invasive forest insects so they can identify unwanted pests. The Maine Forest Pest Outreach and Survey Project involves a half-day of training. Students will learn about potential forest pest insects, the insects’ life […]
Class C boys’ basketball: Houlton tops Waynflete in OT
The Shiretowners cap a perfect season with a 58-56 win.
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Sunday Pizza party and puppet show, noon to 2 p.m., followed by “The Rudder Family Holiday Planner: A Celebration of the Jewish Holidays” with the Peaks Island Puppets. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children and seniors at the door. Congregation Bet Ha’am, 81 Westbrook St., South Portland. Connected Catholics of Maine, starting […]
Harpswell could vote again on Cedar Beach access
HARPSWELL — The Board of Selectmen was expected Thursday to consider approving a warrant article for the March 15 Town Meeting that could help restore access to Cedar Beach. The language of the article was not available Thursday morning, but it could involve the town accepting an easement on a parcel of land that connects […]
Developer withdraws plan for South Portland waterfront concerts; state office building moves forward
SOUTH PORTLAND — A planned state office building is moving ahead, but the likelihood of waterfront concerts is murky, after Tuesday’s Planning Board meeting. By a unanimous vote, the board approved the site plan for a 75,000-square-foot state office building near Portland International Jetport. Developer John Cacoulidis, meanwhile, withdrew his application for the permits needed […]
M.D. Harmon: Obama cultivating a fourth branch of government
Federal agencies that spurn congressional authority are becoming an independent branch.
Portland man arrested for allegedly dealing crack cocaine
PORTLAND — An Ocean Avenue resident faces two drug distribution charges after a Feb. 26 raid at his apartment near an elementary school. Ronald Gullikson, 49, of 144 Ocean Ave., was charged with two counts of Class A aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs after his 9 p.m. arrest by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, which […]