The city is looking for a 45-60 foot tree to light up Monument Square this holiday season.
portland maine
Posted inTimes Record
Annual Maine Playwrights Festival now open for script submissions
Acorn Productions, producers of the annual Maine Playwrights Festival, recently announced that they are now accepting scripts for the 22nd edition of the long-running incubator for new plays by local playwrights. Anybody living in Maine is eligible to submit a new play for consideration in the festival. All new plays submitted to the festival must […]
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Portland’s historic Williston-West Church to be sold again
Developers have worked for more than 10 years to turn the former church sanctuary and parish hall into condos.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
People and Business: Sept. 13
Hires, promotions, appointments Amy Lamb of the Maine Trust for Local News, formerly Maine Today Media, has been promoted to chief operating officer from her position as group vice president of financial planning and analysis. She’s been with the company since 2011. Stefanie Manning, former group vice president of consumer revenue and creative services, has […]
Posted inLocal & State
Portland’s clean elections program off to rocky start
Candidates using the program approved by voters last fall say it has complicated timelines, burdensome paperwork and an all-cash or check system that doesn’t keep up with the times.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson postpones visit to Portland
Williamson’s campaign said her visit was put off because she is ill, and that she plans to reschedule a visit to Portland.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Falmouth Town Council contributes $25,000 to regional effort to house asylum seekers
The funding will go toward GPCOG’s Safe in Maine project for transitional housing.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Upcoming exhibit depicts artists’ ocean connections and concerns
Three Maine artists hope their show, “Alight on the Rocky Shores: This is not an exhibition on lighthouses,” will promote protection of a vulnerable environment.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Man sentenced to 11 years for 2011 slaying in Portland
Abdi Awad, 37, pleaded guilty to felony murder in the death of 41-year-old Allen MacLean.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
School districts grapple with vaping in high schools
Some are considering installing vape detectors in restrooms, but there is no easy solution for what some educators consider a public health crisis.