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News in South Portland

Panel to study S.P. compensation practice

SOUTH PORTLAND — Residents and business owners are invited to apply for a commission reviewing compensation for city councilors, School Board members and members of other municipal committees and boards. Harpswell-based consultant Michael Wing will assist the commission, which will s...

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 2:20 pm

Legislators to host budget forum in S. Portland

SOUTH PORTLAND — State Sen. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth, will host a public forum at 7 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Community Center to discuss supplemental and biennial budgets proposed by Gov. Paul LePage. Millett represents District 7, which includes South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, an...

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 2:10 pm

From meat loaf to Mediterranean: Buttered Biscuit makes way for new restaurant in South Portland

SOUTH PORTLAND — Cape Elizabeth resident Audrey Delafield had one question when she learned the Buttered Biscuit was closing last week, to be replaced soon by a Mediterranean restaurant. "So what do I do for my almond moon cookies?" she asked co-owner Audrey...

David Harry • News •
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 9:30 am

Cape Elizabeth lawyer's judicial nomination back on track

PORTLAND — The second time may be the charm for William Kayatta Jr., the Cape Elizabeth lawyer renominated to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Tuesday announced the Senate Judiciary Committee will reconsider Kayatta's nomination...

David Harry • News •
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 9:50 am

People & Business

Grants The Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick received a $3,000 grant from the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust of Portland. The money will expand the graphic novel collection for young adult readers at the library. All purchases will be made locally through Casablan...

• Community •
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Arts Calendar Jan. 30 - Feb. 12

Greater Portland Books & Authors Thursday 1/31 Brown Bag Lecture Series: "The Words I Chose: A Memoir of Family and Poetry," 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700.

Lifestyle •
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Community Calendar Jan. 30 - Feb. 12

Greater Portland Benefits Friday 2/1 Fair Trade Fundraiser for UNICEF. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Karma Fair Trade,  570 Brighton Ave., Portland, 831...

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Out & About: Brown, BAND Band, Beachams and Beethoven

The second letter of the alphabet provides the common theme for four of this week’s picks of the tix. Otherwise, it’s a fairly disparate lineup. Fiddler Erica Brown is riding at the top of the Pine Tree State’s traditional music scene these days. The Maine Arts Commission...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, January 28, 2013 at 3:00 pm

Abby's Road: A marriage of opposites

As I was sitting down to write this, my husband began dancing a gleeful jig around our kitchen. Not because he knew I was going to be occupied for the next hour or so (actually, that may have been part of it), but because he’d had a breakthrough. He knew how he was going to use the e...

Abby Diaz • Opinion •
Monday, January 28, 2013 at 12:00 pm

The Universal Notebook: Why Maine needs ranked-choice voting

A recent Public Policy Polling poll suggests that if a three-way race for governor were held today, Gov. Paul LePage, with a solid 37 percent of the vote, would beat any Democratic candidate and independent Eliot Cutler. In a head-to-head race, the poll found that just about any Democrat wins.

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •
Monday, January 28, 2013 at 11:40 am
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