PORTLAND — MaineHealth plans to bring together medical providers (hospitalists, ambulatory providers, nurses, behavioral health clinicians, etc.), community and public health partners, patients, and families to learn more about the best practice care for people with substance use disorder (SUD) at an annual conference. The event will be held Thursday, Sept. 28 at 110 Free […]
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Registration open for Travis Mills Foundation Plane Pull in Portland Oct. 28
The event will be held on the tarmac at Northeast Air at Portland International Jetport.
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Maine Initiatives seeks volunteers to review grant proposals
Maine Initiatives invites community volunteers to become proposal readers for its 2023 Grants for Change (G4C) Program, a participatory grant-making program that funds and strengthens Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color, community-based, nonprofit organizations in Maine, unceded Wabanaki territory. This is an open call for volunteers to review and evaluate grant proposals from applicant organizations, […]
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Small business forum set for Portland Aug. 22
PORTLAND — The Mainebiz Small Business Forum, an event geared towards helping startups and small businesses grow and succeed, is scheduled for 7:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22. The event will be held at the Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring St. Each year a panel of small business owners and entrepreneurs explore a variety […]
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Where have you gone, Little Leaguers?
In southern Maine and across the country, participation in an iconic baseball tradition – and a model for organized youth sports – has dropped significantly in recent decades.
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Mainers help finish labors of love left unfinished by people who died
The growing roster of Loose Ends volunteers is made up of crafters from around the world with diverse fiber arts skills ranging from quilting to amigurumi.
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Retired Cumberland County Sheriff ‘Wes’ Ridlon dies
Wesley Wallace Ridlon was named Parade Magazine’s Policeman of the Year in 1972 and became Cumberland County’s 48th sheriff in 1990.
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Avesta Housing plans apartments for asylum seekers in South Portland, Portland
The 100 units are under construction and expected to cost significantly less than hotels currently used as emergency shelters.
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PETA offers city new statue to replace lobsterman
The animal rights group is suggesting instead a statue of a very large lobster crushing a lobster trap in one of its claws.
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Maine Medical Center nurses will vote next month on whether to remain unionized
A petition, backed by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation and signed by more than 500 nurses, paved the way for the vote on the union, which was formed in April of 2021.