PORTLAND — Rachel’s Vineyard retreats aim to offer solace, peace, and inner healing to any individual connected to an abortion, regardless of the role they played. The retreat aims to provide a safe place to grieve the loss and to understand how abortion has affected them, so they can grow beyond it, according to a […]
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Maine’s ‘Godfather of Cryptozoology’ is stalking something really big: a legacy
Loren Coleman, the renown hunter of Bigfoot and other elusive creatures, already has a Portland museum, but there’s more coming. A new bookstore and archive are in the works in Bangor. And the brand new museum he’s planning there? Sasquatch could get lost in it.
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Rash-causing browntail moth spreading due to warming, scientists find
A forest pest that bedevils Maine residents and tourists with hairs that cause an itchy rash appears to be spreading due to warming temperatures.
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As nurses call attention to emergency room violence, Maine Medical Center steps up support
Nurses and hospital officials say the emergency department is facing more pressures from a growing number of patients with mental illnesses, some of whom can be violent.
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Maine foundation offers journalism scholarships
Maine students interested in careers in journalism can apply for post-secondary scholarships from the Guy P. Gannett Journalism Scholarship Fund at the Maine Community Foundation. The scholarship honors Gannett, a businessman and entrepreneur who launched his newspaper career in 1921 with the purchase of two newspapers he merged into the Portland Press Herald, according to […]
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Damariscotta library offers free Portland orchestra tickets
Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta has free tickets to the Portland Symphony Orchestra’s performance of “The Wild Symphony,” based on Dan Brown’s picture book of the same name. The performance is set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 3, at Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., im Portland, according to a news release from the library. The […]
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Catholic women’s conference to be held in person April 2
PORTLAND — An award-winning author and speaker and Mass with Bishop Robert Deeley are among events planned for the 2022 Maine Catholic Women’s Conference, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the Holiday Inn by the Bay at 88 Spring St. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. The conference, which returns to […]
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Dine Out Maine: Of Whips, Spoons and Cuisinarts
The Robertsons: If you live in Maine and love to cook, you should know their name. For almost 25 years, the couple ran Portland’s premiere kitchenware store.
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Portland Museum of Art unveils plan to more than double size of campus
The 140-year-old museum is raising money to build a six- or seven-story building on the site of the former Children’s Museum on Free Street, to start.
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Portland Stage seeks pieces from playwrights
The Clauder Competition submission window closes March 31.