News
WWII veteran reflects on war, and the life that came after
Memorial Day offers a chance to reflect and pay tribute to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for this country — and that's just what Henry Daley intends to do.Daley, a 90-year-old WWII veteran and resident at Scarborough Terrace, said he will spend Memorial Day as he does many others, by being thankful for his long life and recalling the friends and colleagues he lost along the way.Daley served in the Air Force as a... Read more
Trout Brook water-improvement …
A $125,000 water-improvement effort is trying to take small steps to reduce pollution in Trout …
Portland Poet Laureate heads t…
Steve Luttrell, founder and editor of the Café Review, just returned from the other side of the…
Committee deadlocked on future…
The discussion of whether or not to sell a part of Congress Square to the owners of the Eastlan…
News Briefs
Scenes of spring in Maine
See page 27 of Friday's Daily Sun for images of spring in Maine. Read more
Turnpike board retains E-ZPass…
The Maine Turnpike Authority Board on Thursday voted unanimously to keep the current E-ZPass Vo…
Cities of Portland, South Port…
The city of Portland with the American Legion Post 17 will host a Memorial Day parade Monday, M…
Realtors group announces doubl…
The spring real estate sales season in Maine has arrived with double-digit sales increases, acc…
Columns
Returned, unopened
On this Memorial Day, I can't shake Myra Strachner and Bernie Staller from my heart.At 10:30 p.m. on April 18, 1945, Myra, of 1510 Unionport Rd., Bronx, N.Y., settled in to write the nightly letter. Her window shades were down for a civil defense drill. This wartime restriction hid the steady drizzle from her view, but its rhythmic patter guided her pen.Completing the note, Myra sealed it into an envelope, then scripted the recipient's address:... Read more
Loose change and other ideas
Being stuck in a rut, I headed to one of the numerous city meetings last week. I'm not busy unt…
Flowers
Read somewhere once that Portland lies within a thin climatic belt circling the earth wherein t…
A research institute to make M…
Nestled in a quiet winding road behind the hustle and bustle of Maine Medical Center's Scarboro…
Sun Sports
Sea Dogs' young catcher leading team
The Portland Sea Dogs (27-18) finished a seven-game home stand on Thursday with an 8-4 victory over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (23-25). After losing three of the first four games at Hadlock Field, the Sea Dogs, who remain in first place in the Eastern League's Northern Division, won three in a row. Portland was scheduled to begin a four-game series Friday night at second-place Binghamton (26-21), before returning home for another round with the... Read more
Fisher Cats trounce Sea Dogs 7…
New Hampshire's 3B Ryan Schimpf homered twice and drove in five runs, leading the Fisher Cats (…
Sea Dogs glad to be back home
The Portland Sea Dogs (22-15) are returning from a challenging road trip which saw them split f…
Sea Dogs leave home in first p…
The Portland Sea Dogs stretched their win streak to seven games, before splitting the last four…
Calendar
Music calendar
(To place a paid advertisement for a music event, please call 699-5809.)Friday, May 24Syndicate 19 CD release party with The Grumps at Big Easy, 55 Market St., Portland, $8; 9 p.m.www.bigeasyportland.comA Benefit for OLS: Rex Fowler, Con Fullam, Tom Dean, Alana MacDonald, and Kate Schrock at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, $25 adv/$30 door; 8 p.m.www.onelongfellowsquare.comRa Ra Riot at Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., Portland. $15; 8 p.m.www.portcitymusichall.comSaturday, May 25North of... Read more
Weekend events
(To submit to the Events Calendar, please email items to news@portlanddailysun.me, attention Ev…
Culture
Biddeford City Theater brings Garland's …
The city of Biddeford is home to a historic, beautiful theater, dating back to the time of vaudeville. The theater was designed by John Calvin Stevens, the world famous Maine architect, opening in 1896. The space is majestic and ornamented, yet lends a level of intimacy and wonderful acoustics to current production LEGENDS: THE MUSIC OF JUDY GARLAND. Ms. Garland was a star in every medium available during her lifetime, movies, radio, television and, of... Read more
Live theater a mainstay of sum…
Mother's day is behind us and Memorial Day is fast approaching, the traditional start of summer…
'Wittenberg' timely but lackin…
WITTENBERG is the last main stage production for Portland Stage this season and a play I knew n…
Connect to local theater
Why Theater? I’ve been asked that question many times in my life and usually asked in the conte…
All Things Digital
My 20-something step-daughter mentioned the other day that she's hardly on Facebook anymore and prefers Instagram as her main social network. I'm familiar with Instagram and even have the app on my iPhone, but hadn't really played with it yet. "How could it be better than Facebook?" I wondered. I didn't realize how significant the photo captions were. Instagram is to smart phones what Facebook is to computers, which may offer an explanation as to... Read more
Social media management tools
Are you spending too much time on Facebook? There's help for you! By using a social media manag…
Social Media: Let's make a dea…
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