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Gulf of Maine Research Institute welcomes new Chief Operating Officer
PORTLAND — After conducting a national search, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) announces Nana Annan as the next Chief Operating Officer. Annan brings more than 25 years of operations experience to GMRI. She most recently served as Chief Operating Officer for Harlem Children’s Zone — a New York City-based nonprofit with an annual budget over $150M and almost $1B in managed assets.
Warm and muggy overnight, high heat again Tuesday
Another hot and humid day is expected Tuesday with feels like temperatures reaching 95-100 degrees during the afternoon and evening. Mostly sunny to partly sunny skies are expected and there is a small chance for an isolated shower or thunderstorm, mainly during the morning hours. The high heat gradually eases...
Southwest Closed-Runway Departure Puts NOTAMs Back In Spotlight
The pilots of a Southwest Airlines 737-700 that departed from a closed runway at Maine’s Portland International Jetport (PWM) missed key pieces of information detailing the airport’s status provided in an extensive pre-flight briefing packet, a preliminary NTSB report said. Southwest Flight 4805... Sean Broderick. Senior Air Transport...
Hundreds of swimmers gather for Maine Swimming Long Course Meters Championship
PORTLAND (WGME) – More than 300 swimmers from Maine, surrounding states and even Canada are gathering at Colby College for the third annual Maine Swimming Long Course Meters Championship. Swimmers from 8-60 years of age are hitting the pools for the 4-day event which focuses on fun and the...
Green Lantern Solar Sells Community Solar Projects in Maine to Madison Energy Infrastructure
Green Lantern Solar, an innovative and trusted renewable energy developer, has closed on the sale of two fully permitted community solar projects in. to Madison Energy Infrastructure. Both projects, each with a capacity of 975 kilowatts (kW) AC, are under construction and expected to be completed in 2024. The. Mechanic...
‘Shef’ Mimi Weissenborn Cooks Up Storytelling, One Plate at a Time
She's elevating Portland, Maine’s, culinary scene at Sur Lie, Gather, and Catface Cafe. The original plan was for Mimi Weissenborn to become a physical education teacher coming out of high school. But when the science courses hit in year two of college, she quickly changed her mind and pivoted to something she was familiar with: being in a restaurant kitchen, which meant enrolling at L’Academie de Cuisine, one of America’s top culinary schools (which closed in 2017). “I never really loved it then, either. I had finished and was like, ‘This is it. This is what I’m going to be doing.’ It wasn’t that exciting for me,” Weissenborn admits. “You went into a kitchen where you’re just told what to do. It wasn’t really until I was able to create and had the opportunity to create at my first restaurant … It took five hard years of being like, ‘I don’t even love this.’ But then it was the creative platform that really kind of and still does inspire me, and pulls me through.”
Two Seriously Injured after Motorcycle and Car Crash in Maine
Two people were seriously injured Saturday morning after a head-on motorcycle and car crash in Baldwin. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said speed and unsafe driving were factors in the collision on Route 113 around 8:30 am. Car Tried to Pass in Opposite Lane at Crest of Hill. Deputies...
Maine Amateur Women's Golf Championship tees off in Saco
PORTLAND (WGME) -- Round one of the Maine Amateur Women's Golf Championship teed off Monday at Biddeford-Saco Country Club. Eighty-eight golfers braved the high heat and humidity. Cecily Whiting out of the Woodlands leads the way at 4 over, with Jade Haylock one shot back. Maria Chianchette is third at...
Hooked on Organbuilding: An Interview with Nicholas Wallace
The Diapason’s 20 under 30 winners represent leaders not only in performance (organ, harpsichord, carillon, and church music), but also those who build, restore, and maintain instruments. In our first interview with a young builder, we find out more about Nicholas Wallace, of The Diapason’s inaugural 20 under 30 Class in 2015.
One dead in fiery collision between tractor-trailer and pickup in Conway
CONWAY — A fatal crash involving a tractor-trailer and a pickup truck occurred on East Main Street at approximately 3:57 p.m. on July 12, resulting in one death and a fiery aftermath. Conway Police Department officers, upon reaching the scene, discovered that a 2022 Peterbilt tractor pulling a 2009...
Final preparation for 57th annual Yarmouth Clam Festival underway
YARMOUTH (WGME) - Friday kicks off the 57th annual Yarmouth Clam Festival. The event draws in more than 100-thousand people every year. The parade kicks off on Friday night where our Chief Meteorologist Charlie Lopresti will be there live. There will also be a performance from American Idol's Julia Gagnon...
Russia wants to double Sakhalin's seafood-processing capacity within 5 years
Russian Federation Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev has pledged to double the Sakhalin Region’s seafood processing capacity in the next five years. The Sakhalin Region, located in Russia’s Far East, was responsible for 774,700 metric tons (MT) of Russia’s...
What It Takes to Audition for the Portland Symphony
In Friday’s (7/12) Portland Press Herald (Maine), Megan Gray writes, “Cellist Brent Selbey recently stepped into the position of principal cellist with the Portland Symphony Orchestra…. [A] long day in April was an audition to be the principal cello …The hours-long process is competitive and secretive, guided by industry standards meant to reduce bias and closely guarded by the orchestra’s leaders. In Portland, every round is conducted blind, which means the audition committee never sees the candidates and judges them by sound alone…. Selby, 37, … auditioned in Portland for the first time two years ago and got the assistant principal position, [eventually] subbing as principal for months…. He didn’t automatically get the job when it officially opened. In fact, the whole process is designed so that all 20 applicants would have the same chance. Caen Thomason-Redus is the vice president of inclusion and learning at the League of American Orchestras, which has developed recommendations to increase equity and diversity in a predominantly white field. Data shows that men and women have nearly equal representation in orchestras today. However, representation of Black and Latino musicians still lags, a problem that Thomason-Redus said needs to be addressed in part with wider access to music education and training…. Selby officially played his first concert as principal June 18.”
New England fishermen sentenced in complex herring fraud case
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Several commercial fishermen in New England have been sentenced in a fraud scheme that centered on a critically important species of bait fish and that prosecutors described as complex and wide-ranging. Prosecutors say the fishermen were sentenced for “knowingly subverting commercial fishing reporting requirements” in a scheme involving Atlantic herring, prosecutors said in a statement. The defendants included owners, captains and crew members of the Western Sea, a ship that operates out of Maine. Prosecutors say Western Sea owner Glenn Robbins pleaded guilty in March to submitting false information to the federal government regarding catch and sale of Atlantic herring and a failure to pay taxes.
Maine Neighbor Charges Parking Fee for Guests at Neighborhood Wedding
We all seem to have that one neighbor, or at least it seems like we do. A neighbor that we just have some unknown friction with due to conflicting personalities, different views, or simply just not understanding each other. But ideally, we keep the peace because, well, no one wants to turn what is hopefully a home full of peace into absolute chaos.
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