Enter Natalie Ladd’s venue contest
OK, how do I explain this to my son?
Earth & Soul Pottery is a ‘sanctuary and studio’ on Wash. Ave.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2011
VOL. 3 NO. 65
PORTLAND, ME
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Maine State Bank bill sparks unexpected turnout in Augusta
Maine Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, sponsor of LD 1452, “An Act to Create a Maine Street Economic Development Bank,” talks about the need for a state bank Tuesday during a press conference at the State House. “Currently much of our bank tax revenue sits in banks throughout Wall Street,” Russell said. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)
BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
When Diane Russell's family lost money in the AIG collapse, it was a bitter lesson in how Wall Street can leave Americans empty-handed. "All of our money was gone," Russell recalled.
BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
Shipyard exec: Thompson's Point project won't hinder his East End development BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
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A toast to competition The co-owner of Shipyard Brewing Co. said that recently announced plans for a $100 million entertainment complex on Thompson’s Point will not necessarily affect his own goal of bringing a con- “There definitely will vention center, hotel be some crossover, and culinary school to but I think there is a Portland’s East End. strong demand for “I see them as majorly different a convention center projects,” said Fred space in the city of Forsley, who unveiled plans for a 300,000- to Portland, and the more 600,000-square-foot variety, the better. It development adjacent to the brewery’s New- really is about trying to bury Street location bring variety of groups last Wednesday. to the city of Port“We predominately will be focused on land.” — Fred Forsley, trying to build a facil- president of Shipyard ity that will house Brewing Co. a convention center and also can support a four-year culinary art and hospitality degree [program],” said Forsley.
Maybe it's these kinds of personal stories that helped drive a crowd to the State House Tuesday to testify in support of Russell's legislation to create a Maine development bank. Admittedly, a state bank doesn't carry the political firepower of hot-button issues, Russell admitted,
Fred Forsley, president of Shipyard Brewing Co., stands outside the Newbury Street brewery. Forsley says a $100 million Thompson’s Point development and his own envisioned Shipyard development are “majorly different” and can co-exist. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)
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NAPLES — Flags in front of Krista Dittmeyer’s former high school waved at half mast on Monday as friends and family filed into the gym for her funeral. Her body lay in a closed casket. Cameras weren't allowed, but reporters sat beside mourners in the bleachers. More than 300 people filled the Lakes Region High School gym, the gym where Dittmeyer Dittmeyer played basketball just a few years ago. “We are broken-hearted, confused,” the Rev. Donald Mayberry said, who performed the service. “We will not gloss over the pain. We are mourning the loss of a young daughter, the loss of a sister. Our pain and our suffering, our grief and sorrow and loss are meant to be shared.” The search for Dittmeyer began last Saturday after her car was found running with her 14-month-old daughter inside. The child was uninjured, but there was no sign of Dittmeyer. Her body was discovered a few days later in a small pond at the base of Cranmore ski area after four days of searching by local, state and federal investigators.
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