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Darfur Community Read and Forum

Submitted by tjunkins, WCSH Staff
Saturday, March 19th, 2011, 12:34pm

Tears of the Desert, by Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis
Temple Beth El…400 Deering Avenue…Portland, Maine
Thursday, April 7, 2011…7 P.M.


The National Council of Jewish Women Southern Maine Section (NCJW) is launching a Darfur Community Read to be followed by a Forum on Thursday, April 7, 2011, at 7:00 P.M. at Temple Beth El, 400 Deering Avenue in Portland.

Tears of the Desert is the compelling story of a Darfuri woman doctor's struggle and her determination to deal with the trauma of the genocide in Darfur. The Forum, free and open to the public, will be an opportunity to discuss the book and to interact with a panel of members of the Darfur community, who will bear witness to this tragedy. We invite the community to read Tears of the Desert and to join us for a provocative evening. The book will be available at Longfellow Books, Nonesuch Books and the Portland Public Library…among other places.

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Save the Date! MEREDA 2011 Annual Spring Conference

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer
Friday, March 18th, 2011, 5:18pm

MEREDA 2011 Annual Spring Conference: 
Mega Trends, Mega Impacts: A look 20 years into the future of Maine's real estate market. 

Don't miss this year's essential MEREDA Annual Spring Conference! We'll be welcoming special guest Dr. Susan M. Wachter of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania - a nationally recognized expert on real estate market trends and policy - who will look forward 20 years to what the real estate markets will bring.

A distinguished panel, including former Governor Angus King, will offer in-depth analysis of the major influences that will bring about the major changes in our markets.

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Maine Historical Society & Friends of the Eastern Promenade host birthday party for James Phinney

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer
Friday, March 18th, 2011, 4:39pm

Wednesday, March 23, 5-7pm

An 180th Birthday Party for James Phinney Baxter

Join us to celebrate one of Portland’s most important civic fathers. A businessman, historian, and philanthropist, James Phinney Baxter (1831-1921) served as mayor of Portland for six years. Among many other accomplishments, Baxter led efforts to create what is now Baxter Boulevard, to secure the land between the Eastern Promenade and harbor as public space, and to build the original Baxter Library. The father of Maine Governor Percival Baxter, James Phinney Baxter was also the president of MHS during a period of unprecedented growth (1889-1921) that included MHS’s move to Portland, the Longfellow family’s gift of the Longfellow House, and the planning and construction of the MHS library. This event will include a reception and birthday cake, and State Historian Earle Shettleworth, Jr. will present a brief introduction to Baxter’s life, career, and contributions to Maine.

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SEMI PRO FOOTBALL RETURNS TO MAINE

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer
Friday, March 18th, 2011, 3:58pm

PORTLAND - Saturday will be the first public workout session for Maine's newest semi-professional
football team, the Maine Sabers.

For those who follow Maine football, the Maine Sabers is a familiar moniker. From 1991 through 1993,
the Sabers were Maine's dominant semi-professional football team.

In January, the Maine Sabers were officially admitted into the Eastern Football League, the oldest semi-
professional league in the nation, along with 15 other teams. The team is based in Portland and will
play at nearby fields such as Portland's Fitzpatrick Stadium or Scarborough High School's stadium. The
team's 2011 schedule has yet to be finalized but the season will run from late June through September.

The team was organized by Stephen Goodrich, a former administrator with the original Sabers and
Jason McLeod, Windham High School football team's offensive coordinator.

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Habitat’s Walks Going Strong After 25 Years - Find One Near You!

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer
Friday, March 18th, 2011, 3:28pm

Habitat’s Walks Going Strong After 25 Years

Please consider adding the following Habitat for Humanity events to your community event listings online or on the air.
Habitat believes all people are entitled to decent housing and builds homes with volunteers, and donated materials.  Over 800 volunteers work on any given home.  For the past 25 years, the Spring Walks have helped raise funds for the expenses related to building homes.   All funds from these events will help Habitat finish three homes in Westbrook this spring and begin another three homes in Freeport.

25th Anniversary Good Friday Walk for Habitat
April 22nd, 7am-3pm
Cumberland UCC / 282 Main Street/ Cumberland OR 1st Parish UCC / 116 Main Street/ Yarmouth
Distance: optional 3,5,10 or 20 mile courses
Contact: 829-3793 or 846-9453

Windham Walk for Habitat
April 30, 8:30 am
Windham Hill Church / 140 Windham Center Road/ Windham

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How to Add a YouTube Video to Your Blog

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer
Friday, March 18th, 2011, 9:39am

Video is a great way to add more content to your website. This doesn’t mean you need to spend lots of money on professional videos. You can incorporate other videos that you see around the internet and add your reaction to them.

YouTube is the largest video site in the world. There is already so much content there. If you haven’t done it before, watch the video below to learn how to take videos from YouTube and add the player directly on to a page of your website or your blog. These instructions are specifically for YouTube but other sites like Vimeo have embed options as well, so these instructions should help with other video players as well.


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9-year old named honorary Sheriff's Deputy

Submitted by Around Town Web... on Thursday, March 17th, 6:56 pm

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A 9-year old boy from New Gloucester is now an honorary deputy in the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.

Cameron Tufts got a police escort to the Sheriff's department from school, before he was sworn in Thursday afternoon. He's fighting leukemia, and soon the Make-A-Wish Foundation will be giving him the entertainment center he's asked for for his room.

But Cameron also wants to be a law enforcement officer, just like his uncle, Cumberland County Sheriff's Deputy Matthew Tufts.

When asked what he'll tell his friends at school tomorrow, Cameron said he probably won't tell them anything because, "They don't believe anything I say."

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