Portland Press Herald
Varsity Maine Live, Jan. 27
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- Varsity Maine Live, Jan. 27
- Runtime
- 25:35
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Scarborough High track and football star Jayden Flaker was the guest this week as our crew of sports reporters discuss the latest in high school sports.
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- Bowdoinham apartment fire
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Firefighters try to extinguish flames coming from the first floor of an apartment building in Bowdoinham Tuesday. Video courtesy of Darcie Moore.
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- Varsity Maine Live, Jan. 20
- Runtime
- 22:47
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Join our panel of sports reporters as they discuss the latest happenings in high school sports.
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- Varsity Maine Live, Jan. 13
- Runtime
- 28:18
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Join our sports reporters as they discuss the latest happenings in high school sports. This week's guest was Portland High wrestling coach Tony Napolitano.
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- Making It Work - Hiring Maine's Immigrants
- Runtime
- 1:01:06
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Maine employers continue to struggle to fill vacancies while one potential labor pool continues to grow: immigrants.
Several companies have found success recruiting and retaining these newer arrivals. To find out the opportunities and challenges, Moderator Carol Coultas and panelists Beth Stickney, executive director of Maine Business Immigration Coalition, and Tabin Tangila Mesu Kamba of CEI’s workforce solutions, and Ben Conniff of Luke’s Lobster discuss.
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- Photos of The Year 2021
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- 1:30:46
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- For our 2021 Photos of the Year collection, Portland Press Herald photographers voted on one another’s photos, then selected their own favorites from the top vote-getters. We hope you enjoy looking at them as much as we enjoyed taking them.
Get a closer look at these photos at: https://www.pressherald.com/2021-poy/
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- Varsity Maine Live, Jan. 6
- Runtime
- 27:40
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Join our reporters as they discuss all things high school sports. Their guest this week is Messalonskee boys' hockey coach Dennis Martin.
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- Maine Voices Live with Gabriel Frey and Suzanne Greenlaw
- Runtime
- 1:01:01
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Authors Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey speak with Portland Press Herald reporter Ray Routhier about their new children’s book, “The First Blade of Sweetgrass,” and about the relative lack of books from a Native American perspective in Maine and elsewhere. The couple, who live in Orono, wrote it because they couldn’t find many books they felt told their two young children about their heritage.
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- Varsity Maine Live, Dec. 16
- Runtime
- 22:43
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Our reporters discuss the latest in high school sports as the winter season gets under way. Their guest this week is South Portland girls' basketball coach Lynne Hasson.
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- Varsity Maine Live, Dec. 9
- Runtime
- 30:57
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Join our reporters for a discussion about the upcoming high school winter sports season.
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- Varsity Maine Live, Nov. 18
- Runtime
- 36:10
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Our panel of sports writers discuss the upcoming state championships in high school football. They'll be joined by Oxford Hills football coach Mark Soehren.
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- Balsam Fir Cut and Installed in Monument Square
- Runtime
- 1:23
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Time lapse of a 40-foot balsam fir cut in the Portland backyard of Patricia Olsen, trucked to Monument Square and lifted into place.
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- Masthead Maine's holiday wreath goes up! The season is upon us
- Runtime
- 0:51
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
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- Varsity Maine Live, Nov. 11, 2021
- Runtime
- 29:42
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Travis Lazarczyk and Steve Craig of the Portland Press Herald and Michael Hoffer of The Forecaster discuss the latest news about high school sports. Their guests will be Maggie Cochran and Emily Supple of the Cape Elizabeth state champion girls' soccer team.
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- Making It Work - Ambiguity is the new normal
- Runtime
- 59:23
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- More than a year and half into a pandemic, Maine’s business community is still grappling with uncertainty. Managing hybrid work forces, shifting safety protocols, inflation and other market forces complicate decision-making as we head into 2022. How can you manage effectively when there’s ambiguity everywhere?
Moderator Carol Coultas and change specialist Lisa Whited of WTF and crisis manager Linda Varrell of Broadreach PR present an interactive and lively discussion about performing well despite the question marks.
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- Maine Voices Live - Eckart Preu
- Runtime
- 1:00:09
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Eckart Preu is the Music Director of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. He sits down with arts reporter Bob Keyes to talk about his career.
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- Varsity Maine Live, Nov. 4
- Runtime
- 30:30
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Travis Lazarczyk and Mike Lowe of the Press Herald and Dave Dyer of the Kennebec Journal discuss high school sports playoffs and championships. Their guest this week is Skowhegan field hockey coach Paula Doughty.
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- Varsity Maine Live, Oct. 28
- Runtime
- 27:01
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- A discussion on the latest in high school sports across the state. Our guest is Leavitt football coach Mike Hathaway.
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- Maine Voices Live with Shalini Le Gall
- Runtime
- 1:00:18
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Shalini Le Gall is the new Chief Curator at the Portland Museum of Art. She sits down with arts reviewer Jorge Arango to talk about her career.
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- Freeport Historical Society
- Runtime
- 0:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Freeport Historical Society Interim Executive Director Eric C. Smith shows off the organization’s newly constructed archive storage vault. The vault will hold historical artifacts such as books, maps, letters and photographs. Video by C. Thacher Carter for The Times Record
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- Making It Work - Networking Now
- Runtime
- 1:02:09
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Moderator Carol Coultas and panelists Stefa Normantas, co-owner of Green Tree Event Consultants, and Jodi Flynn, executive coach with Women Taking the Lead and president of the board for the Maine Women’s Conference, share advice on making the most of who you know in the age of Covid.
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- Varsity Maine Live Oct. 21
- Runtime
- 30:40
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- This week's guest: Windham High girls' soccer coach Deb LeBel
Our panel of sports reporters:
Travis Lazarczyk, Portland Press Herald
Michael Hoffer, The Forecaster
Steve Craig, Portland Press Herald
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- The Truth About Question 1
- Runtime
- 1:01:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- According to the ads, Question 1 is about many things: the future of a $1 billion power line project through western Maine, public sentiment about Central Maine Power, whether the Legislature should vote on major projects running through public lands, and whether that power should be retroactive. Join us for a virtual journalists’ roundtable discussion about the referendum that cuts through the myths, answers your questions, and gets to the truth. Judy Meyer, Executive Editor of the Sun Journal, Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal, moderates.
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- Like a Boss - with Josh Broder, CEO of Tilson
- Runtime
- 57:51
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Josh Broder serves as CEO of Tilson, which under his leadership, has grown from fewer than 10 employees to 600, earning a top spot on the Inc. 5000 list for the past 11 years. He is also the founder of Tilson’s public utility affiliate, which develops, owns and leases back 5G infrastructure including poles, towers and fiber nationwide.
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- Policy Matters - Climate Change
- Runtime
- 1:31:52
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Climate change continues to affect Maine’s environment and economy, from warming and increasingly acidic waters in the Gulf, to threatened forests in the north and west, to advancing tick populations everywhere.
Join Carol Coultas, Press Herald business projects editor, as she moderates an in-depth discussion with panelists Jeff Marks, executive director of the Acadia Center, and Maureen Drouin, executive director of the Maine Conservation Alliance and Jonathan Rubin, economist and director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, as they discuss Maine’s response to climate change.
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- Cutting Up Firearms at Falmouth Police Department
- Runtime
- 2:04
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The Maine Gun Safety Coalition teamed up with the Falmouth Police Department and Humanium Metal to cut up unwanted firearms that had been turned in to the police. The metal from the guns will be melted down by Humanium Metal, based in Sweden, and used for high-end jewelry. A part of the proceeds of the sale of the jewelry is given to groups working to prevent gun violence.
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- Varsity Maine Live - October 14, 2021
- Runtime
- 22:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Tonight's guest: Mt. Ararat field hockey coach Krista Chase
The week's high school sports - with sports reporters:
Travis Lazarczyk - Portland Press Herald
Drew Bonifant - Kennebec Journal
Eli Canfield - Times Record
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- Varsity Maine Live - October 7, 2021
- Runtime
- 30:38
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Travis Lazarczyk and Steve Craig of the Press Herald and Adam Robinson of the Sun Journal discuss the latest news in high school sports. Their guest this week is Mike Hagerty, the boys' soccer coach at Yarmouth High.
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- Varsity Maine Live - September 30, 2021
- Runtime
- 24:26
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Travis Lazarczyk of the Press Herald, Michael Hoffer of The Forecaster and Drew Bonifant of the Kennebec Journal discuss the latest in high school sports. Their guest this week is Jake Umberhind, the student body president at Monmouth Academy.
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- Maine Voices Live with Reza Jalali and Morgan Rielly
- Runtime
- 59:16
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Reza Jalali and Morgan Rielly are the co-authors of “Dear Maine: The Trials and Triumphs of Maine’s 21st Century Immigrants,” a forthcoming book from Islandport Press that features 20 interviews compiled by Jalali and Rielly, as well as photos by Lilit Danielyan.
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- Varsity Maine Live Sept. 23 - with Mary Beth Bourgoin, the field hockey coach at Winslow High..
- Runtime
- 26:31
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Travis Lazarczyk and Steve Craig of the Portland Press Herald and Will Kramlich of the Sun Journal discuss the latest happenings in high school sports, along with this week's guest, Mary Beth Bourgoin, the field hockey coach at Winslow High.
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- BEACON
- Runtime
- 2:50
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- There is a new face in the lifeguard chair at Scarborough State Beach Park.
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- Varsity Maine Live Sept. 16
- Runtime
- 23:05
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Travis Lazarczyk and Steve Craig of the Portland Press Herald and Drew Bonifant of the Kennebec Journal discuss the latest happenings in high school sports, along with this week's guest, Cony football coach B.L. Lippert.
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- Like a Boss with Dajuan Eubanks, president of the Maine Celtics
- Runtime
- 1:05:58
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Dajuan Eubanks is the President of the Maine Celtics, an NBA expansion league team that made their debut as the Maine Red Claws in 2009.
Eubanks was a Division 1 player at Rice University in Texas, the state where he grew up. He graduated with B.A. in business management before he was recruited by the Harlem Globetrotters, an exposition team that travels the world promoting the entertaining spirit of basketball. From there, he entered the world of marketing at GMR, starting as an account manager and eventually moving to Maine to become the group director of Pierce in 2008.
Soon after, the Red Claws were announced, he applied for a job and was hired as the Vice President of Corporate Partnerships. He has grown with the organization since, being named President in 2014. He was recognized as the NBA G League Team Executive of the Year for the 2019-20 season.
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- Newsroom Live with Author Bob Keyes on his book, ‘The Isolation Artist’
- Runtime
- 1:17:46
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Since Robert Indiana’s death in 2018, Portland Press Herald arts reporter Bob Keyes has been covering the complicated saga surrounding the “LOVE” artist’s life and legacy. But there were more notes and conversations than what made it into print. During the pandemic, Bob spent much of his downtime putting the vast knowledge he’s amassed into his first book, “The Isolation Artist,” released Sept. 7.
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- Making It Work: Reimagined Offices
- Runtime
- 59:24
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Making It Work is a live interactive series that brings together executives and entrepreneurs offering insight and advice to Maine’s business community.
The pandemic continues to upend decisions over work space. But changes in the greater Portland office market make deals and opportunities plentiful. And technology – especially AI – is a game changer.
Join moderator Carol Coultas and three experts as they explore reimagined offices. Panelists include Stephanie Brock, general manager of Red Thread design firm; Samantha Marinko, associate broker, The Boulos Company and Peter Harrington, partner and associate broker, Malone Commercial Brokers.
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- Phippsburg Conservation Commission
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Dot Kelly, a volunteer member of the Phippsburg Conservation Commission, explains the oyster reef restoration project along the coast of the New Meadows River on Tuesday, Aug. 31. Video by Kathleen O'Brien for The Times Record.
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- Helicopter rescues 17 from Tennessee flood
- Runtime
- 0:50
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Video by Jeani Rice-Cranford
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- 42nd Maine Highland Games
- Runtime
- 0:16
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Ken Gustavson tosses a 26-pound weight in the lightweight distance competition at the 42nd Maine Highland Games in Brunswick on Saturday. Video by C. Thacher Carter for The Times Record
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- Pleasant Street corridor
- Runtime
- 0:35
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The town of Brunswick is looking for ways to relieve traffic congestion along the Pleasant Street Corridor on Route 1. Video by C. Thacher Carter and Nina Mahaleris for The Times Record
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- Red's Eats
- Runtime
- 0:47
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Isabella Marino of Dresden constructs a classic Red's Eats lobster roll during a lunch rush on Wednesday, July 28 at the Wiscasset seafood shack. The employee of five years said it took her about two years to master the famous lobster roll and 'some people don't even dare to make one.'
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- Maine Kids on Eating Lobster
- Runtime
- 2:43
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Maine children talk about eating lobster
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- St John the Baptist Church
- Runtime
- 1:23
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Robert Bouchard, historian of St. John the Baptist Church in Brunswick talks about his involvement with the church, the new museum, and his relationship with the former Church Historian Gerry Menard, who died in August 2020.
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- Laurie Catanese Brunswick Junior High School
- Runtime
- 0:28
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Laurie Catanese, the new principal at Brunswick Junior High School, talks about her goals for the upcoming school year. Catanese, who comes from the Oxford Hills School District, started her new role earlier this month. Video by C. Thacher Carter for The Times Record.
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- Laurie Catanese Brunswick Junior High School3
- Runtime
- 0:28
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Laurie Catanese, the new principal at Brunswick Junior High School, talks about her goals for the upcoming school year. Catanese, who comes from the Oxford Hills School District, started her new role this month. Video by C. Thacher Carter for The Times Record
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- US NYC Flooding Rainfall
- Runtime
- 0:23
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Video credit: Stephen Smith
Some New York City roadways and at least one subway station became bodies of water on Thursday, after a deluge of rainfall flooded traffic lanes and station platforms.
Video posted to social media appeared to show water levels reaching waist height at the subway station at West 157th Street in upper Manhattan.
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- Maine Army National Guard Band
- Runtime
- 2:53
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The 195th Maine Army National Guard Band performs 'These Boots are Made for Walkin' by Nancy Sinatra. The band played at the Brunswick Parks and Recreation Center on Friday, July 2, to celebrate the holiday weekend.
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- Making It Work: How COVID changed the way we work.
- Runtime
- 1:02:02
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- After more than a year of scrambling to accommodate a remote workforce, companies are now opening their doors. But will it be business as usual? Who goes back to the office? What are the cultural impacts of a hybrid workforce? How do managers retain employees, assess productivity and maintain confidentiality and security with a hybrid workforce?
Join moderator Carol Coultas and a panel of insightful executives as they look at how COVID has changed the way we work and strategies for managing that change.
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- Maine Voices Live - Astronaut Chris Cassidy
- Runtime
- 1:00:19
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Christopher J. Cassidy was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 2004 and is a veteran of three space flights, STS‐127, Expedition 35, and Expedition 63. During STS‐127, Cassidy served as a Mission Specialist and was the 500th person in history to fly into space.
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- Making It Work - Hiring in the Hospitality Industry.
- Runtime
- 1:01:01
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Hospitality managers are seeing record-breaking bookings for this summer, but persistent workforce shortages have them worried. Industry veterans share long- and short-term strategies to find and keep workers, including tapping an underused state program to offset the impact of those $300 unemployment bonuses.

