Falmouth Elementary School Contents Sale

Elementary School Contents Sale – Falmouth, ME - Sunday, June 3 - 8am-2pm


The Town of Falmouth, Maine is in the process of selling the contents of two former Grade K-4 schools (Plummer-Motz and Lunt) located at the corner of Middle and Lunt Road. The contents will be sold as is, where is, “garage/yard sale” style. Any items purchased will need to be paid for and removed during the hours of the sale (cash and carry). There are many interesting items that could be used in classrooms or repurposed for your home or office. Some of these items include: kids desks, kids chairs, teacher desks/chairs, office chairs, step stools/step-ups, filing cabinets, round/rectangular adjustable tables, bookshelves, bookcases, student mailboxes, phones, dry erase board (wall mounted), cork board, American Flags (classroom), MAC Air ports, wall hand sanitizer units, magazine racks, overhead projectors, waste baskets, AV carts, wall shelving, rolling easels, pencil sharpeners, cafeteria tables, toys, stage risers, learn time clocks, fish tanks, and much more. Please inform your local PTO’s as well.

If you have questions regarding the sale, please contact Matt Gilbert at mattg@town.falmouth.me.us.
 
John Hatcher
Keller Williams Realty - The Hatcher Group
6 Deering Street | Portland, Maine 04101
207-775-2121 Office | 207-775-2122 Fax
http://JohnHatcher.us
John@JohnHatcher.us

Splash for Trash at East End Beach in Portland

Splash for Trash at East End Beach


Next month, the City of Portland and the Roddenberry Dive Team in partnership with NAUI’s Green Diver Initiative will host Splash for Trash at the East End Beach. The underwater clean-up is a part of a community effort to improve the water quality and environment at the beach. SCUBA divers will scour the sea floor for trash and debris and bring them to the surface for collection. Prizes provided by Barclay’s Skindivers Paradise will be given for the best “catch” of the day.

Trash in the ocean kills more than one million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and turtles each year through ingestion and entanglement. Trash left at the beach can easily be picked up by the tide and find its way to the floor of Casco Bay where it could sit for hundreds of years posing a hazard to our local marine life. A tin can will take more than five decades to decompose and a plastic bottle thrown into the ocean today will still be decomposing four centuries from now. For more information about the clean-up effort, visit http://www.skindiversparadise.com/.

When: Saturday, June 2, 2012

9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Where: East End Beach, Portland
John Hatcher
Keller Williams Realty - The Hatcher Group
6 Deering Street | Portland, Maine 04101
207-775-2121 Office | 207-775-2122 Fax
http://JohnHatcher.us
John@JohnHatcher.us

No Trash/Recycling Pick-up in Portland on Memorial Day

No Trash/Recycling Pick-up for Memorial Day


The Department of Public Services Solid Waste crews will not collect trash or recycling on Memorial Day, May 28, 2012. Residents who normally receive collection services on Monday will have their trash and recycling collected the Saturday before, May 26th. Residents of Peaks Island, Great Diamond Island, Little Diamond Island and Cliff Island will have their recycling and trash collection the following day, Tuesday, May 29th. All items should be out by 6:30 AM to ensure collection. If residents have further questions about their trash/recycling collection, they can contact the Recycling Hotline at 756-8189.

The Riverside Recycling Facility will be closed on Memorial Day as well, and will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
 
John Hatcher
Keller Williams Realty - The Hatcher Group
6 Deering Street | Portland, Maine 04101
207-775-2121 Office | 207-775-2122 Fax
http://JohnHatcher.us
John@JohnHatcher.us

Portland's New Bulky Item Pick-up program

Portland Launches New Bulky Item Pick-up


Starting Monday, the City of Portland’s Department of Public Services will officially launch a new bulky waste program, Tag It – Bulky Item Pick-Up, for residents. The online program offers an easy and affordable way for residents to dispose of bulky and large items. Developed by department staff and the Solid Waste Task Force, the new program replaces the city’s heavy item pick-up and provides residents and renters alike with an easy method to dispose of large items.

Residents who wish to participate in the program may do so by filling out an online form at http://www.recycle.portlandmaine.gov/

Staff from the Department of Public Services will confirm the request via e-mail and issue the requested bulky item tag(s) to the resident through the US mail. Once the tag is received, generally two to three days after requested, the resident should secure it to the item and set it out at the curb on the specified date for pick-up. Generally, the disposal date will be the resident’s next regularly scheduled trash day. Tags for bulky items weighing less than thirty pounds such as kitchen chairs, cribs, lawn furniture, and toys are free and limited to ten per eligible household a year. Bulky Tags for items weighing more than thirty pounds, such as couches, beds, dressers and mattresses will be issued at a set fee of $40 per item

As part of the city’s efforts to reduce waste, residents are encouraged to donate unwanted items that are in usable condition to local charitable organizations or give them to friends or neighbors who could use them. Residents can also contact private waste haulers for disposal services.

The Tag It - Bulky Item Pick-Up program will operate from April to November annually. Electronic waste like televisions, computer monitors and other components are not eligible for this program. There are several options for recycling these items. For more information, visit the city’s website at http://recycle.portlandmaine.gov/ewaste.asp.
 
John Hatcher
Keller Williams Realty - The Hatcher Group
6 Deering Street | Portland, Maine 04101
207-775-2121 Office | 207-775-2122 Fax
http://JohnHatcher.us
John@JohnHatcher.us

Portland Walkways for a healthier community

Portland Installs New Walkways to School


This month, the City of Portland is installing Portland Walkways, which identify safe routes for children and parents to walk or bike to school (photo attached). With installation expected to be complete by the end of the month, Portland Walkways will map routes to all Portland Public elementary and middle schools. The clearly marked routes, which are identified by Portland Walkways signs and arrows, were developed for safety and convenience with a travel distance of a mile or less to school. The walkways were designed to avoid major intersections as much as possible, follow sidewalk snowplowing routes and run along well lit streets. The Maine Centers for Disease Control recommends that children between the ages of six and seventeen get a minimum of sixty minutes of aerobic exercises every day. Walking or riding back and forth to school is an easy way to help meet these guidelines.

Funded by a contribution from the city’s obesity prevention program, this initiative is a part of a larger citywide effort to improve nutrition and combat obesity by promoting systemic change that makes it easier to live healthy and active lives. Maine is the most obese state in New England with one out of every three children in the state and fifty-eight percent of all adults in Cumberland County either overweight or obese. The City of Portland through Healthy Portland, a local Healthy Maine Partnership and program of the City of Portland’s Health and Human Services Department, initiated this effort through Healthy Portland’s Communities Putting Prevention to Work obesity prevention grant.

Two years ago, the city was awarded a $1.8 million CPPW obesity prevention grant from the federal government, which has supported a number of citywide programs. Other initiatives include working with the Portland Farmers’ Market Association to accept SNAP benefits, increasing the number of community gardens within the city, working with local restaurants to add calorie information to their menus, developing a citywide plan to increase safety and access to streets and trails for pedestrians and cyclists, and the installation of salad bars at Portland Public Schools.
 
John Hatcher
Keller Williams Realty - The Hatcher Group
6 Deering Street | Portland, Maine 04101
207-775-2121 Office | 207-775-2122 Fax
http://JohnHatcher.us
John@JohnHatcher.us

The Mysterious Penobscot Belle:

Thursday, May 24, 7:00 pm


The Richard D’Abate Lectures: Conversations About History, Art, and Literature
Details: http://www.mainehistory.org/PDF/Programs-Richard_Series.pdf
The Mysterious Penobscot Belle: Early Photography & A Forgotten Wabanaki Encampment in Portland in the mid-1800s

Speaker: Harald E.L. Prins & Bunny McBride, Kansas State University

About a dozen years ago, Prins and McBride, noted anthropologists who have done extensive work with Maine native communities, obtained a mid-19th century engraving of Mary Louise, a beautiful young Penobscot Indian woman, originally published as a ”Fashion Plate” in a popular women’s magazine. For purposes of mass reproduction, this fine image had been copied from a Daguerreotype, probably made by the young photographer Marcus Ormsbee who operated a studio at Middle Street in Portland. Although it is unlikely that the original artifact still exists, Prins and McBride claim that she was the first American Indian woman photographed in the Western hemisphere. Their presentation will explore her individual identity, comment on some fascinating details relevant to this particular portrait, and, last but not least, describe the long-forgotten coastal encampment just outside Portland frequented by Penobscots and other Wabanakis, including itinerant basketmakers, doctors, and showmen.
 
John Hatcher
Keller Williams Realty - The Hatcher Group
6 Deering Street | Portland, Maine 04101
207-775-2121 Office | 207-775-2122 Fax
http://JohnHatcher.us
John@JohnHatcher.us

10 quirky homes...

10 quirky homes for anti-establishment types

The one that caught my eye reminds me of the dining hall on the Gorham Campaus of USM...the aliens have landed!

Spin Me Right ‘Round - 116 Canaan Road, New Paltz, N.Y.

see all 10 homes here: http://www.inman.com/news/2012/04/30/10-quirky-homes-anti-establishment-types?page=0%2C4
John Hatcher
Keller Williams Realty - The Hatcher Group
6 Deering Street | Portland, Maine 04101
207-775-2121 Office | 207-775-2122 Fax
http://JohnHatcher.us
John@JohnHatcher.us

7th Annual Doll Tea

Join Victoria Mansion at the Maine Irish Heritage Center for the 7th Annual Doll Tea!


About the Afternoon Tea..
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This whimsical and extravagant event is back and better than ever! Children and adults will enjoy a traditional tea service by Nellie's Teas while learning about Victorian customs and etiquette. There will be delicious gourmet cupcakes and live music by Brian Callaghan. Ballerinas from Portland Ballet will be on hand to give lessons and display costumes. Adults and children are eligible for a variety of door and raffle prizes including stunning centerpieces by designer Sandy Riley, a Victorian birthday party, custom-made doll clothing by Sandra Gilley, two new American Girl Dolls, and much more! Each child will receive an activity book and have the chance to be crowned one of our Tea Royalty. Afterwards, children are invited to tour the Victoria Mansion and see custom dolls created by doll-maker Marion Bunton. Guests of the Doll Tea are encouraged to bring their own dolls to the event :)
 
Event Details:
Date/Time
Sunday, May 20th at 1pm

Location
ME Irish Heritage Center
34 Gray Street, Portland Maine

Victoria Mansion
109 Danforth Street, Portland Maine

Tickets
$40 1 adult & 1 child($30 for members)
$25 each additional adult ($20 for members)
$15 each additional child ($10 for members)
FMI: 207-772-4841, ext. *810

John Hatcher
Keller Williams Realty - The Hatcher Group
6 Deering Street | Portland, Maine 04101
207-775-2121 Office | 207-775-2122 Fax
http://JohnHatcher.us
John@JohnHatcher.us

Homemade GUACAMOLE

GUACAMOLE
Serves 8

2 large ripe avocados
¼ cup chopped cilantro
2 tablespoons minced red onion
2 tablespoons Mexican crema or sour cream
⅛ teaspoon ground coriander
⅛ teaspoon ground cumin
⅛ teaspoon curry powder
2 garlic cloves, minced into a fine paste
finely grated zest of 1 lime
juice of 1 lime
salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper

Cut avocados in half, remove seeds, slice flesh into small squares with a knife, and spoon the flesh into a medium mixing bowl. Add the

remaining ingredients and mash gently with a fork until the guacamole is partly smooth with some small bits of avocado remaining. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
 
John Hatcher
Keller Williams Realty - The Hatcher Group
6 Deering Street | Portland, Maine 04101
207-775-2121 Office | 207-775-2122 Fax
http://JohnHatcher.us
John@JohnHatcher.us

Stunning custom built Oceanfront home

Stunning custom built Oceanfront home that was designed to afford spectular water views from most rms.Open flr plan offers bright & light rms.Gourmet kitchen,1st&2nd flr master suites, glowing hardwood floors throughout-step out your door & onto the beach
Visual Tour: http://tour.previsite.com/D4827250-2264-56EE-D55C-93A507F8EDC3

John Hatcher
Keller Williams Realty - The Hatcher Group
6 Deering Street | Portland, Maine 04101
207-775-2121 Office | 207-775-2122 Fax
http://JohnHatcher.us
John@JohnHatcher.us