CAPE ELIZABETH — Worries about future losses in state funding led School Board members to add $30,000 to a contingency fund when they approved the fiscal 2013 budget Tuesday night. The addition was the only substantive change to the $21.7 million preliminary budget introduced by Superintendent Meredith Nadeau last month, and allows her to present […]
March 2012
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SMCC nursing students plan trip to Peru
SOUTH PORTLAND — A new Nursing Club at Southern Maine Community College will send a group of students and faculty members on a humanitarian voyage to Peru in August. In Peru, the group will provide medical care to the community at a clinic in the city of Cuzco. The trip is planned in collaboration with Hands Across […]
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Tax hike needed to fill $2.85M South Portland budget spike
SOUTH PORTLAND — Residents could see a 3.66 percent increase in the property tax rate to cover a roughly $2.85 million general fund budget increase for fiscal year 2013. Those numbers are based on a municipal budget presented by City Manager Jim Gailey to city councilors last week, as well as a proposed 2.2 percent […]
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An enthusiastic entrepreneur – Q&A with Jeff Ball
WINDHAM – One look at the Maine Successful Thinkers Facebook page will reveal the group is gaining in members and popularity. Photographs from weekly business get-togethers, comments from visitors, and about 500 “likes” show the group has a lot going on. The group was established by Jeff Ball in 2009 and is an outlet, similar […]
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Windham teams compete in 'Mind' games
WELLS – Creative thinking, out-of-the-box ideas and innovation were celebrated and rewarded when about 170 teams from all across Maine descended on schools in Wells Saturday to take part in the state Odyssey of the Mind tournament. There were some new winners, as well as returning champions among the teams chosen to go on to […]
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Inside Raymond – 3/30
Defying Gravity The Jordan-Small Middle School Drama Club is excited to announce a very different type of dramatic production than their traditional spring musical. This year, students will be presenting “Defying Gravity, An Evening of Song and Story,” which will be comprised of three musical numbers incorporating both singing and choreography, telling three stories in […]
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South Portland School Board opts for 2.2% budget increase
SOUTH PORTLAND — The School Board is poised to pass a 2.2 percent budget increase, which would result in a tax rate increase of about 50 cents. At a workshop meeting on Wednesday, six of the seven School Board members expressed support for the plan as presented by Superintendent of Schools Suzanne Godin. Sara Goldberg […]
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North Berwick fire destroys home
The fire on Ford Quint Road this morning destroyed a 19th-century house.
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Bangor police charge man in backstage theft
Police say 57-year-old Robert Coulombe went into a changing room during a high school musical and stole performers’ personal items.
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South Portland students take aim at robotics championship in St. Louis
SOUTH PORTLAND — Less than a month from now, a team of South Portland students hope to storm the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Mo., to compete for the honor of “world champion.” The dome is the home of the St. Louis Rams, but these kids aren’t football players. They’re the Riot Crew, South […]