Greater Portland Benefits Greely Hockey Boosters, raffle fundraiser, drawing Jan.1 at Dudley Cup Tournament, tickets $10 each or 3 for $20, 831-9014. Bulletin Board Thursday 12/20 Labyrinth Walk, 4-7:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal, 580 Forest Ave., Portland, 772-7421. Friday 12/21 Solstice Service, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, 524 Allen Ave., Portland, 797-7240. […]
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Portland School Notebook
Legal field diversity encouraged at local student conference PORTLAND—Nearly 70 students from Casco Bay High School participated in a hands-on educational law conference on Dec. 7 at University of Maine School of Law in Portland. Bernstein Shur attorneys led the conference, along with Maine Law students, using curriculum from the National Association for Law Placement […]
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Arts Calendar: Dec. 19-30
Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Portland Children’s Festival is seeking entries to the Young Filmmakers Contest, April 4-7, 2013, open to students in kindergarten through high school from Portland and surrounding communities, maximum duration of three minutes. This year’s theme is “connections.” Contest rules and entry forms are available on the festival website: […]
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Wiscasset property goes unclaimed
WISCASSET The town is accepting what it calls “a creative approach for proposals” to purchase tax-acquired property worth an estimated $6.5 million. So far, no takers. In late August, the Board of Selectmen voted to take a 38-acre parcel including the former Mason Station and a portion of the proposed Point East Development — approximately […]
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RSU 1 OKs funding structure
BATH Regional School Unit 1 directors were able to do Monday what their cost-sharing committee couldn’t: identify an allocation for funding its schools in the next fiscal year. By unanimous vote, the Board of Directors decided to switch to an allocation based on cost per student. The Cost-Sharing Committee also voted 5-0 for that option, […]
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Shooting spurs local action
TOPSHAM School officials are taking steps to ensure local schools are safe in the aftermath of Friday’s shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school. School Administrative District 75 Superintendent Brad Smith posted a message about school safety on the district website Saturday, assuring parents that schools have emergency plans in place that include preparation for […]
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Bowen tells schools to review emergency plans
PORTLAND Maine’s education commissioner on Monday asked school districts around the state to review their emergency response plans in the aftermath of the mass shootings at a Connecticut school that killed 20 pupils. Stephen Bowen sent memos to schools that, among other things, asked officials to review their emergency management plans, said Department of Education […]
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Topsham could get 47-home project
TOPSHAM The Topsham Planning Board will get its first look tonight at the latest sketch plan for a proposed 47-home subdivision between Mallett and Park drives. Developer Dan Catlin of Mallett Woods LLC submitted the plan. The Planning Board has seen other plans for the property but they didn’t progress to final review. The Planning […]
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Brunswick to act on parking, historic-structure demolition
BRUNSWICK The authority to approve or deny destruction of buildings in an area noted for historical and architectural values now rests with the Planning Board — at least until June 1, 2013. Town councilors voted 8-1 Monday, with Benet Pols in opposition, to temporarily change the demolition review process for the Village Review Overlay Zone. […]