Last time I wrote about a bill (LD 1858) in the Legislature that promoted changing the manner in which teachers and principals were evaluated in schools. Depending who you spoke with, either the evaluations are not done well or often or the process is so diluted that it is difficult to move out a poorly […]
2012
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AUGUSTA MATTERS – Evolution of education legislation
Last time I wrote about a bill (LD 1858) in the Legislature that promoted changing the manner in which teachers and principals were evaluated in schools. Depending who you spoke with, either the evaluations are not done well or often or the process is so diluted that it is difficult to move out a poorly […]
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Inside Windham – 3/30
Garden deadline If you want to reserve a garden spot at Windham Community Garden, get your application in today! First preference will be given to online applications postmarked by March 31 – that’s Saturday. For more information, call Marge Govoni, 892-7192 or visit the website, www.windhamcommunitygarden.org. Library program Windham Public Library will present a program […]
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Man charged in Kennnebunk, Biddeford burglaries
The arrest of Michael L. Clough, 31, of Biddeford follows an extensive investigation into 12 home burglaries in one week in Kennebunk.
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Inside Gray – 3/30
Field Clean-Up Day Time to take out your shovels, rakes, and wheelbarrows and bring them to the Gray Little League Fields for Field Clean-Up Day on March 31, from 9 a.m.-noon. Donations of trash bags, cleaning supplies, or anything else you think they can use will be appreciated. Minor/Major/Junior Softball managers, coaches, players, and parents […]
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US economy grew 3% in final quarter of 2011
Economists expect growth has slowed to less than 2 percent in the current quarter.
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VIDEO: Eagle rescue in Litchfield
Game Warden Steve Allarie along with Litchfield and Gardiner firefighters responded to a call of two eagles that became entangled on a tree while brawling in Litchfield. They were preparing to climb up and remove the birds when they broke free. One eagle flew away and the authorities rescued the other following a foot chase […]
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3% school budget hike goes to Cape Elizabeth council
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 […]
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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 […]