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Portsmouth, N.H., superintendent named to lead RSU 5

Edward R. McDonough, superintendent of the Portsmouth School Department in New Hampshire for the past six years, will return to Maine as superintendent of Regional School Unit 5, which includes Freeport, Durham and Pownal. By unanimous vote at a board meeting Wednesday night, the RSU 5 Board of Directors confirmed McDonough as the new superintendent. […]

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Cape Elizabeth school budget could rise 2.6%

CAPE ELIZABETH — The school superintendent’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2016 includes an increase of just over $600,000, or 2.6 percent. Superintendent Meredith Nadeau on Wednesday presented a projected total budget of more than $23.8 million to the School Board. She said the budget will have an impact on taxpayers of a 1.5 percent property-tax […]

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South Portland weighs ways to keep Thornton Heights corner green

SOUTH PORTLAND — City councilors and citizens took the first steps Monday night toward deciding what to do with the 2.3-acre parcel of city land at the corner of Main and Westbrook Streets. Most options they discussed, including creation of a conservation easement, would eventually preserve the property as open space. The grassy area became the […]