PORTLAND — Ocean Avenue Elementary School has been named an International Baccalaureate World School, the only elementary school in Maine to be designated. The International Baccalaureate Organization is a nonprofit education organization that focuses on helping students become internationally minded and more active in a globalized future. The school worked through a multi-year authorization process to […]
August 2016
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
EU says Apple must pay Ireland up to $14.5 billion in back taxes
The ruling is the latest and biggest salvo in the EU’s battle to have multinationals pay their fair share in the region.
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Posted inMaine, News
Blaze displaces residents of apartment building on Forest Avenue
No one was hurt when a fire broke out in the rear of the six-unit, three-story building.
Posted inOn the Job
On the Job: Peter Scontras, candy store proprietor
The Way Way Store in Saco is on the Register of Historic Places.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Tom Caron: Red Sox need to fix their bullpen, but they have a lot of options
For instance, Joe Kelly should come up from Pawtucket and Clay Buchholz should be given the eighth-inning slot.
Posted inMaine, News
Some say they’ll remain in homeless camp despite Portland police deadline
Given until Wednesday to leave the site off Brighton Avenue, occupants say they’d rather risk arrest than stay at a shelter or an overflow building.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: State spending cuts slow recovery in Maine’s drug crisis
Policies promoted by DHHS head Mary Mayhew and Gov. LePage reflect the misguided belief that Mainers struggling with addiction are a lost cause.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: In vein of Collins, Smith, speak out against LePage
For 42 years, I called Maine my home. My two children, both African-American and adopted, spent their childhoods in Maine schools. They made enduring friends. They faced, as all people of color do in our country, some racism. But, by and large, they found people who admired them and believed in them as much as […]
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Letter to the editor: Unfit to serve, LePage should resign
A person who is unable to engage in tactful civil discourse is unfit for public service. A person who is unable to respect all of the inhabitants of the state that he or she governs is unfit to govern. A person who repeatedly engages in vulgar, violent and threatening rhetoric, in public or in private, […]
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Letter to the editor: Portland Mayor Strimling challenges critic of renter protection proposal
Last week, I proposed a series of protections for Portland renters. The protections include requiring 90 days’ notice to a family before a landlord can raise their rent or evict them without cause. The proposal also protects Portland taxpayers by preventing mass evictions that strain our social services (like we saw last winter) and ensures […]