SOUTH PORTLAND — Despite pleas from local business owners to keep the one-way in place, the City Council decided Monday night to return Ocean Street in Knightville to a two-way street. Councilors supported the switch 4-2, with Councilor Linda Cohen and Mayor Tom Blake opposing. Brad Fox was absent after leaving the meeting during an earlier […]
2016
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Volunteers wanted at Portland recovery center
PORTLAND — Steve Cotreau will not be posing for recruitment posters anytime soon, but he and city officials want help. Help in the form of licensed social workers and counselors to volunteer at the Portland Recovery Community Center at 468 Forest Ave. “I keep on saying there is a cap somewhere; I don’t know where it […]
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Interactive map: Maine’s 2016 Democratic caucus results
While Sen. Bernie Sanders won the majority of votes in most towns, races were more competitive in wealthy coastal communities and rural inland areas of central Maine.
Posted inMaine, News
Crash leaves Springvale woman in critical condition; ice blamed
Police say Amber Desmond, 24, is being treated at Maine Medical Center.
Posted inNews, Sports
Lions star WR Calvin Johnson retires after 9 seasons
The 6-foot-5 Johnson had 88 receptions for 1,214 yards and nine touchdowns last season.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Derek Langhauser wins permanent appointment to lead Maine’s community colleges
A veteran of the system, he is approved unanimously by the board of trustees.
Posted inNation & World, News
Your chances of becoming poor may be higher than you think
Sociologists have calculated how likely you are to become poor based solely on your age, education, race and marital status.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
SAD 51 school board revises grad policy with eye toward disabled students
CUMBERLAND — The School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors on Monday unanimously approved a revision to its graduation requirements that offers alternative standards to special needs students so they can complete high school. The revised policy is a challenge to how the Maine Department of Education interprets state statute, and the Drummond-Woodsum law firm […]
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After decades in Damascus, American says he’ll never leave
Thomas Webber. 71, arrived in Damascus in 1975, and went on to convert to Islam and marry a Syrian woman. Except for a brief stint teaching in Iran, he has lived in Syria ever since.
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Vice President Biden in Israel amid Palestinian attacks
Earlier, Israel disputed a White House claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘surprised’ the Obama administration by canceling a planned visit to Washington.