PORTLAND — To become smarter, city officials looked west to Pittsburgh last week. “We have this canvas, a landscape open to piloting new technology and new ideas,” City Manager Jon Jennings said Oct. 26 about spending almost three days meeting with consultants, staff at Carnegie Mellon University and Pittsburgh officials on applying technology to municipal operations. […]

PORTLAND — Reporting on energy and water use and greenhouse gas emissions required by a 2016 benchmarking ordinance will likely be pushed back to May 1, 2019. An amendment to the ordinance was recommended for passage Oct. 24 by City Councilors Spencer Thibodeau and Belinda Ray at a meeting of the council’s Sustainability & Transportation […]

PORTLAND —  With the belief that early childhood education provides an essential foundation, the Portland Public Schools is pursuing what could be an expensive goal: universal pre-kindergarten. The School Board received an update Oct. 16 on the progress that’s been made when Superintendent of Schools Xavier Botana suggested “the most comprehensive and cost-effective approach” would be a partnership […]

PORTLAND — A rap song about the water cycle was a big hit with second-graders at Riverton Elementary School last week. Performed by their teachers, the original song was designed to engage the interest of the students and get them excited about learning science. The event was part of the school’s new effort to put more […]

PORTLAND — “Moore Together” is the new theme underlying how all students and staff are expected to act toward each other at Lyman Moore Middle School. The goal is to continually highlight the idea that people can accomplish wonderful things by working together. “We believe that our school is a collection of unique (people) who each […]