PORTLAND — The committee overseeing renovations at four elementary schools recommended the School Board hire a contractor for work at Lyseth Elementary, even though the bid came in $2.8 million higher than anticipated. The District Advisory Building Committee met April 25 and said the architect and school administration should find up to $750,000 in cost savings […]
2019
Portland High School students use photos to share substance use prevention message
PORTLAND — A photo exhibit spotlights the perspective of Portland High School students who were asked to consider how outside influences – from advertising to social media to family expectations – could impact their decision to use drugs or other substances. The exhibit will be at the Portland Public Library throughout the month of May and will be […]
Multi-family Westbrook house damaged by fire
The fire in a two-unit residential building started in the attic area, according to a fire official.
Job post seeking ‘preferably Caucasian’ applicants removed
The company said the individuals involved have been fired.
Composites laboratory leaving Brunswick Landing, moving on to USM
BRUNSWICK — The Composite Engineering Research Laboratory at Brunswick Landing’s TechPlace announced it is leaving Brunswick after almost a decade, in a partnership with the University of Southern Maine designed to “solve the problem of workforce development,” according to Stephen Von Vogt, managing director of the Maine Composites Alliance. “Being at USM will allow us […]
Trump sues banks to block House subpoenas for records
Trump files suit against Deutsche Bank and Capital One in an attempt to block congressional subpoenas for his business records.
Rich Manieri: The Democrats’ platform of pipedreams
I don’t have any student debt and it isn’t because I was born into a wealthy family. My father was an accountant. We lived in a middle-class neighborhood. My parents paid for my college education because my mother, who guarded the family finances like a team of Akitas, had a very simple spending policy: Don’t buy […]
Trump wants to charge asylum-seekers to apply
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is proposing charging asylum-seekers a fee to process their applications as he continues to try to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross into the U.S. In a presidential memorandum signed Monday, Trump directed his attorney general and acting homeland security secretary to take […]
New attorney office opens in Saco
Paul Weinstein recently did the honors at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the new home of law firm Weinstein, Lovell & Ordway, P.A. at 431 Main St. in Saco. The firm focuses on real estate, business law and estate planning. Also shown are Saco City Administrator Kevin Sutherland, Saco City Councilor Marshall Archer, and Saco […]
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