SOUTH PORTLAND – Next week, the Portland Water District will begin a project to replace approximately 1,550 feet of 12-inch water main on Broadway in South Portland between Dawson Street and Hobart Street. Work will occur between 7 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday, and is expected to be complete by mid-July. During work hours, traffic on Broadway […]
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Water main work to alter traffic in South Portland starting next week
SOUTH PORTLAND – Next week, the Portland Water District will begin a project to replace approximately 1,550 feet of 12-inch water main on Broadway in South Portland between Dawson Street and Hobart Street. Work will occur between 7 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday, and is expected to be complete by mid-July. During work hours, traffic on Broadway […]
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Maine garden clubs stay vital
In times past, garden clubs were thought of as female social clubs, where white gloves, hats and hot tea were the order of the day. In 2013, meetings are more often about making things grow, caring for the environment and beautifying the community. Tomatoes are as important as rhododendrons, digging and weeding are as much […]
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Scarborough council says school budget is still too high
SCARBOROUGH – On Monday the Scarborough Board of Education finalized $1.74 million in cuts to the $41.4 million operating budget for 2014 first proposed by Superintendent George Entwistle, but on Wednesday, the Town Council said that’s still not enough. At a joint budget workshop, councilors said it would take another $650,000 in cuts to reach […]
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UMaine system makes cuts, even as its reserves top $177M
Four years ago, when the University of Maine System was cutting programs to save money, officials were criticized for not, instead, making up the shortfall by taking money from system reserves. At the time, officials said they needed all of the $88 million in the reserve account as a contingency for the unexpected and other […]
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Former South Portland resident recovers after Boston bombing
Karen Rand, formerly of Westbrook and South Portland, was standing next to her best friend, Krystle Campbell, while the two watched Rand’s boyfriend run in the Boston Marathon last week. Now, she’s sitting in a hospital room at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital, recovering from the loss of her leg, and her friend’s life. “It’s a […]
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Council mulls request for beer tent at South Portland festival
SOUTH PORTLAND – Maxine Beecher does not like the idea of allowing consumption of alcohol on public property, a fact she made clear at Monday’s workshop session of the South Portland City Council. In August 2003, Beecher collected more than 1,000 signatures to defeat an ordinance change proposed by then-City Councilor Christopher Bowring that would […]
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LOOKING BACK: Issue of April 24, 2008
Issue of April 24, 2008 Owners of restaurants and businesses that sell beverages are furious about a new, 40 percent tax on syrup used to make soda and a doubling of taxes on beer and wine – passed by the Legislature last week in the waning hours of the session. The taxes, owners say, will […]
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City sides with motel abutters in property sale
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland City Council on Monday declined to sell city-owned property on Noyes Street to the nearby Super 8 Motel, opting instead to sell the land to abutters as a buffer against the motel, which the city says has been plagued in the past by poor management. “There are numerous issues […]
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The ultimate 'lunch lady'
SOUTH PORTLAND – Students and staff will work this weekend to create a memorial to a longtime worker at the Kaler school. SOUTH PORTLAND – Each of the five elementary schools in South Portland is named for a different pillar of the city’s educational community, a list that includes teachers, school board members, and superintendents. […]