SCARBOROUGH – Councilors at a special meeting Monday afternoon added $100,000 to the 2010-11 school budget in an attempt to sway voters who rejected a previous proposal at the polls earlier this month. And councilors are hoping the next school budget referendum, scheduled for the June 8 primary election, will draw more than the 6 […]
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High school fix now at $44.2M
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland Board of Education will ask the City Council next month to send to voters in November a $44.2 million plan to renovate the aging high school, school officials said this week. The Secondary School Facilities Committee finalized the figure at its meeting last Thursday after approving a little less […]
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Cape council adopts school budget for June 8 vote
The Town Council by a 5-2 vote on Tuesday adopted a $31.4 million town budget, which includes the $20.7 million school budget plus municipal expenses and is up nearly $609,000 or 2 percent. CAPE ELIZABETH – Only two residents spoke at a public hearing Monday on Cape Elizabeth’s proposed new 2010-2011 budget, both saying school […]
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Cape council adopts school budget for June 8 vote
The Town Council by a 5-2 vote on Tuesday adopted a $31.4 million town budget, which includes the $20.7 million school budget plus municipal expenses and is up nearly $609,000 or 2 percent. CAPE ELIZABETH – Only two residents spoke at a public hearing Monday on Cape Elizabeth’s proposed new 2010-2011 budget, both saying school […]
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Scarborough resident organizes first-time festival at Tate House
PORTLAND – People driving by the Tate House Museum in Portland on June 5 may glimpse an unusual sight: a man secured in a pillory. But while such an image would be strange to 21st century eyes, it was not atypical during Colonial times, when the Tate House was built. And visitors to the museum […]
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Job market still weak, new claims up 25,000
The week’s rise in initial claims is higher than anticipated but officials see no factors to pinpoint.
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Down the road a piece: Nasty is as nasty does
Most every small Maine town comes with one – a person no one seems to like. Your bigger cities like Portland, of course, have more of these people than they know what to do with, but every town will have at least one person who – for many good reasons – no one cares for. […]
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Quinn's Corner: A great job if you can get it
Why such a crowd, asked the wise old owl Of wannabe governors out on the prowl All unemployed seekers In LL Bean sneakers For hours on TV they surely do howl Next November Maine will elect a new governor. The job doesn’t pay much, but there is no heavy lifting – and it comes with […]
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Officials suspect resident had ties to failed NYC bomber
SOUTH PORTLAND–Mohammad Shafiq Rahman, known as Shafiq to friends and co-workers at the Artist & Craftsman Supply in Portland, was not at work Friday, but his absence was apparent. The 33-year-old South Portland man has been detained on a visa violation by law enforcement officials investigating the attempted SUV bombing in Times Square, and the […]