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    March 2, 2010

    South Portland school plan worries many

    A proposal to merge two middle schools is being forced through, residents tell school board members.

  • Published
    March 1, 2010

    Feature Obituary: Brooke Walton, 29, Web designer who rose above illness

    WARREN – Brooke Walton of Warren found something to be happy about every day. It could be a visit from her young niece, her sister’s progress in school or her mother’s success in her nursing career. “Brooke was happy right up to the very end,” said her father, Mark Walton. “Just an absolute joy, in […]

  • Published
    March 1, 2010

    Hooking up with farms

    Consumers at a fair in Portland and elsewhere around the state browse and buy into farmers’ future harvests.

  • Published
    February 25, 2010

    South Portland school superintendent proposes cutting 31 jobs

    SOUTH PORTLAND – Thirty-one positions, including teachers, assistant coaches and education technicians, would be eliminated under the $39.4 million school budget Superintendent Suzanne Godin presented to the Board of Education on Wednesday. Twenty-nine of those job eliminations could involve layoffs. The proposal would result in a property tax rate of $10.26 per $1,000 of assessed […]

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    February 23, 2010

    Feature Obituary: Helen Harrison, 85, secretary in Navy, caring and outgoing

    Helen Harrison of Sanford had a feisty streak that emerged at a young age. It was apparent when she joined the Navy during World War II, when she serenaded her future husband outside a hospital and when she unexpectedly broke into joyful dance. ”Everybody loved her,” said her daughter, Anne Harrison of Sanford. ”I think […]

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    February 22, 2010

    Nancy Riley, 59, tended family, garden, business, friends

    In a favorite family photograph, Nancy Riley is smiling, basket in hand, in the secret garden behind her Berwick home. The perennials around her are thriving — fittingly so, given the plants’ role in the business and family life she cultivated on the property. Mrs. Riley died Sunday at age 59 after a battle with […]

  • Published
    February 22, 2010

    Far from spring, eager to swing

    Golfers itching to get back on the course soothe their yearnings with a visit to the indoor Portland Golf Expo.

  • Published
    February 19, 2010

    Tax decision headed to Kennebunk voters

    Lower Village would benefit from creation of a special fund, but some residents worry about diverting taxes.

  • Published
    February 18, 2010

    Tax decision headed to Kennebunk voters

    Lower Village would benefit from creation of a special fund, but some residents worry about diverting taxes.