Peter Eglinton, the former school board chairman, will likely be named Portland Public Schools’ chief operations officer.
Kelley Bouchard
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Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, history, human rights, health and elder care, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Proposed charter school secures Portland site
The Baxter Academy for Technology and Science would open next September near the corner of Commercial and York St.
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Yarmouth may remove dams from Royal River
Town leaders have been seriously considering the idea of removing the dams for several months. But they’ll seek public input before making a decision.
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Freeport OKs skating rink, bus study
The rink on Depot Street could be ready for skaters by Christmas, if the weather cooperates.
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Grants will fund extras at schools in Yarmouth
The $17,000 comes from a nonprofit group that formed to pay for special projects and programs.
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Falmouth High develops math, science specialty
Students in the program will work outside the classroom and earn acknowledgment.
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Freeport could get skating rink in village center
The town would buy a rink kit and install it in a downtown parking lot if town councilors agree.
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Freeport looks to add ways to move public
With the train coming next year, councilors will consider joining a bus service feasibility study.
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Design group submits plan for former school land
Financial details are withheld for the proposal, which calls for office space and townhouses.
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For Catholics, new church brings hope
The Diocese of Portland broke ground on a new church in South Berwick on Wednesday, its first new church in Maine since 2005.