The district has been reviewing and revising school rules that relate to police involvement since it ended the school resource officer program last year.
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Support mounting for rail trail expansion to New Hampshire
A proposed bill calls for a feasibility study to look into the potential of expanding the Mountain Division Rail Trail from Standish to Fryeburg.
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Portland legislator pushes for Portland-Lewiston rail service
The bill, sponsored by State Sen. Ben Chipman, is set to be taken up Tuesday by the joint transportation committee.
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Referendum won’t impact homeless center plan, Portland officials say
The housing and economic development committee recommends moving forward with Developers Collaborative and hopes to get the project approved before any potential limits on shelter sizes would go into effect.
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‘So much life and happiness’ at Maine Eid celebration
The New England Arab American Organization holds a drive-up Eid celebration in Westbrook for the second year in a row because of the pandemic.
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Pandemic doesn’t stop first album release for local musician
Tim Winchester’s new album ‘Into the Open’ was recorded and mixed at Acadia Recording Company in Portland.
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Consolidation approved for Portland health, human services offices
Social services, public health and other health and human services staff will begin operating out of space at 39 Forest Ave. later this summer.
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Portland author explores lore of Bigfoot in Maine
A book, written by Michelle Souliere, includes first-person accounts from those who say they have seen the cryptid in Maine.
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Waynflete team examines climate change through the arts
The project included students from Waynflete School in Portland, Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Oxford Hills and Friends Seminary in New York City.
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Operación Museo nets top honor for Portland Spanish teacher
José Iván Sabau Torrelo, a fifth-grade teacher in Lyseth Elementary School’s Spanish Immersion program, won the Ministry of Education, Embassy of Spain’s 2021 Teacher of the Year award for a detective game he created for his students.