PORTLAND — A photo exhibit spotlights the perspective of Portland High School students who were asked to consider how outside influences – from advertising to social media to family expectations – could impact their decision to use drugs or other substances. The exhibit will be at the Portland Public Library throughout the month of May and will be […]
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Future of Portland's Western Promenade up for discussion
PORTLAND — It has been home to carriage trails, gardens, a toboggan run and even a ski jump. But it’s what comes next for the Western Promenade that concerned about 20 people at a public meeting at Reiche School April 25. “There are no design decisions being made,” Kyle Zick of Boston-based KZLA landscape architects said when […]
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Police hope to forge gun givebacks by Mainers
PORTLAND — Nine cities and towns from Brunswick to Wells are looking to turn guns into plowshares. “Throw them out and clean up your home,” Yarmouth Town Councilor Tim Shannon said Monday about the May 11 Guns to Garden Tools drop-off program that will collect old, unwanted or unused weapons and turn them into garden tools. The […]
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Portland ‘March for Babies’ coming to USM
PORTLAND — A 3-mile “March for Babies,” sponsored by the March of Dimes, begins at 9 a.m. Sunday, May 5, at the University of Southern Maine. March of Dimes spokeswoman Michelle O’Malley said same-day registration begins at 8 a.m. at the USM Sullivan Complex, 66 Falmouth St. Online registration is at marchforbabies.org. The walk will include Deering Oaks […]
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Events scheduled for Portland's Congress Square Park
PORTLAND — Circus Olé will open the “In the Square” public entertainment season at Congress Square Park at 6 p.m. Friday, May 3. Dela Murphy, executive director of Friends of Congress Square Park, said the performance is one of 200 events planned at the park at Congress and High streets, next to the Westin Portland Harborview Hotel. […]
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Work resumes on Forest Avenue in Portland
PORTLAND — Sewer separation work on Forest Avenue resumes Monday, April 29, between Bedford Street and Deerfield Road. City Hall spokeswoman Jessica Grondin said contractors will be working from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. weekdays on an intermittent schedule and hope to complete the work in August. They will be required to leave one lane of Forest Avenue […]
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Westbrook health center closing scrambles doctors, patients
WESTBROOK — Physicians are trying to find new offices and thousands of patients are looking for new doctors as Maine Centers for Healthcare prepares to shut down next month. Dr. Owen Pickus, who owns the practice and the building, is retiring and closing the operation as of June 1. The 29,000-square medical office building at […]
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Bids to fix Portland's Lyseth School come in millions above estimates
PORTLAND — Lyseth Elementary School is the latest city project to get a harsh math lesson. Members of a district-wide building committee and the Lyseth building committee will meet at the school, 175 Auburn St., at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 25, to discuss how to move forward after two bids for the school’s renovation were at […]
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Portland school budget in city councilors’ hands
PORTLAND — City councilors on Monday accepted the fiscal year 2020 school budget for review, appropriated donations made to the Community Support Fund and approved federal grant spending. Before the meeting, Councilor Spencer Thibodeau’s planned absence was questioned by the local Democratic Socialists of America. Councilor Brian Batson also missed the meeting. The $117.8 million education […]
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Portland parent interpreters provide lifeline between schools, new Mainers
PORTLAND — For more than three decades a group of city residents have worked to ensure that families who don’t speak English can be as engaged in and informed as anyone about the school life of their children. The Parent Community Specialists who work with the Multilingual & Multicultural Center at the Portland Public Schools can […]