PORTLAND — In a world of complex budgets, some math is very simple for city Finance Director Brendan O’Connell. Unless expenses are offset, every $70,000 of additional spending, or every $1 million of bonded debt, adds a penny to the property tax rate, he said last month. In the next five years, the pennies could add […]
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Supporters still hope to save Portland all-girls school
PORTLAND — While the announcement that it would close later this month seemed sudden, officials at Maine Girls’ Academy this week said they’ve exhausted virtually all their options to keep the school open. “This board is smart, well-connected and hardworking and there was a concerted, consistent, all-out, multi-year effort” to keep the only all-girls school in […]
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Portland pier gets help with heavy lifting
Expansion of Portland’s International Marine Terminal continues Tuesday, July 10, with delivery of a second mobile harbor crane. The new crane will help double the terminal’s container-handling capacity and extend the life of a crane that went into service in 2013. The terminal pier will also be expanded by the Maine Department of Transporation and […]
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Brunswick artist brings imaginative message to MECA in Portland
BRUNSWICK — The third floor of the Fort Andross Mill, with its stark white walls and plain wood floors, looks pretty bland. One room situated within it, however, is anything but boring. A huge open space full of colorful canvases, cans of paint and stained brushes is home to artist Katherine Bradford’s summer studio. Bradford will give […]
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Falmouth Police Beat: July 12
Arrests 6/30 at 2:48 p.m. Joshua M. Hovan, 29, of Skillings Avenue, South Paris, was arrested on Mallison Falls Road in Windham by Detective Jeff Pardue on an outstanding warrant. Summonses 6/6 at 12:43 p.m. Gary W. Black, 72, of Cherry Street, Portland, was issued a summons on U.S. Route 1 by Lt. John Kilbride […]
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Peaks Island military museum brings attention to soldier suicide
PEAKS ISLAND — An average of 22 veterans and one active-duty member of the armed forces die by suicide each day, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. One of them was Senior Airman Dustin Hadfield, a Mainer and Afghanistan veteran who took his own life in December 2014, almost two […]
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Portland police chief says he's ready for City Hall
PORTLAND — Police Chief Michael Sauschuck said Monday it won’t be easy to move over to City Hall as an assistant city manager, but the opportunity could not be passed up. “What kind of opened my mind to the possibilities was working with (City Manager Jon Jennings), how he operates and where his priorities are,” Sauschuck said. […]
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Portland Trails scavenger hunt encourages exploration on foot
PORTLAND — As a seaside city, Portland has many obvious and well-trafficked vantage points. But it’s the hidden gems that Portland Trails hopes to highlight with an upcoming scavenger hunt. The event, called City at Your Feet, will encourage participants to move from point to point without using a personal vehicle. The scavenger hunt takes place […]
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Portland police chief moving to City Hall as assistant city manager
PORTLAND — Police Chief Michael Sauschuck will become an assistant city manager, the city announced Thursday morning. His salary will be $140,000 annually. The city’s management team now includes City Manager Jon Jennings, Sauschuck, and Mona Bector, who was recently hired as the other assistant city manager. Sauschuck’s last day with the Police Department will be July […]
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Portland Police Beat: July 4
Arrests 6/25 at 9:13 a.m. Jon R. Adams, 37, no address listed, was arrested on Oak Street by Officer Anthony Stewart on outstanding warrants from another agency, an a charge of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs. 6/25 at 9:51 a.m. Saad E. S. Zackaria, 23, of Portland, was arrested on Marginal Way by Officer Blake Cunningham […]