PORTLAND — The School Board this week gets its first look at a revised fiscal year 2019 budget of nearly $112 million, which represents a 7.5 percent increase in spending. The board’s Finance Committee approved the proposal in a 3-0 vote last week, with Laurie Davis absent. The full board was scheduled to hold a first […]

PORTLAND — New rooms and a helipad on the East Tower of Maine Medical Center will improve delivery of care, but the most immediate impact from the hospital’s upcoming $512 million expansion will come at street level. Beginning next month, Congress Street between Forest and Weymouth streets will be closed for an estimated eight weeks, while prefabricated […]

PORTLAND — Rachael Haskell, a senior at Cheverus High School, couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunity she’s received by being awarded a unique scholarship. The Lila Grace Sullivan Amirault Scholarship is given to students who can show a true sense of appreciation for receiving a Catholic school education and is also aimed at students from […]

PORTLAND — Dr. Suzanne Hoekstra believes she has become a better surgeon by “figuring out how to do more with less.” The director of the Breast Care Specialists of Maine at Mercy Hospital has been at Mercy for the past eight years. During much of that time she’s offered breast care to women all over the […]

PORTLAND — At the beginning, Portland Sea Dogs President Charlie Eshbach had a modest goal. “I thought we would be doing well if we drew 250,000 fans (in 1994),” he said March 28. More than 9 million fans later, the Sea Dogs will begin their 25th season Thursday, April 5, in Binghamton, New York. Their first […]

Last of three stories. School resource officers are first and foremost law enforcement officials. But they’re also so much more. They’re mentors, role models, cheerleaders, confidants, mediators, and an integral part of the team charged with maintaining the overall mental, emotional and social well being of students. “It’s more rewarding than being a (beat cop),” […]