PORTLAND — After agreeing Monday night to meet more frequently, Mayor Ethan Strimling and City Manager Jon Jennings on Tuesday remained at odds on the core of their working relationship. “For me, the most important of the requests I had is Jon and I start meeting regularly. There was clear consensus from the council that Jon […]
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Baseball: Portland rolls past Windham, on to wood-bat finals
WINDHAM—Portland (aka Bruno’s, after their sponsor) slipped past Windham (Bird’s Eye Painting) 5-2 in a semifinal on Thursday, July 27. Ben Sawyer and Cam King both had great days at the plate for Bruno’s: each boy went 3-2 and tallied two RBIs; meanwhile, Cam McCartney and Bryce Afthim turned in Bird’s Eye’s top performances, matching […]
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Portland council committee considers pesticide alternatives
PORTLAND — If organics are the coming wave for pesticide use, the city should prepare for a complete sea change. “It is not simply a product swap out. It is learning alternative strategies,” business owner Chip Osborne told the City Council Sustainability & Transportation Committee in a July 26 workshop in City Hall. The committee, led by […]
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Portland set to roll out covered recycling carts
PORTLAND — When it comes to recycling, the city is ready to put a lid on it. Wheels, too. City Sustainability Coordinator Troy Moon said new 64- and 96-gallon recycling carts – complete with lids – will be available next week. “We expect to start delivering them by Aug. 8,” Moon said July 28, with the […]
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Portland pedallers fight MS across the nation
PORTLAND — For weeks, it was just a man and his bicycle. Oh, and there was lots of wind in Wyoming. “You get off the bike and it is done for another day,” Dean Bingham said July 21. “You feel like you accomplished something, because you did.” Bingham, 71, who owns Dean’s Sweets on Fore Street […]
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Falmouth lawyer's life work is helping other attorneys in trouble
PORTLAND — According to a recent study, lawyers suffer from substance abuse, anxiety and depression at almost double the rate of the general population, which jeopardizes more than their own health and welfare. That’s why it’s so important to offer them confidential support and encouragement and to let them know they’re not alone, William Nugent […]
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New community band to launch in Portland
PORTLAND — The Portland Conservatory of Music wants to strike up a new band and will hold two information sessions this month. The first is at 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, at the PCM, 202 Woodford St. The second information session will be Aug. 16 at 7 p.m. The PCM New Horizons Band will meet each Sunday […]
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Maine says hire vets to fill school bus driver vacancies
PORTLAND — School districts across Maine are experiencing an acute shortage of bus drivers. So the Department of Education and Department of Labor are joining forces on a new program designed to encourage military veterans to fill the gap. Through the Labor Department’s Hire-A-Vet campaign, bus driver training will be offered free to interested veterans. […]
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Maine says hire vets to fill school bus driver vacancies
PORTLAND — School districts across Maine are experiencing an acute shortage of bus drivers. So the Department of Education and Department of Labor are joining forces on a new program designed to encourage military veterans to fill the gap. Through the Labor Department’s Hire-A-Vet campaign, bus driver training will be offered free to interested veterans. […]
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Firefighter’s widow lobbies to protect first-responders from cancer
PORTLAND — Firefighters know there’s a chance they might not return from fighting a blaze, but studies show they are also at risk from a silent danger – toxic chemicals that can be released by the flames. In Maine, the Environmental Health Strategy Center has spent months lobbying the Legislature to pass a first-in-the-nation bill that would […]