PORTLAND — With additional funding for education approved in the new state budget, most area school districts are expecting to use that shot in the arm to provide property tax relief to residents. A few, like Portland, South Portland and Brunswick, however, may use a portion of the new subsidy to restore items that were […]
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2 men charged in Portland store robbery
PORTLAND — Two young men, one a juvenile, face robbery charges after their arrest Sunday morning for allegedly holding up the Cumberland Farms store at 49 Pine St. Zachary Greenman, 19, of Clarence, New York, and a 17-year-old from Franklin, Tennessee, were arrested shortly after the armed robbery was reported at 2:27 a.m., Police Lt. Robert […]
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Iris Network in Portland wins DOL contract for services
PORTLAND — The Iris Network will continue to provide community based blindness rehabilitation service for the state, acting Executive Director Stephen J. Trabold announced Monday. The nonprofit, based at 189 Park Ave, was awarded a two-year contract with the state Department of Labor that could be extended to five years, according to an Iris Network press release. The new […]
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Baseball: Andrews wallops Coastal
PORTLAND – A hobbled Coastal Landscaping fell at home against Andrews Post on Tuesday evening, July 11. Coastal posted their biggest inning in the third, when Chandler Hartigan, Kolby Lambert and Riley Bartell all scored, but Andrews had already tallied eight of their own by that point. 13-4 the final. “We’ve played them a couple […]
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Prides Corner Drive-In projected to reopen soon in Westbrook
WESTBROOK — The marquee at Prides Corner Drive-In is expected to be lit up again before the summer’s over. Jeff Tevanian, the drive-in manager and son of owners John and Thelma Tevanian, said the theater should be open by Aug. 4, possibly as early as July 28. For the first time since the drive-in opened in […]
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Portland City Council mulls request to rezone Camelot Farm
PORTLAND — A three-hour City Council workshop on Monday hashed out details of two redevelopment efforts. Councilors tabled discussion of two more items on their agenda. The bulk of the discussion centered on the zoning change requested to develop 56 acres at the former Camelot Farm, 1700-1714 Westbrook St. in Stroudwater. The council also got an […]
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Road, infrastructure work starts on major Portland streets
PORTLAND — Let the digging, and detours, begin. Construction affecting two major city streets has started with repaving of a stretch of Washington Avenue in East Deering and the replacement of storm drains extending from State Street to Back Cove. Later this month, work on Forest Avenue at Woodfords Corner is expected to begin, Maine Department […]
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Cumberland County residents urged to get CodeRED app
PORTLAND — Government officials are urging residents and business owners to sign up for CodeRED on their municipal government website or download the app on their cell phones to receive emergency alerts. CodeRED is used by public safety agencies throughout the county for alerts about severe weather, dangerous situations, evacuation notices and missing persons. The effort was […]
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Portland food pantry book project nourishes young minds
PORTLAND — For family literacy advocate Pam Leo, providing free books for food pantries to distribute to clients’ children is the best way to ensure their young minds are being fed as well as their bodies. “I believe learning to read is a human right that should not be jeopardized by parents not having children’s […]
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Portland camp hopes to keep student musicians tuned up
PORTLAND — Educators are always concerned about summer slide, the loss of basic concepts that can happen when students are out of school. This summer, two middle school teachers aren’t concentrating on reading or math skills, but musical ones. In the first local summer band camp designed for incoming sixth- and seventh-graders, Audrey Cabral and […]