PORTLAND — After a career spent in education, the last seven as principal at Deering High School, Ira Waltz plans to spend his retirement becoming a certified master gardener and walking each Portland Trails property. His other retirement plans include traveling, reading for pleasure and reconnecting with friends and family, he said this week. The […]
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Portland residents dressing windows for energy savings
PORTLAND — Tricia Waldron has lived in her Spruce Street home for about 40 years, and is no stranger to heat loss. “We have lots of old, leaky windows,” she said June 16 as Allen and Elissa Armstrong measured and recorded the dimensions of frames in her three-story house in the West End. The Armstrongs are […]
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Agency assessing Maine Turnpike in greater Portland
PORTLAND — A 10-mile stretch of the Maine Turnpike from Scarborough to Falmouth is getting increased attention from the Maine Turnpike Authority. The first meeting of a public advisory committee conducting a needs assessment of the highway will be held Wednesday, June 28, from 4-7 p.m. at MTA offices, 2360 Congress St.. Public comment will be heard […]
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Portland Harbor to host SchoonerFest
PORTLAND — Five tall ships will visit Portland Harbor June 24-27 for the city’s first SchoonerFest, three days of parading and racing under sail. Included are the Schooners Adventure, Alert, Bagheera, Harvey Gamage, and Wendameen. All will be berthed on the waterfront from the area near the Portland Science Center to 58 Fore St. The schooners will […]
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Gailey named manager of Cumberland County
PORTLAND — James Gailey was named manager of Cumberland County by the Board of Commissioners in a unanimous vote June 12. Gailey had been interim manager since former Manager Peter Crichton resigned to become Auburn city manager in March. Gailey joined Cumberland County government as deputy county manager in August 2016. He previously served as South Portland […]
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Gailey named manager of Cumberland County
PORTLAND — James Gailey was named manager of Cumberland County by the Board of Commissioners in a unanimous vote June 12. Gailey had been interim manager since former Manager Peter Crichton resigned to become Auburn city manager in March. Gailey joined Cumberland County government as deputy county manager in August 2016. He previously served as South Portland […]
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Portland pride on display
Students and teachers representing the Portland Public Schools take part in the annual Pride Portland parade on Saturday, June 17. The parade down Congress and High streets, and a festival in Deering Oaks Park, concluded a week of events celebrating the city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, ally/asexual community. Carried by hundreds of marchers, the […]
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Professional ice hockey returning to Portland in 2018
PORTLAND — A cross-country move will bring professional ice hockey back to the Cross Insurance Arena next year. Bill O’Malley, director of marketing for the former Cumberland County Civic Center, announced Thursday that the Alaska Aces, an ECHL franchise in Anchorage, Alaska, will begin play in Portland in the 2018-2019 season. The team will succeed the […]
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Veranda Street repaving underway in Portland
PORTLAND — Paving work on Veranda Street is expected to last through the end of the month, Maine Department of Transportation spokesman Ted Talbot said June 14. In a press release, Talbot said the work from Martin’s Point to Wordsworth Street, in the city’s East Deering neighborhood, will be done between 10 p.m. and 11 a.m. […]
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Portland voters overwhelmingly approve $105M school budget
PORTLAND — A record number of voters said yes Tuesday in a very big way to the $105 million fiscal year 2018 school budget. In the state-mandated referendum vote, the budget passed 3,140 to 890, with 7 percent of the city’s registered voters casting ballots. The turnout was more than 500 voters more than the 2008 […]
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