PORTLAND — In a first-ever collaboration between Deering High School and the University of Southern Maine, high school and college students have the opportunity to learn Arabic together in an evening class taught at Deering by Younus Alfayyadh. Alfayyadh has taught Arabic part-time at Deering for the past two years. But the dual Arabic course […]

PEAKS ISLAND — Work at the Casco Bay Lines terminal on Peaks Island will lead to a temporary change in auto ferry service on Friday, Dec. 16. Casco Bay Lines announced Dec. 7 that car ferry service would land and depart from Lional Plante Associates for trips between 9:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. while a winch […]

PORTLAND — Being deaf doesn’t prevent Kameron King, the new Portland High School mascot, from doing his job of keeping the crowd engaged and cheering for the home team. This fall King appeared as the Bulldog at all of the school’s home football games. He plans on making as many appearances as he can during […]

PORTLAND — The Summit Project Honor Case, honoring Maine service members who have died since Sept. 11, 2011, is on display at the Portland International Jetport. The display opened Dec. 4 and will remain on the third floor of the Jetport through the middle of January. According to its website, the Summit Project was started in […]

PORTLAND — City Councilors Pious Ali and Brian Batson were sworn in Monday, while Mayor Ethan Strimling tried to strike a conciliatory tone with councilors. Strimling, who often clashed with some councilors during his first year in office, welcomed Batson and Ali and praised the work by departing Councilors Jon Hinck and Ed Suslovic. The council held […]

PORTLAND ? Saying she was sorry to put a damper on a special occasion, School Board member Sarah Thompson at Monday’s inauguration said she could not vote for Anna Trevorrow as chairwoman. Trevorrow was nominated for the post by Laurie Davis. But Thompson said an unofficial straw poll of board members, conducted after the Nov. […]

PORTLAND — They are shapely, vibrant, playful and abundant. And now the collected watercolors and sculptures of Leo Rabkin call the city home, with the opening of the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation at 13 Brown St. The foundation, established in 2000, has moved from New York City into the former home of the Museum […]

PORTLAND — As the crow flies, linking the Deering Oaks Park area to the Portland Transportation Center at Thompson’s Point is not difficult. But birds don’t walk or ride bicycles, and the city is now looking for a better way to help people get safely and easily from the confluence of Forest Avenue, Marginal Way and Kennebec Street […]

PORTLAND — It was time for Anthony Vo to walk down Memory Lane. “It was so dusty. I stayed in here for months, just loading and unloading,” he said Nov. 30 as he walked into a storage shed at Rufus Deering Lumber Co. on Commercial Street, where he has worked since 2010. It was the same day […]

GORHAM — The University of Southern Maine was struggling when Glenn Cummings took the reins last year. But the outlook appeared brighter when he was officially installed Dec. 2 as the university’s 13th president. “I’m truly humbled,” Cummings told a packed crowd at the USM Field House. “I’m so happy to have this job.” He […]