PORTLAND — Ocean Avenue Elementary School has been named an International Baccalaureate World School, the only elementary school in Maine to be designated. The International Baccalaureate Organization is a nonprofit education organization that focuses on helping students become internationally minded and more active in a globalized future. The school worked through a multi-year authorization process to […]

Arrests 8/21 at 5:55 a.m. Mahommed N. Feroze, 27, of Portland, was arrested on Auburn Street by Officer Kyle Brake on a charge of operating under the influence. 8/21 at 4:36 p.m. Karim P. Cacares, 36, of Westbrook, was arrested on Park Avenue by Officer Kyle Knutson on charges of operating with a suspended or revoked license, operating without a […]

PORTLAND — Side x Side, an organization that works to increase arts integration in local classrooms, was awarded a grant to create an after-school program on Peaks Island and at Ocean Avenue Elementary School. The organization was awarded $7,560 from the Peaks Island Fund of the Maine Community Foundation for a multidisciplinary program with artists Pamela […]

PORTLAND — The University of Southern Maine signed a new agreement with Iceland’s Reykjavik University The memorandum of understanding adds formality to the relationship between the schools, now entering their second year of exchanging students. Ari Jonsson, Reykjavik University’s rector, said in a press release that Iceland needed to have a strong connection to the […]

PORTLAND — The U.S. Department of Transportation has made a $2.56 million grant to Casco Bay Lines to fund a second phase of terminal renovations at the Maine State Pier. The Passenger Ferry Grant was announced Aug. 26 by U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, an independent. CBL General Manager Hank Berg has said the second […]