PORTLAND — The original managing general partner of the Portland Pirates hockey team and a former Pirates player hope to bring a new team to the city. “Brad Church and I are partnering on bringing a team back. We are working on a business plan to form a small group of investors to make this happen,” […]
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Portland voters approve school budget, keep referendum
PORTLAND — Voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a $103.6 million school budget for fiscal year 2017. There was a significant increase in voter turnout compared to last year, but still, few people visited the polls. Unofficial results Tuesday night showed the budget passed 921-558. A total of 1,479 people voted, compared with 970 last year. […]
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Detour de Portland: You almost can't get there from here
PORTLAND — Crews working on four peninsula street construction projects hope to take advantage of better weather. “By the end of the week, we will be back on schedule,” Glidden Excavating & Paving supervisor Ted Coffin said Monday as workers removed the surface of westbound Commercial Street. Meanwhile, city spokeswoman Jessica Grondin on May 6 said […]
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Portland councilor seeks to extend India Street clinic services
PORTLAND — City councilors will vote May 16 on the $236 million municipal budget, with at least one more tweak to the plan for shifting public health care services. At a council workshop Monday, Councilor Belinda Ray said she wants to keep the city needle exchange and screening and treatment services for HIV, AIDS and […]
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Portland students prepare for Odyssey in Iowa
PORTLAND — They’re not in Kansas anymore. Instead, some students from Harrison Lyseth Elementary School are on their way to Iowa. The students are headed to Iowa State University to compete against peers from around the world in the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals, an international program where teams of students work together at […]
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Portland Police Beat: May 11
Arrests 5/1 at 2:50 p.m. Eugene Sylvia, 40, of Portland, was arrested on Congress Street by Officer Michael Bennis on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 5/1 at 10:33 p.m. Isaac Weekly, 32, of Portland, was arrested on Riverside Street by Officer Christopher Kelley on a charge of domestic violence assault. 5/2 at 2:22 a.m. Deng D. Rag, 31, […]
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For some in greater Portland, houses aren’t homes until Furniture Friends arrives
PORTLAND — Furniture is an easy thing to overlook. It’s in our homes, the places we work and the businesses we visit. Furniture is everywhere. It’s difficult to imagine life without it, to imagine not having a bed to sleep in or table for dining. But for some, a lack of furniture isn’t difficult to […]
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Repair of Fort Gorges in Portland may not be coming soon enough
PORTLAND — Fort Gorges is scheduled to get some much-needed attention and maintenance next year. But Paul Drinan, executive director of The Friends of Fort Gorges, said May 6 that more of both is needed even sooner. “I’m anxious to have the city stay focused on the fort,” Drinan said as the Friends prepare to launch […]
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Teacher guilty of possessing child porn
PORTLAND — A Portland High School teacher has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. Freeport resident Gerald White, 44, was sentenced last week to five years in jail with all but 90 days suspended. He remains free on bail until May 12 when he must report to the Cumberland County Jail. He must serve six […]
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2 charged in attempted abduction of Portland child
PORTLAND — Police on Friday said quick responses from an alleged victim and nearby adults helped prevent a possible May 5 abduction on Ocean Avenue. Lt. James Sweatt said Christopher Bennett, 23, of Waterboro, was charged with terrorizing and violating conditions of release, and Nathan Desfosses, 26, of Shapleigh, was charged with operating with a suspended or revoked license. […]