PORTLAND — The state’s only single-gender college preparatory high school is changing its name. Catherine McAuley High School is embarking on a formal renaming process, and is seeking input from students, parents, faculty, staff, its board of trustees and alumni. The all-girl school, named after the founder of the Sisters of Mercy, announced last October that […]
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Portland students' sights set on Louisiana
PORTLAND — A handful of King Middle School seventh-graders will head to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in May for the National SeaPerch Challenge. Last year, the students at King were asked by the Department of Environmental Protection to build 35 submersible, remotely operated vehicles to investigate invasive aquatic plants. The students spent last fall perfecting the […]
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Portland police seek 2 suspects in Brighton Avenue stabbing
PORTLAND — A stabbing Thursday morning on Brighton Avenue left an unidentified man hospitalized and police seeking two suspects. Police Lt. James Sweatt, said the victim, 31, of Veazie, was in stable condition at Maine Medical Center. The stabbing occurred around 1:15 a.m. in the parking lot of Denny’s restaurant at 1220 Brighton Ave. Sweatt said police […]
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Strimling questions priorities of Portland budget
PORTLAND — City councilors took two steps forward in the budget process Monday, but only after Mayor Ethan Strimling leveled criticism at the municipal budget. Jennings responded Tuesday with a terse statement of his own. The $103.6 million school budget, meanwhile, was initially accepted and is set for a second public hearing and council vote Monday […]
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Portland street work promises peninsula traffic problems
PORTLAND — Navigating the city peninsula by car is about to become very challenging. Repaving and utility work on major east-west and north-south streets will effect motorists immediately and continue through May, according to city press releases. Beginning Wednesday, April 27, State Street will be closed from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday from Cumberland Avenue […]
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Elite Airways adds flights from Portland Jetport
PORTLAND — Six months after launching nonstop service to Florida, Elite Airways has added three more destinations from the Portland Jetport. President John Pearsall announced service to Bar Harbor, Islip, New York and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, during an April 22 press conference at the Jetport. The expanded service is set to begin June 17, with […]
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Iris Network program in Portland trains visually impaired for life, work
PORTLAND — That Buxton resident Chris Carroll will completely lose his sight is certain. Just when is uncertain. On April 22, Carroll, 26, worked with therapist Laura Vittorioso at the Iris Network Rehabilitation Center, 189 Park Ave., on life and job skills that can give him a measure of independence and productivity. “They are helping me prepare […]
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‘Yes means yes’: Changing the way Maine looks at sexual violence
BRUNSWICK — Sitting cross-legged on a couch last week in the student union building at Bowdoin College, Ali Ragan was smiling as she talked about her involvement on campus. The senior would be graduating in a month and was excited for what’s to come. Looking at her, no one would guess she was the victim […]
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Old Port Festival to cap Portland's 'Summer Kickoff'
PORTLAND — The Ferris wheel will return, but the weekend events that climax with the June 12 Old Port Festival will have a new theme this year. On Monday, City Councilors approved the festival permit for the 43rd annual festival, scheduled to run from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. throughout the Old Port. It is the only portion […]
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Portland Police Beat: April 27
Arrests 4/17 at 2:08 a.m. Alicia M. Wedgewood, 33, of South Portland, was arrested on Riverside Street by Officer Jamie Beals on charges of burglary of a motor vehicle and theft by unauthorized taking. 4/17 at 12:19 p.m. Timothy Fredrick, 60, of Portland, was arrested on William Street by Officer Algonon Ayaovi on an outstanding warrant from another agency. […]
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