PORTLAND — Less than a week after nomination petitions became available, new and familiar candidates are lining up to represent the city in the Maine Senate. On Monday, City Councilor Jill Duson said she is running in Senate District 28, which includes the western part of the city and a portion of Westbrook. The seat is […]
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Dishin’ That: Keep your head up and count steps
The new year is off to a mixed-blessing of a start. My sweet little serving job has dwindled to skeleton hours, but the big cheese offered me shifts elsewhere within the organization. I’m grateful for the revenue, but I miss scuttling about at my Vitamin D-filled happy place. In spending quality holiday time with My […]
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Portland Meetings: Jan. 6-14
Portland Wed. 1/6 11 a.m. Disability Advisory Committee CH Wed. 1/6 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Board CH Thur. 1/7 Noon CDBG Allocation Committee CH Thur. 1/7 5 p.m. Parks Commission CH Mon. 1/11 5 p.m. City Council (Workshop) CH Mon. 1/11 5:30 p.m. Bicycle Pedestrian Committee CH Tues. 1/12 4:30 p.m. Planning Board CH Wed. […]
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Jean S. Hennessy, 91: Accomplished artist and musician
PORTLAND — Jean Stevens Hennessy died Dec. 31, at the Sedgewood Commons Care facility in Falmouth. She was born in Portland March 10, 1924, the daughter of Van Mitchell and Amelia Haskell Stevens. Hennessy grew up in Portland, spent her summers on Peaks Island and graduated from Deering High School with the Class of 1942. […]
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Portland School Notebook: Casco Bay High School honors
PORTLAND — The following students were recognized for academic excellence during the first trimester at Casco Bay High School: Grade 9 High Honors Sophia Nolan, Elinor Tierney-Fife, Tiana Urey Honor Roll Mouna Abdelkader, Ruweyda Ahme, Justin Anderson, Aliocha Bobe, Gwenllian Carhart, Ava Clifford, Fiona Coleman, Grace Cowie, Mason Davis, Hayden Dearing, Grace Deng, Anne Dodson, […]
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Susan E. Smith, 67: Nurse at many Portland hospitals
PORTLAND — Susan Elizabeth Smith, 67, died the morning of Dec. 27 in Portland after a long fight with multiple sclerosis. She was born in Bishopville, South Carolina, to Howard Troutman and Catherine Scott Troutman. At the age of 5 her family moved to Auburn, where Smith’s father was the cotton buyer for Bates Manufacturing. […]
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Portland Police Beat: Jan. 6
Arrests 12/26 at 5 a.m. Noel G. Suru, 37, of Portland, was arrested on Newbury Street by Officer Erik Richard on outstanding warrants from another agency, and charges of violation of a protective order, assault and refusing to submit to arrest or detention. 12/26 at 9:19 p.m. Corey E. Doughty, 22, of Cape Elizabeth, was arrested on Middle Street […]
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People and Business: Jan. 6
Giving Back Avesta Housing has been awarded a $100,000 affordable housing grant through TD Charitable Foundation’s Housing for Everyone program. Part of the grant will help build 19 more apartments for low-income elderly individuals at Blackstone Apartments in downtown Falmouth. The remainder will be used to renovate existing apartments for low-income elderly tenants at Blackstone. […]
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Fixed base operator Northeast Air launching $3.5M expansion at Portland Jetport
PORTLAND — For nearly half a century, fixed base operator Northeast Air has been firmly rooted in the day-to-day life of the Portland Jetport. “We touch nearly every plane that comes in or goes out,” Northeast Air Vice President and General Manager Mark Goodwin said last week, as he talked about the fueling and de-icing […]
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METRO tweaks schedules for school bus routes
PORTLAND — METRO announced it will make adjustments to the Route 9A bus schedule, which provides service to all four of the city’s public high schools. The new schedule, which take effect Jan. 10, is five minutes earlier for the WestGate and Morrills Corner stops. An updated Route 2 schedule includes a previously unpublished additional […]