PORTLAND — The expanded, and maybe even reinvigorated, Congress Square Redesign Study Group is back at work on a project that has vexed the city for at least six years. “I feel confident we are on a good track,” Parkside Neighborhood Association President Frank Turek said Aug. 20, after the group reconvened for a City […]
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Back-to-school beautification in Portland
Althea Kastelic, an incoming freshman, paints a Casco Bay High School corridor Monday, Aug. 25, in Portland with her mother, Jenny Kastelic, during a two-day beautification project to prepare for the new school year, which begins Sept. 2. Principal Derek Pierce said the school’s interior space grew by 40 percent when School Department offices moved […]
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Community Calendar: Aug. 27 to Sept. 9
Greater Portland Benefits Saturday 8/30 Masonic Tag Sale, to benefit Masonic charitable activities, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Masonic Hall, 28 Mallett Drive, Freeport, 865-3536. Saturday 9/6 Sandsations, amateur sandsculpting competition to benefit Birth Roots Perinatal Resource Center, noon to 3 p.m., Pine Point Beach, Scarborough, 712-9726, sandsations.org. Sunday 9/7 HenryFest, music and family festival […]
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Walter D. Tuttle, 82: Veteran, hard worker rose from the mail room
PORTLAND — Walter Daniel Tuttle, 82, died Aug. 22 at Maine Medical Center after a brief illness. Born on Jan. 26, 1932, he was the seventh of 11 children of Edward and Florence Downey Tuttle. He attended Cheverus High School in Portland, and completed his education at Fordham University with a bachelor’s degree in English. […]
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People and Business
Giving Back The Alfred M. Senter Fund, a private charitable trust, is seeking to make financial grants to public charities that promote the cultural, educational, environmental or general welfare of residents in seven Maine communities. The fund, named for the former owner of a Brunswick department store, awards annual grants to organizations serving Bath, Brunswick, […]
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Portland Police Beat: Aug. 27
Arrests 8/15 at 9 p.m. Phuc V. Nguyen, 42, of Portland, was arrested on Washington Avenue by Officer Brian Truax on a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license. 8/16 at midnight. Anthony L. Webber, 41, of Rockville, Maryland, was arrested on Fore Street by Officer Jeffrey Druan on a charge of assault. […]
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Arts Calendar: Aug. 27 to Sept. 9
Greater Portland Books & Authors Thursday 9/4 “The Sea and Civilization,” talk with author Lincoln Paine, 6:30 p.m., free, American Legion Hall, 65 Depot St., Falmouth, 879-6024, [email protected]. Film Tuesday 9/2 “Finding Fela,” 7 p.m., $8, SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, 828-5600. Saturday 9/6 “Voices Across the Divide,” documentary and discussion, 7 p.m., free, […]
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John F.P. Greeley Jr., 57
PORTLAND — John Francis Patrick Greeley Jr., 57, of Portland, died peacefully Aug. 18 at Maine Medical Center with his family by his side. He was born March 15, 1957, in Portland, a son of John Francis Patrick Greeley Sr. and Joan Grant Labbe. He was educated in local schools and graduated from Portland High […]
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Portland Meetings: Aug. 27 to Sept. 2
Wed. 8/27 7:45 a.m. METRO Board of Directors 114 Valley St. Wed. 8/27 5:30 p.m. Housing & Community Development Committee CH
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Portland minimum wage proposal may be ready by October
PORTLAND — Mayor Michael Brennan said Aug. 20 he favors increasing the minimum wage in the city to $9.50 an hour. His Minimum Wage Advisory Committee will meet Sept. 11 before City Councilors can consider a new ordinance, perhaps in October. The meeting at 4 p.m. in City Hall Room 209 was scheduled after a […]