PORTLAND — City Councilor Cheryl Leeman, a two-time mayor, longtime councilor and former School Committee member, Tuesday announced she will not seek re-election this fall. “Although I have enjoyed my work on the City Council, I am calling it quits. I plan to spend more time with family and friends, travel and enjoy life,” Leeman […]
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Portland art collective falls victim to rising rents, demand for space
PORTLAND — After more than five years at 511 Congress St., evolving economic realities are forcing Constellation Gallery to search for a new home. The gallery and studio, which serves as a home base for the 30 or so members of the Maine Art Collective, has never been a moneymaker. But when City Councilor David Marshall […]
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2 Portland neighborhoods to get traffic-calming measures
PORTLAND — With a bump here, an island there, and two mini traffic circles, the city hopes to make motorists slow down in the Libbytown and Rosemont neighborhoods between Congress Street and Brighton Avenue. At a June 19 meeting at the Clarion Hotel on Congress Street, the public got a view of the $335,000 project […]
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Portland schools hope to help kids avoid 'summer slide'
PORTLAND — Eat healthy, exercise and read, read, read. City officials and educators delivered that message Friday to East End Community School students on their last day of classes, as Portland kicked off an expanded slate of summer programming designed to combat “summer slide.” “If students don’t practice reading between June and September, their reading level […]
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3 men sought in Munjoy Hill armed robbery
PORTLAND — Police are seeking three men in connection with an early morning robbery Monday near 116 Mountfort St. Police Lt. James Sweatt said a man reported he was approached just after midnight by the suspects and robbed at gunpoint. The suspects took an undisclosed amount of cash and the victim’s backpack. Sweatt said all […]
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Portland School Notebook: June 25
Principals named at city schools The Portland Public Schools has appointed new principals for Longfellow Elementary School and Lincoln Middle School. Terrance Young will become Longfellow’s new principal in July. He previously served for eight years as a principal and complaint resolution officer for Regional School Unit 23 and Saco Public Schools and for three […]
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Paul S. DePalmer, 71: Owned Paul's Services Inc., enjoyed cooking lobster
PORTLAND — Paul S. DePalmer, 71, of Portland, died at his home June 19 after a battle with cancer. He was born in Portland on March 22, 1943, to Samuel and Yolanda DePalmer. He attended Portland schools. In 1963, he married Joyce Bunker and they enjoyed 49 years together before her death in 2012. The couple […]
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Portland Meetings: June 25 to July 1
Wed. 6/25 5:30 p.m. Housing and Community Development Committee CH Thur. 6/26 6 p.m. Finance Committee CH Tues. 7/1 6 p.m. Bayside Neighborhood Association Unity Village Community Room
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Portland Police Beat: June 25
Arrests 6/14 at 1 a.m. Jason French, 42, of Epsom, New Hampshire, was arrested on Emerson Street by Officer Martin Ney on a charge of assault. 6/14 at 3 a.m. Dave Covington, 28, of Portland, was arrested on State Street by Officer Jeffrey Ruth on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking and an outstanding […]
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People and Business
Cumberland Farms celebrates new concept store A grand opening took place June 19 at the new Cumberland Farms store at 298 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth. Featuring a modernized design and architectural features, the store will offer a range of hot food items from pizza to grilled hot dogs to fried favorites. The event also […]