PORTLAND — The city is considering setting aside $50,000 for a so-called “housing first” apartment project for homeless people. The City Council on Monday night gave first reading to a measure that will designate the money from the city’s Housing Trust Fund. The council must approve the move with a second reading and vote at […]
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Portland schools complete Goodwill hunt
Portland Public Schools announced Monday that it closed on the $2.7 million purchase of the former Goodwill Industries building at 353 Cumberland Ave. The building will be the new home of the School Department’s Central Office, plus the West Program and the Multilingual and Multicultural Center. The district plans to move into the three-story, 50,000-square-foot […]
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Portland Meetings: Feb. 5-11
Wed. 2/5 3:30 p.m. Creative Portland Corporation CH Thur. 2/6 noon CDBG Allocation Committee CH Thur. 2/6 5 p.m. Parks Commission CH Thur. 2/6 5 p.m. Land Bank Commission CH Thur. 2/6 6:30 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals CH Mon. 2/10 5:30 p.m. Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee CH Tues. 2/11 3:30 p.m. Planning Board […]
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People and Business
Portland distiller introduces new rye whiskey Gunpowder Rye Whiskey, a Maryland-style rye whiskey made by New England Distilling, is now available. Ned Wight of the distillery said the rye is brewed from local grains and distilled in New England Distilling’s traditional copper pot still. After double distillation, the whiskey spends a year maturing in American white […]
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Portland Police Beat: Feb. 5
Arrests 1/25 at midnight. Travis R. Stewart, 27, of Tampa, Fla., was arrested in Monument Square by Officer Kali Hagerty on charges of leaving the scene of an accident and resisting arrest or detention. 1/25 at 1 a.m. Vance Holt, 32, of Portland, was arrested on Mayo Street by Officer Christopher Coyne on a charge […]
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Olive M. Collins, 86: Portland native, longtime telephone operator
PORTLAND — Olive M. Collins, 86, died Jan. 28 at Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough. She was born May 9, 1927, in Portland a daughter of Stanley and Mary Jurczyk Moski. She attended local schools and was a 1945 graduate of Portland High School. Collins worked for many years as a telephone operator with the telephone […]
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Portland School Notebook: Feb. 5
Local seniors named to U.S. Senate Youth Program Deering High School senior Zachary Duperry and Catherine McAuley High School senior Carolyn Liziewski will serve as state delegates to the 52nd annual United States Senate Youth Program to be held March 8-15 in Washington, D.C. The selections were announced by Sens. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, and […]
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No special election to fill Portland School Board vacancy
PORTLAND — An at-large School Board member last week announced her intent to resign, but there will be no special election to replace her, and so far, the losing candidates from the last election aren’t interested in running. Elizabeth Brooks, who has served on the board since 2008, will resign effective June 30. She plans […]
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Unsung Hero: Gerry Brookes of Brunswick, stalwart for Habitat
BRUNSWICK — How many people do you know who went from teaching British literature in Nebraska to building houses in Maine? Meet Gerry Brookes. Brookes spent 30 years as an English professor at the University of Nebraska. “It was a great time,” he recalled, “because we had a lot of freedom to experiment with different […]
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Out & About: ‘Becky’s New Car’ is a comic, emotional ride
The vitality of southern Maine’s performing arts scene is evident this week, with interesting offerings by a variety of producers and presenters. Tops in the theater department is “Becky’s New Car,” a romantic comedy revolving around mid-life crisis and a woman who rides through it with style. Good Theater is producing the Portland premiere through […]