PORTLAND — West End kindergarten students may become more tuneful next year, thanks to a budding partnership between Reiche Community School and the Portland Symphony Orchestra. The partnership, which was announced Tuesday, Dec. 3, during a regular meeting of the School Board, is meant to develop an expanded kindergarten curriculum that incorporates music into students’ […]
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Grand jury indicts 3 on drug, sex charges in Portland, Scarborough
PORTLAND — A Portland man facing charges for several sex crimes allegedly committed in Scarborough, and two people arrested in an October drug raid in Portland, were indicted Dec. 4 by a Cumberland County grand jury. Timothy M. Hunt, 28, of 991 Forest Ave., was scheduled to appear Tuesday in Cumberland County Superior Court after […]
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Portland Meetings: Dec. 11-17
Wed. 12/11 6:30 p.m. Police Citizen Review Sub-Committee CH Thur. 12/12 5 p.m. Board of Harbor Commissioners Public Hearing CH Fri. 12/13 10 a.m. Mayor’s Food Initiative CH
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People and Business
Rotary Club donates beds and bus passes The South Portland/Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club donated transportation passes and beds in cooperation with Maine Veteran’s Affairs. The Rotary Club donated 11 beds that provided for a family of four and several other veterans. The Rotarians also worked out a bus pass program to provide Zoom and Shuttlebus-Intercity passes at […]
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Portland School Notebook: Dec. 11
Deering senior tabbed for U.S. Senate program Deering High School senior Zach Duperry has been selected as one of two Maine delegates to the 2014 U.S. Senate Youth Program. He will participate in a week-long, all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., and will receive a $5,000 scholarship. Youth program delegates will hear major policy addresses by […]
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Portland-area Salvation Army kettles well short of full
PORTLAND — The Salvation Army’s annual holiday fundraising campaign, which last year assisted more than 4,600 Portland-area residents, is itself in need of assistance. The local Red Kettle Campaign has raised about $51,000, but that’s $14,000 short of the amount collected by this point in the 2012 drive, Maj. Steve Ditmer, the Salvation Army’s Portland […]
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Portland Police Beat: Dec. 11
Arrests 11/27 at 8 p.m. Jacob Jensen, 25, no address listed, was arrested on State Street by Officer Jay Twomey on a charge of assault. 11/28 at midnight. Fadhil F. Alghazi, 52, of Portland, was arrested on Casco Street by Officer Paul King on a charge of disorderly conduct. 11/28 at 11 a.m. Roger A. […]
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Mary A. Germane, 103: Cumberland County's first female deputy sheriff
PORTLAND — Mary Alice Jordan Wright Witham Germane, 103, died Dec. 5, at the Barron Center in Portland. The daughter of Joseph F. and Mary Theresa Jordan, she was born June 17, 1910, in Jamaica Plain, Mass., the oldest of six children. When she was 3, her family moved to Portland, where she resided ever after. […]
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Meg Perry Center expects to land in Portland's East Bayside neighborhood
PORTLAND — The Meg Perry Center, which in October was forced to vacate space at 644 Congress St., may be just days away from a new home in East Bayside. The center is negotiating to lease about 2,000 square feet and hopes to finalize an agreement by the end of the month, according to board […]
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Portland elementary schools get LEGO aid
PORTLAND — A $25,000 grant will provide an opportunity for elementary students to build robotic toys out of LEGOs. Texas Instruments awarded the grant to LearningWorks, an after-school program that operates at East End Community School, Ocean Avenue School, Presumpscot Elementary School and Reiche Community School. The LEGO Robotics activity is available to students in […]