PORTLAND — A lot of artists I know are good cooks. Some of them have even cooked professionally. Fresco artist Barbara Sullivan used to cook at Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, ceramic artist Paul Heroux was once the chef at No Tomatoes in Auburn, and painter Jaap Helder was the owner of The Vineyard […]
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Game on: Retro arcade coming to South Portland's Knightville neighborhood
SOUTH PORTLAND — His family was crowned the “First Family of Classic Arcade Gaming,” and now the heir apparent is coming to Knightville. That’s where arcade aficionado David Demers will open Portland Arcade with his former high school teacher, Chris Perks, as the business manager. The arcade is tentatively scheduled to open the beginning of […]
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State gives high marks to Portland charter school
PORTLAND — A charter school that opened this fall in the city is as “good as it gets,” according to a review from the state’s Charter School Commission. Baxter Academy for Technology and Science received generally positive feedback in a two-page report approved Dec. 3 by the Maine Charter School Commission, a development that has […]
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Decision to move Labor, DHHS offices from Portland to South Portland continues to raise objections
PORTLAND — More than a dozen state legislators, city officials and community leaders gathered Tuesday morning and called on Gov. Paul LePage to change the state’s decision to move two social service offices from Bayside to South Portland. In October, the state awarded a contract to consolidate the office of the Department of Health and […]
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Pro lacrosse team hopes to make 'Trax' to Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland
PORTLAND — It’s played on turf instead of ice, but another speedy sport could be coming to the Cumberland County Civic Center to replace the Portland Pirates ice hockey team. The Maine Moose Trax, the first franchise in the new professional United States Lacrosse League, hopes to make the Civic Center its home beginning in […]
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After inaugurations, Portland councilors assert agenda-setting authority
PORTLAND — With pomp and ceremony, city councilors and members of the School Board were sworn in Monday to begin their terms. The newly composed council then voted to maintain its power over deciding which items will be discussed at council meetings. In separate ceremonies, City Clerk Katherine Jones administered the oath of office to […]
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Ex-School Board member tackles graduation requirements
PORTLAND — A long-time member has stepped down from the School Board, but that doesn’t mean she won’t stay involved in the School Department. Kate Snyder, whose last board meeting was Nov. 26, is now chairwoman of a newly formed task force to look at graduation requirements at Portland Public Schools. The announcement came Nov. […]
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Portland chief: Island fire exposes need for Fire Department changes
PORTLAND — Two weeks after a massive fire destroyed much of a historic fort on Great Diamond Island, the city and the state fire marshal’s office are still investigating the cause of the blaze. The Nov. 23 fire caused damage estimated at $5 million to $9 million to the former U.S. Army barracks at 18 […]
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Conversion of old Portland school faces final vote
PORTLAND — The city’s Historic Preservation Board on Wednesday is scheduled to vote on final plans for converting the 106-year-old Nathan Clifford Elementary School into 22 market-rate apartments. A vote to approve the plans would help pave the way for Developers Collaborative, the new owner of the former public school building, to begin construction on […]
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Man armed with rifle enters Portland store
PORTLAND — A masked man carrying a rifle entered the RSVP store at 887 Forest Ave. on Friday evening, Nov. 29, stated his weapon was loaded, and then fled, police said Monday. The man, described as about 40 years old, white, 6 feet tall and with a medium build, entered the store about 6:40 p.m., […]