In emails from 2011, education chief Stephen Bowen said he could not justify hiring a ‘beauty queen’ amid a fiscal crunch.
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Bullet hits home in Portland's East Bayside neighborhood
PORTLAND — Police are investigating a report of gunshots fired early Friday morning in East Bayside. At least one bullet entered a home where residents were sleeping. No one was injured in the incident, but Lt. James Sweatt said officers who responded at 4:25 a.m. found the bullet in the single-family house at 23 Madison […]
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Maine marine geologist: No mistaking rising sea level
SOUTH PORTLAND — A century’s worth of local sea level data fell into Peter Slovinsky’s lap earlier this year, so he did what any scientist worth his salt would do. He crunched it. The results are incontrovertible, he said: Sea level is rising. “It’s a scientific fact,” Slovinsky said. “It is rising and we’re probably […]
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Prostitution rise puzzles Portland police, Parkside residents
PORTLAND — It’s called a victimless crime. The world’s oldest profession. And promoting it is now defined as a form of human trafficking, under a state law signed July 11. But for police and some city residents, prostitution in the city is simply a challenge of day-to-day life. The problem made headlines again recently after […]
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Cumberland County Civic Center hires Philadelphia firm to sell naming rights
PORTLAND — What’s in a name? For the Cumberland County Civic Center, potentially millions of dollars. So the Civic Center Board of Trustees is getting some professional help in selling rights to rename the arena, Board Chairman Neal Pratt said July 12. The board has retained Front Row Marketing Services to act as an agent […]
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City Council puts legal recreational use of marijuana in Portland voters' hands
PORTLAND — Voters will get to decide on Nov. 5 whether the city should legalize the recreational use of marijuana by adults. The City Council on Monday decided, 5-1, to table a proposed ordinance that would allow people over 21 to possess up to 2.5 ounces of the drug for recreational use. Councilor David Marshall […]
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Spreading the Love: Cupcake bakers re-enter Portland food truck arena
PORTLAND — Love Cupcakes, known for the green-and-pink 1960s trailer that has become a Route 1 fixture in Falmouth, is expanding to the Old Port this summer with a new food truck. Again. Owners Anna and Joey Turcotte tested the Portland food truck waters in 2012, the first business to do so after the city […]
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Portland outlaws median-strip loitering, panhandling
PORTLAND — After hearing testimony from nearly two dozen residents, the City Council on Monday unanimously voted into law a ban on loitering in street medians – a measure critics have said is a thinly disguised attempt to stamp out panhandling in the city. The ban, which was proposed a year ago, but failed in […]
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Portland forum seeks input on state's school funding model
PORTLAND — As part of a study of the state’s school subsidy formula, a firm commissioned by the Legislature will host a public meeting on the issue Thursday from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Casco Bay High School. The Essential Services and Programs funding model, used to determine how much money the state provides to local school systems, […]
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Arts Calendar: July 17-30
Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 7/17 Sam Halpern, author of “A Far Piece to Canaan,” 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 723. Thursday 7/18 Travis Brown, author of “How Money Walks,” 5:30-7 p.m., Portland Country Club, 11 Foreside Road, Falmouth, 321-2550, $35, includes a signed copy of the book. […]