PORTLAND — Albert Brenner Glickman, 79, died peacefully April 27. He was known as a family man, philanthropist and business leader. Born in Portland, Glickman was raised by his widowed mother Mildred Brenner. Brenner later married Joe Glickman and the family moved to California. Glickman’s greatest love was his wife Judy. They met at UCLA, where […]
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Hotel's Portland plaza proposal remains divisive
PORTLAND — Eight months after a previous design was rejected, a City Council committee got a look last week at a new proposal for developing public space in Congress Square Plaza. But regardless of the revised design, interviews this week showed that the proposal continues to polarize the neighborhood. Representatives of RockBridge Capital LLC and […]
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Portland school budget raises taxes 3.7%
PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday formally received a proposed $97.9 million budget for the School Department. The spending plan for fiscal 2014 is about $3.7 million more than this year’s budget, and is based on raising the portion of property taxes that fund the schools by 3.69 percent, from $9.57 to $9.92 per […]
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Portland business brings composting to the masses
PORTLAND — Tyler Frank believes garbage bags may someday be obsolete. The Vesper Street resident is one of the founders of Garbage to Garden, a community-based curbside composting service that was launched last summer. For $11 a month, the service picks up food scraps from participating homes, works with an area farm to compost the […]
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Video game 'firefighters' rise to the 'Call of Duty' in Portland
PORTLAND — In a small waterfront office, two programmers are working on some of the biggest titles on the video game market. Wade Brainerd and Michael Vance work as a team for Activision, one of the world’s largest game publishers, in a state that is mostly alien to the industry. Their recent credentials include “Call […]
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Balancing act: Bikes, cars compete for Portland streets
PORTLAND — It’s a sure sign of spring: bicycle riders, from kids wobbling on their first two-wheelers to Spandex-clad athletes on high-tech racing machines, once again occupy city streets. This year, several initiatives are making Portland a more bike-friendly place for cyclists. But some wonder if it is becoming too friendly. In February, the city […]
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Schools get revised city history guide from landmarks group
PORTLAND — A new edition of “The City is a Classroom,” published by Greater Portland Landmarks, gives third-grade teachers a new way to explore the city for their Portland teaching units. Jen Pollick, the education program manager for Landmarks, said the organization worked with a graphic designer to create a full-color text book that outlines […]
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Man arrested after standoff with Portland police
PORTLAND — After a 4 1/2-hour standoff Monday in Bayside, police arrested a homeless man they believed was armed and was being sought in connection with a domestic violence incident earlier in the day. Kyle Upton, 28, surrendered to a SWAT team at 41 Alder St. shortly after 7 p.m. He was charged with criminal […]
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Youth Court in Portland, Yarmouth aims to repair wrongs, not punish kids
YARMOUTH — A program in Maine is helping first-time juvenile offenders avoid the traditional justice system and repair any harm they’ve done to the community. The program, called Youth Court, is appearing around the country in an effort to provide what is known as “restorative” justice. In Maine’s system, two teams of volunteer students hear cases […]
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Career expo engages Portland high school students
PORTLAND — More than 300 students from Deering, Portland and Casco Bay high schools had the chance last Friday to see that there are opportunities in Maine after graduation. The first ever district college and careers expo at the University of Southern Maine allowed the students from the citys three public high schools to explore […]