PORTLAND — Registration for public kindergarten and pre-kindergarten classes for the 2013-2014 school year will take place by appointment during the weeks of Feb. 25-March 1 and March 4-8, the School Department announced. Kindergarten registration is available for students who will be 5 years old by Oct. 1, 2013, at the school in the child’s neighborhood. […]
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Hot for hotels: Room boom in Portland
PORTLAND — Work begins this week on construction of a 123-room hotel at Fore and Union streets, signaling the start of a new round of competition in the city’s red-hot hotel market. How hot is it? If all goes as developers hope, the hotel construction boom will bring the city’s total number of guest rooms […]
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Arts Calendar Feb. 13 – Feb. 26
Greater Portland Books & Authors Friday 2/22 Friday Local Author Series: Rick Halpern, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 723. Film Wednesday 2/13 Health/Care Film Series: “The Waiting Room,” 7:30 p.m., SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, Space538.org. Galleries Precision miniature paintings by Jeffrey Hayes, Daunis Fine Jewelry, 616 Congress St., Portland, open […]
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Community Calendar Feb. 13 – Feb. 26
Greater Portland Bulletin Board Wednesday 2/13 Weathering Nights with Robert Griswold, 7 p.m., Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main St., Cumberland, 829-2215. Friday 2/15 General Meeting, El Centro Latino de Maine, 6 p.m., Centro Latino, 68 Washington Avenue, Portland, 749-8823. Saturday 2/16 French Story Time, 10 a.m., Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main St., Cumberland, 829-2215. Music […]
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Thomas J. Minervino, 80
PORTLAND — Thomas J. Minervino, 80, of Portland, died Feb. 4 at his home. He was born June 7, 1932, in Portland, to Stephen and Lucia Minervino. Minervino grew up in Portland and was a 1950 graduate of Portland High School. Following school he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was a Korean War veteran. While […]
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People and Business
Appointments The Susan L. Curtis Charitable Foundation and Camp Susan Curtis announced its new slate of officers for 2013. Auburn resident Don Foerster, senior manager of facilities planning and management for L.L. Bean, is the new chairman. Cape Elizabeth resident Sean Roy-Becker, a private banker with TD Wealth Management, is the new vice-chairman. Marianna Fenton, of Portland, […]
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Portland Police Beat: Feb. 13
Arrests 2/1 at 10 a.m. Devin S. Buckley, 20, no address listed, was arrested on Riverside Street by Officer John Cunniff on a charge of being a fugitive from justice. 2/1 at 4 p.m. Ven Ten, 34, of Portland, was arrested on Oxford Street by Officer Gayle Petty on a charge of assault. 2/1 at […]
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Portland, Brunswick to get federal bike-share, parking aid
PORTLAND — Public transit riders may someday be riding bikes instead of buses, thanks to the city’s selection last week as one of five communities nationwide for federal assistance in creating a local “bike-share” program. Bike-sharing offers the public free or low-cost access to a shared pool of bicycles for short trips. The U.S. Environmental […]
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Sponsors agree on 1 bill for ranked-choice voting in Maine
YARMOUTH — Two legislators have joined forces to support a single bill to establish ranked-choice voting in Maine. The election-law bill submitted by Sen. Dick Woodbury, U-Yarmouth, is now co-sponsored by Rep. Janice Cooper, D-Yarmouth, who submitted similar draft legislation at the beginning of the year. Woodbury said the bill has generated notable public interest. […]
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Blizzard of 2013: Scenes from the storm
A man charges through the untouched knee-deep snow in Monument Square in Portland, Saturday, Feb. 9, as a woman shields herself from blustering winds. Snow-buried sidewalks on Free Street in Portland, force cross-country skiers and walkers to take to the street on Saturday, Feb. 9. A Monument Square crosswalk sign is barely visible after the […]