PORTLAND — Nearly 100 people jammed a public meeting at East End Community School Monday to discuss plans for a 400-seat theater that would adjoin the St. Lawrence Arts Center on Munjoy Hill. Opinions differed as sharply as the theater’s modern look would contrast with the former church’s 19th-century architecture. The Friends of the St. […]
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Homeless student transportation strains school budgets
PORTLAND — It’s a scene vividly described last month by South Portland School Superintendent Suzanne Godin. “If you go out on I-295 between 7 and 7:15 a.m., you will see lines of school buses heading north,” Godin said during a joint workshop of city councilors and school board members. The buses are not always full, […]
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Portland-Auburn passenger rail is subject of meeting
PORTLAND — The public will get a chance to learn more about a proposed Portland-to-Auburn passenger train line at a meeting Wednesday afternoon. Sponsored by the Maine Rail Transit Coalition and the Sierra Club of Maine, the meeting will focus on the long-studied transit link that would shuttle passengers 29 miles along existing tracks between […]
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Community Calendar: Dec. 12-23
Greater Portland Benefits Greely Hockey Boosters, raffle fundraiser, drawing Jan.1 at Dudley Cup Tournament, tickets $10 each or 3 for $20, 831-9014. Bulletin Board Friday 12/14 Freeport Women’s Club Meeting, 1 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-1017. Sunday 12/16 Merry Moose Open House, 3-5 p.m., Camp Ketcha, 336 Black Point Road, Scarborough, […]
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Portland Meetings: Dec. 12-18
Wed. 12/12 5 p.m. Historic Preservation CHWed. 12/12 5:30 p.m. Housing & Community Development CHWed. 12/12 6 p.m. Police Citizen Review Public SafetyThu. 12/13 8:30 a.m. Legislative Committee/Delegation CHThu. 12/13 Harbor Commission Public Hearing South Portland CHMon. 12/17 7 p.m. City Council CHTue. 12/18 3:30 p.m. Planning Board Workshop CHTue. 12/18 7 p.m. Planning Board […]
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Portland Police Beat: Dec. 12
Arrests 12/2 at 12 a.m. Kevin A. Maguire, 48, of Portland, was arrested on Oxford Street by Officer Thomas Reagan on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 12/2 at 8 a.m. Kirk Carlson, 48, of Old Orchard Beach, was arrested on Congress Street by Officer Matthew Rider on an outstanding warrant from another agency and a […]
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Portland School Notebook
Three Maine schools nominated for national distinction AUGUSTA—The Maine Department of Education nominated three schools to be 2013 National Blue Ribbon Schools: Longfellow Elementary School in Portland, Williams-Cone Elementary School in Topsham and Yarmouth Elementary School. The U.S. Department of Education program honors public and private schools whose students achieve at very high levels or have […]
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Arts Calendar: Dec. 12-23
Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Portland Children’s Festival is seeking entries to the Young Filmmakers Contest, April 4-7, 2013, open to students in kindergarten through high school from Portland and surrounding communities, maximum duration of three minutes. This year’s theme is “connections.” Contest rules and entry forms are available on the festival website: […]
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Lillian Keating Peterson, 94
PORTLAND—Lillian Keating Peterson, 94, died Dec. 3 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice in Scarborough, surrounded by her family. Peterson was born on Dec. 5, 1917 in Boston, Mass., and was raised in Portland. She attended Portland schools. She was predeceased by her mother, Julia Keating and a daughter, Donna L. Murphy of Portland, Ore. Peterson […]
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People and Business
Awards The United Way of Greater Portland recently provided a $10,000 grant to support Community Financial Literacy’s education program. The grant will specifically help 40 to 60 refugee and immigrant families become more financially literate, and secure in their future. CFL is an economic development and educational organization that empower refugees and immigrants by helping […]