Falmouth High School sophomore Amy Cook, 16, works on a puffy pink glamour gown for Portland Arts and Technology High School’s Collection 2009 fashion show being held April 16 at Deering High School. (Billings photo) PATHS event benefits Cancer Community Center PORTLAND — When students from Portland Arts and Technology High School stage their annual […]

PORTLAND — Elementary school students this week got a close look at the many programs that promote and explore environmental sustainability at Lincoln Middle School. On Monday, students from Longfellow Elementary School toured the school, where they planted seedlings they hope will blossom into vegetables that will be consumed at next fall’s Maine Harvest Lunch, […]

Councilors spar over formula business delay PORTLAND — The City Council approved a measure Monday that will require new or renovated buildings that either belong to the city or are somehow funded by the city to get green building certification. The city’s Green Building Code was created by the council’s Energy and Environmental Sustainability Committee. […]

PORTLAND — The School Committee on April 1 unanimously approved a $91.36 million budget. The fiscal 2010 budget, which takes effect on July 1, is an increase of $1.86 million, or 2 percent, over the current $89.5 million budget. Next year’s budget eliminates 17 positions and repays $600,000 to the city’s fund balance, which was […]

Classes, orders for chickens fill up PORTLAND — Paris Farmers Union will receive 800 live chickens next month, and some of them may end up in a backyard near you. “We’ve seen a great increase in orders for chickens,” said Clint Farnham, manager of the farm and garden company’s Auburn Street store. “A lot of that […]