Portland Mayor Jill Duson leads members of the public in the Electric Slide on Tuesday morning at City Hall, part of a fundraising promotion for Community Television Network Channels 2 and 4. City Hall was Duson’s last stop on a tour that included Lobsterman’s Park, Hall School and the Casco Bay Ferry terminal on Monday. […]
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Food processor may move out of Portland
PORTLAND — The head of a family-run food processing company that has been in Bayside for more than 80 years said the company will move out of the neighborhood unless it receives city funding to help upgrade the building it leases. Paul Dioli, chief executive officer of Schlotterbeck & Foss, spoke Monday at a public […]
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Federal plan could alter Portland-Brunswick rail upgrade funding
Grant could replace state borrowing PORTLAND — Rail advocates are hoping the $35 million needed to upgrade tracks between Portland and Brunswick will qualify for grant funding under a new strategic plan being drafted by federal Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. LaHood is responsible for creating a railroad infrastructure plan and supplemental funding guidelines for the […]
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Portland agencies, businesses plead for piece of federal funds
PORTLAND — City Councilors listened to two hours of testimony Monday from representatives of social service agencies competing for federal Community Development Block Grant funds doled out annually by the city. A committee charged with reviewing applications and then ranking them for program impact, capacity to deliver, collaboration and coordination, and principles recommended funding for […]
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Sheriff: Coach's escorted release from prison not a policy violation
PORTLAND — An intake sergeant who helped a former Deering High School baseball coach avoid the news media when the coach was released from the Cumberland County Jail did not violate jail policy and did not provide special treatment to the prisoner, Sheriff Mark Dion said last week. The release, however, was inconsistent with past […]
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Preliminary report says Portland schools are under-utilized
Task force seeks more nuanced information PORTLAND — The group studying school facilities received a preliminary report on building capacities Monday night that suggests most schools are under capacity. However, members of the Comprehensive Use and Facilities Task Force pressed their consultant, the New England School Development Council, to add some caveats to the information […]
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Gala opening for Jim Daniels photography
Jim Daniels, an international photojournalist with a career spanning three decades, has recently made his favorite photographs available to the public for purchase. To celebrate this new venture, there will be a grand opening reception on Friday, March 27 from 4:30-8 p.m. at the Baxter Place Building, 305 Commercial St., Portland. The gala will feature […]
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Portland condo owners still oppose East End wind study
PORTLAND — The School Department still faces strong opposition from residents of a condominium complex who are opposed to a plan to test wind speeds near East End Community School, because they fear it will lead to a more than 200-foot turbine on Munjoy Hill. School officials met with representatives of the Promenade Towers condominium […]
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Maine Historical Society reopens library
PORTLAND — Tucked behind the Wadsworth-Longfellow House on Congress Street, the Maine Historical Society library isn’t a destination for many people. But with its newly renovated main wing and a new addition, the research facility definitely warrants a peek, even if you’re not tracing family lines or old property boundaries. The renamed Alida Carroll and […]
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Public hearing Wednesday on Portland school budget
PORTLAND — The School Committee has scheduled a public hearing for Wednesday, March 25, on the proposed $91.2 million fiscal 2010 budget. The proposed budget would represent a $1.7 million, or 1.9 percent, increase over the current budget and increase the School Department’s share of the local tax rate by 2.4 percent, assuming revenues do […]