PORTLAND — The City Council on Wednesday, Jan. 21, is expected to vote on granting a license to a scrap metal facility to operate on Riverside Street. New England Metal Recycling plans to move from Sommerset Street in Bayside 568 Riverside St. The expected move comes several years after the city first began trying to […]
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pnms-usmbudget Child care, faculty on USM chopping block
PORTLAND — With $1.3 million in cuts to be announced in the next few weeks, the University of Southern Maine community – from students to staff to day-care parents – is on edge. About $1.3 million has already been cut from this year’s budget, in accordance with a $2.7 million curtailment ordered by the state. […]
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p-PMAbessire-012109 City resident get museum's top job
PORTLAND — By spring, Mark Bessire will be able to walk a couple blocks to work and even drop his kids off at school on the way. Bessire, a West End resident, last week was named director of the Portland Museum of Art. He has been director of the Bates College Museum of Art for […]
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People and Business
clo: pnms-peoplebiz-rootcellar-012109 Dress for Success receives grants PORTLAND — Dress for Success Southern Maine, a nonprofit organization that supports disadvantaged Maine women entering the workforce, has received grants from the Bank of America and Unum. Bank of America Charitable Foundation donated $5,000 to the nonprofit. Unum donated $6,000 to support a professional development group for […]
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p-sexed-012109 Parents, health professionals oppose sex ed cuts School Committee to vote Jan. 21
PORTLAND — A week after more than a dozen residents spoke out, the School Committee on Wednesday, Jan. 21, will vote on a proposal to have regular classroom teachers take over the elementary sex education program this spring. Interim Superintendent Jeanne Whynot-Vickers has proposed filling a vacant health teacher position at Lincoln Middle School with […]
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p-MLKbreakfast-012109 MLK Day message: Savor inauguration, remember King's message
PORTLAND — They may have been slowed by snow, but the several hundred people gathered Monday morning to celebrate the birthday of slain civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were energized and cheerful. The 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration, hosted by the Portland chapter of the NAACP, was […]
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P-BRFbookdonation-012209 600 books donated to schools
PORTLAND — The Maine Humanities Council recently donated more than 600 books to Portland elementary schools, which will use them to supplement school libraries, classroom book collections and lending programs. MHC partnered with Borders bookstores statewide last August to establish a program where Borders customers could buy and donate children’s books. The initiative netted more […]
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p-CLObetters-012109 Betters funeral
Michael Barriault photo The coffin of Portland Police Sgt. Robert M. Betters is escorted to center stage at Merrill Auditorium last Saturday morning as fellow officers, family and friends gathered to pay their last respects. Betters died last week.
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p-CLOsnowboard-012109 Run-up to WinteRush
Michael Barriault photo Andrew Kahkonen of Otisfield demonstrates some snowboarding moves last Saturday on the railings at One City Center, to promote the city’s upcoming WinterRush festivities.
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pnms-excisetax-012109 Battle simmering over auto tax initiative
Anyone who has registered a vehicle in Maine has felt the pain of excise tax, the municipal tariff enacted by the state Legislature in 1925 to fund local public works budgets and road improvements. But throughout its 83-year existence, Maine’s excise tax has left some residents, particularly new-car buyers, feeling fleeced. Two organizations with a […]