FALMOUTH — The Maine Turnpike Authority will close both southbound ramps connecting to the Falmouth Spur on Monday, May 13, to continue rehabilitating the Exit 52 interchange bridge, which carries Falmouth Spur traffic over the turnpike. The MTA, in a press release Friday, said the closures are needed so construction crews can safely raise the […]
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South Portland High School graduate remembered as kind, ambitious
SOUTH PORTLAND — Kim Lim, a 2010 South Portland High School graduate and University of Southern Maine junior, died April 28 in a hiking accident in the Philippines. In a news release, USM President Theodora Kalikow said Lim, 20, was studying at Sogang University in South Korea. He went with friends to hike near Tappiya […]
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South Portland councilors call for 1st hearing on 'nuisance' properties
SOUTH PORTLAND — A Thornton Heights homeowner said he is working hard to clean up his Wythburn Road yard and complete home renovations, but he will have to present his case to the City Council at a June 3 public hearing. Craig A. Patterson, 53, of 119 Wythburn Road, became the first city homeowner to […]
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Kaler community responds: State grade 'blatantly not reflective' of South Portland school
SOUTH PORTLAND — James O. Kaler Elementary School Principal Diane Lang had not expected the school’s “Kalerbration” last week to coincide with the release of Maine Department of Education letter grades for public schools. But as a rejoinder to the state-assessed F the school received based on reading and math test scores and measurements of […]
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Cape Elizabeth parents assail plan for all-day kindergarten
CAPE ELIZABETH — Parents lashed out at school administrators at a meeting of the Pond Cove Parents Association Wednesday, continuing the debate over a proposed full-day kindergarten pilot program at the school. The proposal, included in the $22.5 million fiscal 2014 school budget that goes to voters next week, has drawn the ire of parents who […]
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Brunswick council hopes to cap tax hike at 7%
BRUNSWICK — After being asked to make cuts to their original budget proposal, School Board members Wednesday said they’re willing to cut more than $772,000 from the proposed $35.7 million school budget. Superintendent of Schools Paul Perzanoski presented the School Board with different scenarios of cuts Wednesday night, based on the Town Council’s request to […]
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Developer plans Brunswick center for at-risk teens
BRUNSWICK — If the school and judicial systems can’t do enough for at-risk teenagers, where else can they get help? Thomas B. Wright hopes the answer will be a new center at Brunswick Landing, where he plans to base the mentoring organization, Seeds of Independence, along with other agencies aimed at helping teens get their […]
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Coastal Enterprises eyes Brunswick town properties for headquarters
BRUNSWICK — Coastal Enterprises Inc. has expressed interest in acquiring the Municipal Building, police station and town recreation center on Federal Street. The Wiscasset-based nonprofit business development agency would use the properties for its new headquarters. Town Manager Gary Brown on Tuesday said if an agreement is reached on what he described as a “purchase […]
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Hearing set on Scarborough legislator's bill allowing lawsuits for fetus deaths
SCARBOROUGH — A state lawmaker’s bill to allow “the estates of unborn viable fetuses” to sue for wrongful death is scheduled for a public hearing next week in Augusta. Republican Rep. Amy Volk, R-Scarborough, on Monday said her bill is an effort to bring Maine civil law into line with laws in 40 other states. […]
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Mercury symposium at Scarborough High School
SCARBOROUGH — A year of research into the local presence of mercury will be on display from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Friday, May 17, at Scarborough High School. The Student Mercury Science Research Symposium will be held in the Winslow Homer Arts Center. Honors environmental science students taught by Michael Carroll and Toby Walsh will explain […]