PORTLAND — The city is a step closer to banning many commercial uses of expanded polystyrene, including the light plastic known by the brand name Styrofoam. The Green Packaging Working Group, a task force appointed by the City Council earlier this year, voted 9-6 Monday to recommend the proposed ban to the City Council’s Transportation, […]
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Yarmouth delays budget, bond referendums, Town Meeting
YARMOUTH — Town Meeting and a school budget referendum are scheduled two weeks later than usual this year, as officials wait for the Legislature to reach consensus on policy and the state budget. Residents will vote on next year’s $10.94 million municipal budget – an approximately $11,000 increase over the current year – at Town Meeting June […]
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Travel on new Portland-Falmouth bridge expected this year
PORTLAND — State transportation officials Monday presented their final design for the new Martin’s Point bridge, including minor aesthetic tweaks to the $23.5 million project that is under construction between Portland and Falmouth. The presentation at City Hall was the final public hearing on the design and focused on the multi-use pathway, cyclist and pedestrian […]
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RSU 5 must replace special education director
FREEPORT — The special education director in Regional School Unit 5 is resigning to become superintendent of schools in Pittsfield, Burnham and Detroit. Dominic DePatsy, director of instructional support, was expected to resign at the RSU 5 School Board meeting Wednesday night. He is scheduled to begin his new position in School Administrative District 53 […]
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Forecaster columnist Delogu honored by Maine ACLU
PORTLAND — Orlando Delogu, a longtime professor at the University of Maine School of Law and a columnist for The Forecaster, was honored May 2 by the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine. Delogu, who was a founding member and former president of the Maine ACLU, accepted the group’s 25th annual Justice Louis Scolnik Award […]
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Citizens by choice
Forty-five new American citizens from 21 countries and a variety of backgrounds are sworn in during a naturalization ceremony on Friday, May 3, at Portland High School. Tim Wilson, senior international advisor and director at Seeds of Peace addressed the group, touching on historical U.S. immigration and the future. “I’m a descendant of someone who […]
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Eat your heart out, Tiny Tim: Ukulele craze takes southern Maine
PORTLAND — Tiptoe through the tulips, indeed. From Peaks Island to Falmouth, in the city’s library and in a city school, greater Portland-area residents are playing ukuleles in numbers that belie the instrument’s small size. Last week, Ocean Avenue Elementary School received 25 ukuleles, thanks to a $1,000 grant from the Rusty Rocket Music Fund. […]
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'I shot her': Psychiatric evaluation ordered for accused Falmouth murderer
FALMOUTH — Thomas Leighton, 71, returned home after taking his Labrador retriever for an hour-long walk shortly before 6 p.m. on May 3, presumably to let things settle after having an argument with his 46-year-old son, Andrew. Andrew, now sitting on the front steps of the home at 19 Edgewater Drive, smoked a cigarette as […]
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Advertising, circulation losses sink The Island Times
PORTLAND — The Island Times, a 10-year-old, monthly community newspaper covering Peaks Island and other Casco Bay islands, is ceasing operation, publisher Kevin Attra announced last week. Shrinking ad revenue, distribution and readership accounted for Attra’s decision to close, he wrote in the free newspaper’s final issue. “(The Island Times) was quite self-sustaining until last […]
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Unsung Heroes: Scarborough Alzheimer's caregivers Tim Osgood, Kelly Labbe
SCARBOROUGH — Chances are you know someone with Alzheimer’s disease. More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and one in eight older Americans has the disease. Indeed, Alzheimer’s is the only cause of death among the top 10 in the U.S. that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed. You may not […]