PORTLAND — More than 300 students from Deering, Portland and Casco Bay high schools had the chance last Friday to see that there are opportunities in Maine after graduation. The first ever district college and careers expo at the University of Southern Maine allowed the students from the citys three public high schools to explore […]
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Dust to dust: Portland-area funeral homes go green
PORTLAND — Some local businesses are helping Maine residents be kinder to the earth when they return to it. New England Green Funerals, a group of four funeral homes that include Jones-Rich-Hutchins Funeral Home on Woodford Street and Lindquist Funeral Home in Yarmouth, began offering environmentally sustainable services in February. They include burial in caskets […]
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First Friday walk highlights Portland Fireman Statue
PORTLAND — The city’s First Friday Art Walks continue May 3, and highlights include a discussion of Portland’s Fireman Statue and an exhibit of political cartoons at the Meg Perry Center. The walks are popular open-houses featuring city art galleries, studios and museums, sponsored by Portland’s Downtown District on the first Friday of each month […]
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Portland offers cancer forums for Latino community
PORTLAND — A pair of free forums will give the public a chance learn about preventing and detecting the three forms of cancer most commonly diagnosed in the Latino population. The city’s Minority Health Program, the Maine Cancer Consortium and the Portland Community Health Center are sponsoring the forums, which are designed to educate the […]
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Neighbors seek buffer from troubled Main Street motel in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — Citing density issues and concerns about current operations at a Main Street motel, City Councilors on Monday recommended three Noyes Street property owners be allowed to buy city-owned land behind their homes as a buffer. Before moving the workshop to council chambers, councilors took a site walk at the former Roosevelt School […]
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#soberseason: High school students campaign for prom, graduation safety
SOUTH PORTLAND — On Wednesday, South Portland High School seniors made their first pitch for a “Sober Season” of proms and graduation parties. With posters, placards and a #soberseason Twitter hashtag, the seniors joined peers from Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, Gorham and Westbrook to launch the campaign with the slogan “The power is in your hands […]
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High court OKs cameras at disputed beach in Cape Elizabeth
CAPE ELIZABETH — In what is likely the last decision in the long-running dispute over access to Maxwell Point Beach, Maine’s highest court has ruled it’s OK for a resident to use surveillance cameras to monitor the easement to the privately owned beach. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled April 2 that stationary video cameras, owned by […]
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Neighbors discuss Wilkinson Park improvement plans
SOUTH PORTLAND — With the Wilkinson Park clubhouse gone, neighbors and Parks and Recreation Director Rick Towle are ready to tackle a multi-faceted plan to restore and improve the park. In a two-hour public forum at the Community Center on Tuesday, Towle outlined his intentions to improve park trails, bleachers, and playgrounds, and install a […]
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Cape Elizabeth robotics team makes top 10 at worlds
CAPE ELIZABETH — After earning their way to the robotics world championship for the fourth consecutive year, the Cape Elizabeth High School robotics team came within reach of victory last week. As the only Maine team that qualified for the competition, juniors Anthony Castro and Luke Dvorozniak battled their way to within the top 10 […]
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Revised budgets reduce Scarborough tax increase
SCARBOROUGH — Town Manager Tom Hall and School Board Finance Committee Chairman Chris Caiazzo outlined revised, reduced budgets at a joint Town Council and School Board workshop Wednesday night. Whether reductions in the fiscal year 2014 budget proposals will gain council approval at the May 1 vote remains unclear. “If I’m not happy, I’m quiet,” Councilor […]