TOPSHAM — After being rebuked by an independent examiner, the parents of a special education student at Mt. Ararat Middle School are suing School Administrative District 75 for allegedly violating their son’s constitutional rights. Matthew Pollack and his wife, Jane Quirion, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Portland last month in part as […]
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Brunswick man arrested in Freeport in connection with several business burglaries
FREEPORT — Police arrested a Brunswick man April 10 and charged him with several burglaries at area businesses. Willis L. Jordan III was arrested at about 9:30 a.m. at a residence on Litchfield Road in connection with burglaries in Freeport, Yarmouth and Brunswick, Police Department Lt. Susan Nourse said. The police departments of all three […]
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Combined budgets draw heat in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH — Though it’s still a work in progress, a combined $71.8 million municipal, school and county budget for fiscal year 2014 elicited 30 minutes of pointed criticism Wednesday night. “It’s absurd, just crazy. What was the emergency we didn’t plan for?” asked Susan Hamill of Shady Creek Lane after a 20-minute presentation by Town […]
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Bonos fires up former Ricetta's brick ovens in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — Replacing a fixture in the city restaurant scene is not as daunting, Bonos Pizzeria & Grille executive chef Anthony Guerriero said, as meeting his own standards. “I don’t want to hear ‘that’s OK’ when it comes to food. If I hear it, It’s not OK,” Guerriero said Wednesday as he and his […]
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South Portland council demands school budget data
SOUTH PORTLAND — Continuing concern over School Department spending has led to an unusual City Council request for specific school financial information. At the council’s direction, City Manager Jim Gailey on Wednesday asked School Board Chairman Rick Carter for documents and details on budget variances, employee departures and retirements, and explanations of budgeting practices, to be […]
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Help clean Scarborough Marsh for Earth Day
SCARBOROUGH — The Friends of Scarborough Marsh are planning to clean and feed on April 20 with the annual Earth Day cleanup and a new food drive to benefit Project G.R.A.C.E. Working with the Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center, TogetherGreen, the town, Higgins Beach Association and other organizations, the Friends have selected cleanup sites at local […]
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Cape Elizabeth school budget includes all-day kindergarten trial
CAPE ELIZABETH — While a large variable remains in the form of state funding, the town and school fiscal 2014 budgets propose a combined tax increase of 3.5 percent. On Wednesday night, School Board members presented their $22.5 million school budget to the Town Council, highlighted by state revenue losses and the impact of implementation […]
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LePage: No decision on minimum wage increase
BRUNSWICK — Gov. Paul LePage said Wednesday he hasn’t made a final decision on whether to veto a bill that would raise the state’s minimum wage to $9 by 2016, then boost it annually in proportion with increases in the Consumer Price Index. The bill, LD 611, faces one more vote in the Senate, where […]
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Brunswick school budget could increase nearly 6%
BRUNSWICK — Superintendent of Schools Paul Perzanoski is proposing a nearly 6 percent budget increase for fiscal year 2014. The School Board was expected to make a decision on the proposed $35 million budget Thursday night, and will have to send it to the Town Council by April 17. The board discussed possible reductions and […]
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Mass. principal to lead Cape Elizabeth Middle School
CAPE ELIZABETH — The School Board has hired a new principal to lead Cape Elizabeth Middle School next school year. The board on Tuesday night announced that Michael Tracy will begin work July 1. Tracy will leave his current position as principal of Newbury Elementary School in Newbury, Mass., to join the Cape Elizabeth school […]