SOUTH PORTLAND — The year: 1971. The setting: a fourth-grade class at the Willard School. The question from one of the students to the young, new teacher: “Just how old are you, anyway?” Janet Kandoian, known as “Miss K” to many students, well remembers her first class and that particular question. “It was a hard […]
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Portland taps Virginia official for powerful, new 2nd-in-command post
PORTLAND — City Manager Mark Rees has chosen a veteran public official from Richmond, Va., to step into a new, powerful position in Maine’s largest city. As Portland’s first deputy city manager – an influential job that replaces what had previously been two assistant city manager positions – Sheila Hill-Christian would directly oversee a range of the […]
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Like father, like son: Portland's new fire chief goes to work
Portland’s new fire chief, Jerome LaMoria, right, receives his badge from his father, a former Vermont fire chief, after taking the oath of office in City Hall on Jan. 3. LaMoria, a 25-year firefighting veteran in Prince George’s County, Md., replaced Frederick LaMontagne, who retired as chief in April. LaMoria’s selection, announced last month, followed […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth-based Cuddledown acquired by Mass. catalog company
YARMOUTH — Cuddledown, the high-end bedding retailer based in Yarmouth, has been acquired by a catalog company in Massachusetts. Potpourri Group acquired Cuddledown in December, according to an announcement Thursday by American Capital Ltd., Potpourri’s parent company. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. Cuddledown was founded in 1973 as a family business with one […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Exotic pet, tattoo shop seeks Scarborough home
SCARBOROUGH — What was once an office for a property management company could become a more exotic location if the Planning Board approves a change of use request at its meeting Monday, Jan. 7. Jason Chapman, who owns Hallowed Ground Body Art Studio on Congress Street in Portland, has requested a commercial re-use permit to […]
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Cape officials adopt new planning strategy after library defeat
CAPE ELIZABETH — Prompted by the failure of the Thomas Memorial Library bond referendum last November, the Town Council and School Board have developed a plan to coordinate future spending for large projects. At joint workshop Wednesday night, the two panels charged a joint committee to organize a holistic view of the town’s needs after […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Artists visit farm life in upcoming Brunswick exhibition
BRUNSWICK — A table might not be the first thing that comes to mind when someone says “agriculture,” but for artist Maina Handmaker, it’s the center of everything that happens on a family farm. This interpretation of farm life and many others will be on display at Frontier, 14 Maine St. (Fort Andross Mill 3), starting […]
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S.P. police solicit unwanted guns, ammunition
SOUTH PORTLAND — In response to the Dec. 14 shootings in Newtown, Conn., police are reminding the public they will accept any “unwanted, forgotten or unsafe” firearms and ammunition. Police Lt. Frank Clark said the department accepts firearms and ammunition with no questions asked in the hopes of eliminating access by “untrained or inappropriate persons.” […]
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Bath council OKs freight shed bricks in new sidewalk
BATH — The City Council gave unanimous consent Wednesday to a proposal from the Bath Freight Shed Alliance to include fundraising bricks in a sidewalk to be constructed along Commercial Street. The alliance plans to donate the bricks to the city, and have them engraved to raise funds for improvements to the 19th century shed. […]
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'History won't lose me': First same-sex marriages made in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — Robin Elliott and Laura Minervino waited for about 10 minutes for City Hall to open last Saturday morning. That was nothing compared to the 23 years they waited for a marriage license. Elliott and Minervino were the first same-sex couple in the city to get a marriage license Dec. 29 when City […]