PORTLAND — The freeze is here, and not just because of the weather. With more than 200 school districts in Maine facing the loss of a cumulative $12.58 million in general purpose aid from the state Department of Education, school officials are reviewing purchase orders and combing budgets for possible savings. Portland schools stand to […]
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Annoyed Portland business owner plans 'anti-anti-abortion' rally
PORTLAND — Despite a storm that dumped 10 inches of snow on the city the night before, anti-abortion demonstrators were out in force along Congress Street Friday morning, Dec. 28 – as they have been every Friday since the summer. They expect to be back this week, too, when a downtown business owner hopes to […]
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Portland seeks input on school renovation plans
PORTLAND — Beginning this week and continuing through January, the School Department and its architecture and engineering consultants will hold a series of public charrettes to discuss ideas for improving the city’s elementary school buildings. At each of the charrettes, Oak Point Associates will share an overview of project goals. After participants have the opportunity […]
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Students present video on waste water study
PORTLAND — Students who spent several weeks studying waste water and treatment concepts will present a video on the importance of the subject on Friday, Jan. 4. The showing will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the King Middle School Library, 92 Deering Ave. The video was created by Jill Roland and Dave Grant’s seventh-grade class as […]
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Proposed Cutter Street redesign plan ready
PORTLAND — The city will unveil a proposal next week for improving pedestrian safety at Cutter Street and the Eastern Promenade. City planners are working to redesign the intersection and reduce its width so that vehicle traffic is better controlled and pedestrians can cross more safely. The current crosswalk at Cutter Street stretches for 100 feet […]
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'We finally feel equal': Maine's first married gay couple ties the knot at Portland City Hall
PORTLAND — The first gay couple to be married in the state of Maine took their vows in a short ceremony in the city clerk’s office at approximately 12:25 a.m. Saturday. “We finally feel equal and happy to live in Maine,” said Steven Bridges, who married Michael Snell less than a half-hour after same sex […]
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Iconic career comes to a close for Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Her decision to wear purple was not by design. She wasn’t trying to make a political fashion statement. It just worked out that way, she said. “No, you’re talking about being a purple state or something,” U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, said on the day of her farewell speech to her colleagues […]
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Portland, Nova Scotia talk renewal of ferry service
PORTLAND — Three years after the last international ferry left Portland for Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, the city is discussing efforts to restore service with the Canadian port. Mayor Michael Brennan and City Manager Mark Rees hosted a Dec. 14 meeting with officials from Nova Scotia, which issued a request for proposals the previous week for an […]
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Plan to restore Trout Brook almost ready
SOUTH PORTLAND — If all goes according to plan, there will be more bugs in the system. The Trout Brook ecosystem, that is. As he assessed conditions on the waterway that flows through the center of the city, South Portland Stormwater Program Coordinator Fred Dillon told city councilors at a Dec. 17 workshop the signs […]
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Tablet computers open 'new world' for special-needs students in Scarborough, South Portland
SCARBOROUGH — Morrison Center teacher Paul Agnew circled the room, extending an iPad so his students could dress a snowman. Behind him, the image appeared on a screen as it went from naked white to fully clothed with a carrot nose. Sitting in front of him, students Mindy Bisson, Cassy Gannett and Tommy LaBerge focused […]