PORTLAND — Police and members of the public gathered last Friday to find common ground on bias-based profiling, a topic that affects Maine’s diverse populations and general public safety. In 2009, a bill was introduced in the 124th Maine Legislature to ban racial profiling. While legislators questioned whether it was really a problem in Maine, the Advisory […]
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Running for confidence: Portland school launches self-esteem program for girls
PORTLAND — Thirty-seven students at Longfellow Elementary School are running against stereotypes through a program focused on building self-esteem in adolescent girls. The girls, all in grades three through five, are participating in a10-week training program with Girls on the Run, an international program that works with communities and schools to inspire pre-teen girls to […]
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Groundbreaking set for new Scarborough school
SCARBOROUGH — The public is invited to join School Board members, School Department officials and Building Committee members at a 9 a.m. groundbreaking on Thursday for the new Wentworth Intermediate School. The school for third- through fifth-graders is scheduled to open at the beginning of the 2014-15 school year next to the existing school on […]
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Scenarios collide in North Yarmouth discussion about leaving SAD 51
NORTH YARMOUTH — In the first of two public discussions on whether the town should leave its school district, residents were told Oct. 10 that doing so would either save money or add to their tax burden. The second meeting on withdrawal from School Administrative District 51 was scheduled for Wednesday at Wescustogo Hall. The […]
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Project will expand housing for at-risk women in Portland
PORTLAND — Mercy Health System is moving its housing program for homeless, at-risk women to a new building that will more than double the capacity of the program. Mercy announced last week that the McAuley Residence will move in January to an affordable-housing complex now being built at 68 High St. McAuley will offer 16 transitional […]
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Family business seminar in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — More than 80 percent of Maine’s businesses are family-owned. Buying, selling or passing these businesses on are the topics of a forum beginning at 8 a.m. Oct. 25 at the Marriott at Sable Oaks. The Institute for Family-Owned Business presents “Preparing the Next Generation for Transition,” with discussions on exit strategies and […]
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'Moment' of heavy lifting in Portland
“Moment,” a 1,500-pound steel work by British sculptor Sir Anthony Caro, begins its airborne journey Tuesday into the Portland Museum of Art’s Joan B. Burns Sculpture Garden on High Street. Dr. Guido Goldman of Concord, Mass., donated the piece in honor of longtime museum trustee Leonard Nelson and his wife, Merle. J.R. Cote, of Cote […]
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Solution or problem? Portland City Council hears all sides on affordable housing
PORTLAND — As it considers a sweeping new plan to reduce homelessness, the City Council grappled Monday night with one of its causes: lack of affordable housing. The council voted unanimously to direct federal funds to a plan for developing 35 affordable apartments at 409 Cumberland Ave. But members of the public used the opportunity to […]
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Maine's public access ombudsman expects to be busy
FREEPORT — Public access and freedom of information advocates have long been calling for the appointment of an official to help the public navigate Maine’s freedom of access laws. They got their wish in the last legislative session when two bills passed, fully funding the state’s first public access ombudsman, with $88,000 in annual salary […]
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Several voter forums in Portland this week
PORTLAND — The public has several opportunities this week to ask questions of candidates in the Nov. 6 election for City Council, and to hear experts debate the upcoming state referendum on same-sex marriage. On Wednesday at 7:30 a.m., the Portland Community Chamber will sponsor a discussion with the council candidates at the Portland Regional […]