FREEPORT — The town’s only contested election on Nov. 5 is for a seat on the Water District Board of Trustees, where Michael Ashby is challenging incumbent John Karp. John Karp Karp, 52, of Kings Timber Way, is seeking his third term as a Water District trustee. He was born in New York City and […]
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New restaurant planned for Portland West End neighborhood
PORTLAND — A 45-seat restaurant serving “New American comfort food” may be coming to 211 Danforth St. in the city’s West End. Keith Hickman, of Portland and New York City, expects to close Nov. 1 on the $440,000 purchase of the one-story building, now the site of Vespucci’s variety store. Hickman and business partner Josh […]
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Sound of silence: Portland public schools face shortage of musical instruments
PORTLAND — For the first time in 20 years, the music department at Portland Public Schools is sounding a call. The schools need musical instruments. This year, about 50 students were unable to take music lessons for lack of instruments. Adding to the pressure, the Portland Music Boosters – a volunteer organization that has donated more […]
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Voters weigh Freeport High School renovations amid RSU discord
FREEPORT — With the possibility lurking in the background that Freeport may abandon Regional School Unit 5, residents of Freeport, Pownal and Durham will vote Nov. 5 on two bond questions worth a total of nearly $16.4 million to renovate Freeport High School. Most of the proposed borrowing is in a 20-year bond for approximately […]
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Final phase of Cumberland development could begin in 2014
CUMBERLAND — One phase of the Village Green Revitalization Master Plan is complete, while another is well underway and the third could come to fruition next year. The Bateman Partners project, based in the center of town, includes single-family homes, senior housing, townhouses and a mixed-use facility. Conversion of the former Drowne Road School to […]
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Advocates submit papers for Freeport's withdrawal from RSU 5
FREEPORT — A group advocating for Freeport’s withdrawal from Regional School Unit 5 has unofficially collected enough signatures to require a referendum. The group, Moving Freeport Forward, has collected more than 500 signatures. It needed at least 415, or 10 percent of the number of Freeport residents who voted in the last gubernatorial election. Moving Freeport […]
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Suit drive gives assist to disadvantaged job-seekers in Portland
PORTLAND — Some of the area’s neediest residents this week are dressing for success. On Friday, disadvantaged men seeking work will be professionally fitted with new wardrobes at the state Labor Department’s CareerCenter on Lancaster Street. The recipients, who are referred by local rehabilitation providers, will receive free business suits, shirts and ties. Creative Work […]
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Portland prepares for trials on loitering ban, plaza sale
PORTLAND — As it prepares to fight a lawsuit challenging a new ordinance that bans loitering on street medians, the city is limiting enforcement of the rule. Police will only act on the ordinance in cases involving people who are “openly and obviously impaired by drugs or alcohol and posing a threat to traffic,” according […]
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Portland coalition takes aim at human trafficking
PORTLAND — A coalition led by social service agency Preble Street has received a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to provide services for victims of human trafficking in Cumberland and York counties. With the two-year grant, the Preble Street Anti-Trafficking Coalition will provide outreach, health and legal services, case management and other help in response […]
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Portland City Council OKs Clifford School, Thompson's Point deals
PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday unanimously approved two high-profile real estate deals that could add new housing, a parking garage and a sports arena to Portland. The council voted 9-0 to sell the former Nathan Clifford School, at 180 Falmouth St., to Developers Collaborative for $1. The developer plans to convert the four-story school building into […]