YARMOUTH — When William Michaud started his new job earlier this month, his top priority was somewhat unusual: He was tasked with finding his own replacement, as soon as possible. Michaud, who is the School Department’s new interim superintendent, hopes to find a permanent superintendent by July 1, 2014. The candidate search was a topic […]
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Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Sprinkler system saves Falmouth building
FALMOUTH — A sprinkler system that put out a small closet fire probably saved a Route 1 commercial building from extensive damage, Fire Chief Howard Rice Jr. said Monday. Firefighters responded to the alarm at 400 U.S. Route 1 at about 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, and found water pooled on the floor after opening […]
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Yarmouth town manager receives statewide honor
YARMOUTH — The town’s chief executive has won top honors from a statewide organization. Town Manager Nat Tupper received the 2013 Linc Stackpole Manager-of-the-Year Award from the Maine Town, City and County Management Association on Aug. 14 during an annual meeting held in Newry. Tupper, 56, said he was honored by the award, which has […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Slice of Portland life ends with closing of DiPietro's
PORTLAND — On Sunday, the last day of operation after 69 years at DiPietro’s Italian Sandwiches, Michele Grondin unlocked the door at 9 a.m. to find a line of customers already waiting. At 2 p.m., customers were still coming from as far away as Connecticut to enjoy a last “Italian,” or one of the many […]
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Absentee ballots available for Portland school budget referendum
PORTLAND — Absentee ballots are now available for the Sept. 4 public referendum on a $1.9 million supplemental school budget. Voters must submit the absentee ballots by Aug. 30 to the City Clerk’s office at City Hall during regular business hours, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The office will be open until 7 p.m. on the final […]
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Portland elementary schools to benefit from $2.2M grant
PORTLAND — Education nonprofit LearningWorks has announced a $2.2 million grant that will benefit two underachieving city elementary schools. The three-year grant, provided by the Corporation for National and Community Service and U.S. Department of Education, is intended to improve student achievement at Riverton Elementary School and East End Community School. “East End and Riverton […]
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Full sail
Island homes line the shore like spectators during the annual MS Regatta, Saturday, Aug. 17, on Portland Harbor.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Asbestos, lead removal at former Bath school to last a month
BATH — Removal of asbestos and lead from Donald Small School, expected to last until mid-September, will keep Bath Community Television off the air from Sept. 6-16. The former school, built 50 years ago, houses both Bath Community Television and the Bath Recreation Department. The latter will remain open, according to a press release, and […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Police name victim hit by Downeaster in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH — The victim struck Sunday by a southbound Amtrak Downeaster is 36-year-old Charles Hope, whose last known address is Lowell, Mass., said Scarborough Police Sgt. Rick Rouse. Hope, who police believe may have traveled north on a freight train that was parked at a siding where he was hit, was seen running near the […]
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Unsung Hero: Willo Wright, guardian angel for troubled youth
FREEPORT — Willo Wright’s early years in Bozeman, Mont., did not presage a happy future. Other kids teased her constantly. She grew plump, which increased the ridicule. Her father died when she was 16. She got pregnant and married at 18. She later got divorced; then remarried; then divorced again. And along the way her […]