The clerk’s salary increases to $76,699 and the city attorney will earn $114,399 a year.
Leslie Bridgers
Columnist
Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
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Maine’s cool summer kindles hot foliage this fall
Unlike some of the dull leaf-peeping seasons of the recent past, this one has been eye-popping, and tourists appear to be taking notice.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland’s Franklin Street in line for dramatic redesign
A plan to be introduced Wednesday would narrow the arterial to make pedestrians safer, reconnect neighborhoods and open land for development.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Westbrook schools now filled to capacity
Two years after closing a school, the city may need to expand one or two buildings as an influx of immigrants helps to swell enrollments.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News
Scotland’s vote on split from United Kingdom intrigues Mainers with Scottish ties
Some believe the idea of independence sounds romantic but might not be practical, and many say it’s not for them to decide.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Westbrook names interim police and fire chiefs
Both are expected to apply for the job of public safety director, held since 2011 by Michael Pardue, who will step down next month.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Hope Elephants board explains why animals must return to Oklahoma
The board said Thursday that eventually it would like to bring Rosie and Opal back to Maine.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Two elephants to leave Maine after tragic death of caregiver
Tom Laurita says his brother James probably fell in their corral and was killed when 7,500-pound Rosie tried to help him.
Posted inLocal & State, News
L.L.Bean heir’s foundation gives nearly $1 million to Maine nonprofits
The John T. Gorman Foundation is awarding grants to 62 organizations in all 16 counties.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland councilors not ready to recommend new rules for anti-abortion protests
A city attorney recommends that Planned Parenthood seek a court injunction, or that lawmakers sponsor changes to state law to shield patients from anti-abortion protesters.