But the effort to ease overcrowding in schools still calls for sending 70 children to Raymond Elementary.
Leslie Bridgers
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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.
Gorham councilor keeps her seat after drunken-driving conviction
Councilor Suzanne Phillips was arrested in May after sideswiping two cars and leaving the scene.
Windham redistricting plan sends 130 pupils out of town
Having students attend Raymond schools to ease overcrowding is the subject of a forum tonight.
Repairing Jose’s heart
A gift of surgery brings a boy and his mother from El Salvador to Portland, where they find friends and a medical intervention that could save his life.
UMaine system extends tuition freeze – on one condition
Tuition will not increase as long as the state doesn’t cut the UMaine system’s funding, trustees say.
More addicted Maine mothers to get help
When mothers with addictions enter the Crossroads rehab program, their children are often in charge of the family’s schedule, deciding when they eat and sleep and what they do each day . . .
Some complain Windham sewer project details lacking
Windham’s $37.8 million plan goes to a vote Nov. 6 and many residents say they know nothing about it.
Proposed Westbrook blasting rules head to planners
The city’s agreement with Pike Industries can’t be enforced unless some zoning is revised.
Zone change proposal could reopen Pike quarry debate
The Westbrook Planning Board will consider a zone change that would enable the city to regulate activity at Pike Industries’ Spring Street quarry.
Boy, 12, from El Salvador to receive heart surgery in Maine
The Westbrook-Gorham Rotary Club has arranged for Jose David Marroquin Galan to have an artery replaced at Maine Medical Center on Friday.