The town’s school funding is approved 6-1 despite an outcry to add money for all-day kindergarten.
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.
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Transfer station planned even if no MERC deal
Casella intends to start building within a year in Westbrook and is still in talks to sell the incinerator.
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Westbrook developer facing lawsuit
Jason Snyder is being sued by the son of his late partner in the Stroudwater Street project, who claims Snyder owes his father’s estate about $417,000.
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Election 2012: Pollard a moderate, idealist
The Yale-educated business owner says those qualities and others would make him an effective U.S. senator.
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Transit of Venus may get lost in the clouds
Viewing events are set up for the rare astronomical occurrence on Tuesday, but the forecast isn’t sunny.
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Westbrook Together Days race to benefit firefighter
The annual two-day celebration also features a carnival, parade and fireworks.
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Not taking no for an answer
A Gorham group rebuffed in its bid to expand the kindergarten program is using its school budget voting power as leverage.
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Failed deal leaves Blue Sky in limbo
The York Beach restaurant remains closed, and some who paid event deposits have filed complaints.
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Bad air day? Not for these guys
Whenever they can, a Gorham man and his friends take to the skies in their experimental aircraft.
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Schneider says he’d exit AG job to campaign
Maine’s attorney general and other state officers have come under criticism from a GOP primary rival.