Part of his plan will include a multimillion-dollar endowment to help Portland public-school students afford post-secondary educations.

The cisterns are on a platform 10 feet above the roof. Someone would need a ladder and the ability to bypass an alarm and locked door to access them.

GORHAM – In was a grim scene that looked and sounded real. Guns drawn, officers Monday burst into an old Gorham school after an alarm triggered, shots rang out, bodies of students were strewn in rooms and halls, spent ammo shells littered the floor, and students screamed. “You come out with your hands up,” shouted […]

WESTBROOK – Last week presented a big cultural adjustment for William Leque, who returned to his teaching post in Westbrook High School after 20 months away on active duty. Leque, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserves, left the country in 2011 to serve on a joint task force on the horn of Africa […]

WESTBROOK – Last week presented a big cultural adjustment for William Leque, who returned to his teaching post in Westbrook High School after 20 months away on active duty. Leque, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserves, left the country in 2011 to serve on a joint task force on the horn of Africa […]

Elementary school children participating in Augusta’s after-school French Heritage Language Program provided delightful entertainment to two international guests on Feb. 12, with stories and songs. A group of about 15 local children ages 6 thru 10 years old attend biweekly classes with Margot Stiassni-Sieracki, and her teaching team of cultural associates from the University of […]

Elementary school children participating in Augusta’s after-school French Heritage Language Program provided delightful entertainment to two international guests on Feb. 12, with stories and songs. A group of about 15 local children ages 6 thru 10 years old attend biweekly classes with Margot Stiassni-Sieracki, and her teaching team of cultural associates from the University of […]

WESTBROOK – The Improvised Puppet Project’s show scheduled for Sunday night at Acorn Theater in Westbrook has been canceled. There will be a regular show on the last Sunday of every month starting March 31. For more information, call 749-6326 or go to improvisedpuppetproject.com

When it comes to trying to make you cry, there are no safe havens in “Safe Haven.” The latest film based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks — the author who’s elicited more tears than an onion factory — includes plot points of spousal abuse, cancer, cute kids, children in peril, a hunk with a […]

No economic stimulus to 18th-century Maine, the Peterson Canal is still part of history.