Maine Principal Association announces 2016 award winners The Maine Prinicipals’ Association announced the winners of the 2016 MPA Principal’s Award from the Portland Public Schools’ three high schools: Moses Small, Portland High School; Josie Pierce, Casco Bay High School; and Sahra Ahmed, Deering High School. The students received their awards at an honors luncheon in […]

SHS Select Chorus planning Chicago trip Chicago is not only famous for its hot dogs, but also for a variety of museums that rival the Smithsonian. Members of the Scarborough High School Select Chorus will experience all the Windy City has to offer firsthand April 21-26, when the group will go on their annual performance […]

Cape Elizabeth Fri.  4/8  2 p.m.  School Board  (Executive Session)  TML Mon.  4/11  7 p.m.  Town Council  TH Tues.  4/12  6 p.m.  School Board  (Executive Session)  TH Tues.  4/12  7 p.m.  Conservation Commission  TH Tues.  4/12  7 p.m.  School Board  TH Wed.  4/13  5 p.m.  Fort Williams Advisory Commission Site Visit Scarborough Mon.  4/11  7 […]

Brunswick Mon.  4/11  4 p.m.  TIF Committee  TH Mon.  4/11  5 p.m.  Region Ten Technical High School  SAD 75 Central Office Mon.  4/11  5:30 p.m.  Brunswick/Topsham Water Board  266 River Road Mon.  4/11  7 p.m.  Finance Committee  TH Tues.  4/12  Noon  Brunswick Housing Authority  12 Stone St. Tues.  4/12  4:30 p.m.  Teen Center Advisory Committee  […]

Chebeague Island Sat.  4/9  9 a.m.  Planning Board  (Zoning Workshop)  CIS Wed.  4/13  6 p.m.  Board of Selectmen (Budget Workshop)  IH Thur.  4/14  7 p.m.  Planning Board  IH Cumberland Mon.  4/11  7 p.m.  Town Council  TH Thur.  4/14  7 p.m.  Board of Adjustments & Appeals  TH Falmouth Thur.  4/7  7 p.m.  Council/School Budget  (Public Hearing)  […]

Greater Portland Benefits Thursday 4/7 YMCA Adaptive Services Auction, 6-9 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, Downtown Freeport. To purchase tickets or donate items, rbosse@ymcaofsouthernmaine.org or 865-9600. Saturday 4/9 Empty Bowl Supper, Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Parish Hall, 65 Mellen St., Portland. Admission $10 and a can of soup for church pantry; all proceeds feed school children in […]

North Yarmouth Academy student writer earns national recognition Afton Morton of South Freeport earned a silver medal for her short story “Playthings of Fear” March 14, when Scholastic announced its national medalists for the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. This year, nearly 320,000 works of art and writing were submitted; only the top 1 […]

Portland Wed.  4/6  3 p.m.  Finance Committee  CH Wed.  4/6  3:30 p.m.  Creative Portland Corporation  CH Wed.  4/6  5 p.m.  Historic Preservation Board  CH Thur.  4/7  5 p.m.  Finance Committee  CH Thur.  4/7  5 p.m.  Parks Commission  CH Thur.  4/7  6:30 p.m.  Zoning Board of Appeals  CH Mon.  4/11  5 p.m.  City Council  (Workshop)  CH […]

Local student posts highest state score on Academic Team application Southern Maine Community College student Emily Cleary of Portland has been named to the All-Maine Academic Team for two-year colleges. She was among the 14 community college students in Maine who were honored at a Maine Community College System ceremony March 23 in Augusta. The […]

Hires, promotions, appointments Certified Master Chef Daniel Harrison Dumont has been named the new executive chef at Black Point Inn on Prouts Neck. In 2014, Dumont was invited to the White House as a host chef representing New England to assist First Lady Michelle Obama with her Let’s Move initiative to fight childhood obesity. Among […]