PORTLAND — The School Committee on Wednesday will hear a proposal by the superintendent of schools to put laptop computers into the hands of high school students. The plan, however, does not involve joining the state’s laptop computer initiative.  Superintendent James Morse said his plan would buy about 2,200 netbook PCs for high school students […]

PORTLAND — Life-sized cardboard cut-outs of breastfeeding women were placed around town Monday, as part of a breastfeeding awareness campaign. The campaign seeks to encourage the acceptance of breastfeeding in public places, and specifically to inform employers of recently passed state legislation requiring them to give lactating mothers who are returning to work a private […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — As a board member, Julie Marchese suggested that the Maine Cancer Foundation buck a more than decade old tradition of holding an annual golf fundraising event.  “It’s difficult to fundraise in that venue because there are so many (golf tournaments),” Marchese said.  Instead, she suggested holding an all-women triathlon last year and, […]

AUGUSTA — Elementary school teachers in Portland and Falmouth are still in the running for the 2010 Teacher of the Year award. The finalist for the award from the Maine Department of Education are Jayne Quinn Sawtelle, a kindergarten through fifth-grade music teacher at Fred P. Hall Elementary School in Portland, Kevin Grover, a second-grade […]

Demolition work continues on the old Brunswick High School on McKeen Street on July 28. Work crews have been tearing down wings built during the 1960s, and were expected to begin razing the more historic 1937 building by the end of the week. The ongoing work has brought out onlookers and school alumni, including John […]

U.S. Navy Loadmaster Bryan Little walks the top of a C-130 Hercules during a preflight check on July 25 as Squadron VR-62 redeployed it’s last plane from Brunswick Naval Air Station to Jacksonville, Fla., in advance of the 2011 closing of BNAS. The squadron has a few members on duty through August, but has finished […]

BATH — The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust is using nearly $15,000 in grants it recently received to support its conservation program. That program focuses on land protection, education and stewardship to ensure the future of the Kennebec Estuary, as well as to promote the estuary’s ecological significance. The land trust is using a $2,000 grant from […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Parents are going to find more entertainment options for their children at the 30th annual Art in the Park on Saturday, Aug. 8, at Mill Creek Park. Chinese flower folding has been added to the children’s area, which this year will also feature three performances by Julie & Brownie, a New Hampshire-based […]

TOPSHAM — A summer of adventure and entertainment organized by Topsham Public Library and the Parks and Recreation Department wraps up next month in the Highlands Room of the library at 25 Foreside Road. The 98-minute movie “Race to Witch Mountain” will be screened at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6. Farmer Minor and his pig, Daisy, […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — Residents interested in running for elected city offices may pick up nomination papers at City Hall, 25 Cottage Road. City Council seats representing District 3 and District 4, and School Board seats from District 3, District 4 and District 5 are up for grabs in November. Each office carries a three-year term. […]