CUMBERLAND — The Maine Department of Education has accepted an alternative reorganization plan from School Administrative District 51. The decision means the Cumberland-North Yarmouth school department can continue as an independent school district. The notice of acceptance from Education Commissioner Susan Gendron said SAD 51 had “unique circumstances” that prevented it from consolidating. SAD 51 […]
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n-falplanningboard-010809 Board cool to panel's vision for old schools
FALMOUTH — The committee formed to come up with proposals for two soon-to-be obsolete schools got a chilly reception at Tuesday’s Planning Board meeting. The board met to conduct a progress review of the Ad Hoc Community Facilities Committee. It also conducted a pre-application sketch plan review of Tidewater Conservation Foundation’s Regional Learning Resource Center. […]
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p-phsfinancialaid-010709 PHS to host financial aid night for seniors
PORTLAND — There will be an informational meeting about financial aide for college-bound high school seniors and their parents Tuesday, Jan. 13, at 6:30 p.m. in room 304 at Portland High School. Trish Malloy of the Finance Authority of Maine will give parents an overview of information needed for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. […]
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p-schoolsexed-010709 School Dept. seeks savings in sex ed
PORTLAND — A proposal to reassign the human sexuality teacher for the School Department’s 10 elementary schools is causing concern among some parents and those who provide health services to students. The School Committee on Jan. 7 will conduct a first reading of the proposal, one of several designed to make up for a $1.8 million curtailment in state […]
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pnms-ewaste-010709 Tossing tech-trash The economy throws a wrench in e-waste disposal
Your holiday pile of boxes, ribbons and wrapping paper shreds are probably long gone by now, carted off to the local transfer station alongside a turkey carcass, broken champagne flutes and the impossible plastic clam-shell package that once housed your new MP3 player. But if you’re like many other Mainers, you still have another pile […]
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pnms-grannykirkwoods-010709 Charitable shortbread bakery closes its doors
SOUTH PORTLAND — A business that sold Scottish shortbread to raise funds for a Maine Medical Center cancer unit has closed, its owner said, because of the sagging economy. Granny Kirkwood’s Shortbread, founded in 2007 by Marshall “Jack” Gibson, baked its last biscuits at the end of December. Granny Kirkwood’s goodies, which included at least […]
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pnms-dailysun-010709 N.H. publisher plans free Portland daily
PORTLAND — By the end of this month, city residents will have another free newspaper to pick up at the coffee shop or grocery store. The Portland Daily Sun will publish weekdays and include news of Portland along with some national and international news from The Associated Press. Mark Guerringue, a partner in the venture, […]
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pnms-energyuse-010709 It's elementary, my dear Watt-son Libraries, Efficiency Maine hope to help solve energy-use whodunit
SCARBOROUGH — Efficiency Maine’s “Kill A Watt” campaign, soon to be launched across the state in a series of detective “whodunit” advertisements, is designed to put a weapon in the hands of the people – user-friendly energy monitors that gauge the electricity consumed by household appliances. By next Monday, more than 600 of the television […]
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p-BRFmlk-010709 City establishes MLK Jr. commission
PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday approved creation of a commission to implement the recommendations of a task force that was formed to find a place in Portland for a memorial honoring slain civil rights leader The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The task force selected the new Bayside Trail because it is […]
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pnms-dtv-010709 As DTV conversion looms, sales of TVs, antennas, converters pick up
PORTLAND — David Munster’s TV on Forest Avenue hasn’t experienced much demand for rooftop television antenna installations since the advent of cable and satellite TV in the late 1980s. But with the transition to all-digital broadcasts looming less than six weeks away, viewers of over-the-air TV are also upgrading their antennas, in addition to buying […]