If the council approves the project, a referendum vote probably wouldn’t be held until 2021 and construction likely wouldn’t begin until 2024 at the earliest.
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South Portland planners OK contract zone for O’Neil Street project
The zoning proposal will go before City Council for approval, after which the project will undergo site plan review.
Early Cape Elizabeth school budget includes 8% increase
High school Principal Jeffrey Shedd is also requesting funds for new teaching positions.
Rally provides shot in the arm for local fuel assistance effort
With donations still coming in, Project G.R.A.C.E. has raised more than $15,000 for its fuel assistance program.
New Mt. Ararat High School nears 75% completion mark
A New Hampshire company will remove hazardous material in the original school before it’s demolished later this year.
Schools attempt to remove barriers to career, technical education
Portland Arts and Technology High School and Westbrook Regional Vocational Center want to make some changes, including making it easier for students to take classes there while fulfilling core requirements at their high schools.
Artist asks who’s responsible for changing the world
Titi de Baccarat’s “Who Is It?” will be shown at the Union of Maine Visual Artists at 516 Congress St. through the end of the month.
New program trains new Mainers as bank tellers
Students in the program have former financial or business experience as professionals in their nine home countries.
Harpswell Coastal Academy students share personal stories, poems with new book
The students worked with the Portland-based Telling Room to write and publish “Somehow I Knew What to Do: Personal Narratives from Harpswell Coastal Academy.”
Fundraiser for Cumberland arts center grand piano nears 75% of goal
The Greely Music Boosters group looks to buy the $55,000 instrument in time for April’s 2020 Honors Jazz Festival.