CAPE ELIZABETH — The picnic shelter at Fort Williams Park will be upgraded, with improvements funded by the Rotary Club of South Portland-Cape Elizabeth. The project was proposed by the Rotary Club, and unanimously approved by the Town Council Monday, Aug. 8. The upgrades are expected to be completed by this fall or early spring 2017. […]
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South Portland Planning Board praises plan for new apartments
SOUTH PORTLAND — The Planning Board gave preliminary approval Tuesday for a 118-unit apartment complex in the Brickhill development. The board and City Council approved a zoning change for the project this spring, which changed the zoning from professional office to residential use, and increased the number of residential units by 35, to allow a total […]
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Paige named interim principal at Brunswick elementary school
BRUNSWICK — The School Department curriculum coordinator will serve as interim principal at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School. The appointment of long-time administrator John Paige by Superintendent Paul Perzanoski was made in advance of the School Board’s Wednesday meeting, where members discussed plans to find a new permanent principal. The school’s first and only principal, Jean […]
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SAD 75 residents rank new Topsham school amenities
TOPSHAM — Energy efficiency items and greater gym space are among amenities some residents of School Administrative District 75 would like to see in a new high school. Attendees at an Aug. 3 public forum were presented a list of potential amenities for the school, above and beyond what the state would fund, and asked […]
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Cape Elizabeth teacher drives, runs, embodies TD Beach to Beacon 10K
CAPE ELIZABETH — Joe Doane radiated energy as he sent every person who stepped off his school bus last Saturday morning a wish for good luck. Doane had been awake since 4:15 a.m. and had been shuttling runners to the start line of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K road race since 6:30. After the last […]
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Scarborough, South Portland street projects get regional funds
SCARBOROUGH — The town will receive about $200,000 over the next three years for the first phase of rebuilding a portion of Gorham Road. The Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System is also slated to fund a little more than $100,000 for bicycle and pedestrian improvements at Cash Corner in South Portland, as well as upgrading traffic and pedestrian signals […]
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State adds South Portland middle school to construction funding list
SOUTH PORTLAND — Mahoney Middle School has been added to the state’s preliminary list of buildings approved to receive construction subsidies from the Maine Department of Education. The new status does not guarantee funding for a comprehensive renovation or new construction project, Superintendent of Schools Ken Kunin said Wednesday morning. But it is the first time […]
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Fines out of South Portland's proposed pesticides ban
SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council moved ahead Monday on a revised pesticides ban that removes any fines for non-compliance. Under the proposed ordinance, the ban would apply only to pesticides used for turf, landscape and outdoor pest management on both public and private property, including golf courses. Julie Rosenbach, the city sustainability coordinator, acknowledged during […]
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Brunswick hospital summer program gives teens taste of health-care careers
BRUNSWICK — For a kid, a hospital can be a scary place. But it can also be an exciting one, full of learning and opportunity, as 49 students are finding during an eight-week summer program at Mid Coast Hospital. The students are changing hospital beds, completing discharges, helping nurses – and even directing visitors in the emergency […]
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Harpswell remains chem-free, for now, against invasive plants
HARPSWELL — There are two upcoming opportunities for volunteers to help remove invasive species at Mitchell Field. Jane Covey, chairwoman of the Mitchell Field Committee and a member of the Harpswell Invasive Plant Partnership, also announced at the Aug. 4 Board of Selectmen meeting that HIPP will not use herbicides to treat specific species until it conducts […]