PORTLAND — Proverbially, it is the world’s oldest profession. Locally, advocates trying to end sex trafficking want a new approach. “This is rape, no matter how much you smile,” Survivor Speak founder dee Clarke said. A victim of sex trafficking in Boston more than 30 years ago, Clarke founded the nonprofit to help women escape the […]
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Seriously clowning around: Yarmouth student returns to Freeport with Circus Smirkus
FREEPORT — Sarah Norden has been working hard all summer and is finally getting a chance to come home. The 17-year-old Yarmouth resident has been touring with Circus Smirkus since the end of June and will be performing with the Vermont-based troupe in Freeport next week. The Big Top Tour will perform Aug. 2 and 3 […]
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Yarmouth sex offender limits going to referendum
YARMOUTH — Voters in November will decide whether to enact an ordinance that would restrict where sex offenders can live. The Town Council on July 21 unanimously approved sending the proposal to a Nov. 8 general election referendum. The councilors’ only other option was to approve the ordinance; they couldn’t vote it down because the issue […]
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Cumberland-North Yarmouth board OKs school arts center study
CUMBERLAND — The School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors voted 5-1 Monday to fund research of a proposed performing arts center. Up to $75,000 for programming and schematic design work has been approved and will be taken from the Cumberland-North Yarmouth district’s capital reserve account. The board approved the study this spring, but Monday’s […]
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Vetting of Portland school needs won’t allow November bond vote
PORTLAND — The remote chance that city voters would decide to fund a $70.6 million school bond in November was removed Monday night. The Ad Hoc School Facilities Committee led by Mayor Ethan Strimling and School Board Chairwoman Marnie Morrione convened for the first time in City Hall, and set a schedule of school tours […]
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Veterans advocate ‘sticks’ up for Portland police
PORTLAND — Roger Goodoak was feeling the heat as he crossed State Street Monday morning near Deering Oaks Park. “I dressed all wrong for this,” he said as he perspired through his long-sleeve, white dress shirt. Goodoak, executive director of the Maine Homeless Veterans Alliance, may have been hot, but he was out because he feels […]
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Portland council panel endorses solar project, recycling carts
PORTLAND — By this time next year, recycling could be on a roll in Portland. A plan forwarded by City Manager Jon Jennings and Sustainability Coordinator Troy Moon to purchase carts for storing recyclable materials and three semi-automated trucks to collect the materials was endorsed by a 2-1 vote July 20 by the City Council Energy […]
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Portland discussion to view equality via law, art
PORTLAND — As part of a year-long initiative, a local organization will hold an event examining civil rights through two very different lenses. Maine Humanities Council, the state’s affiliate for the National Endowment for the Humanities, will facilitate a conversation to explore civil rights through both art and law at the Portland Museum of Art. […]
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Maine drug agents, Portland police arrest 2
PORTLAND — Two men face drug trafficking charges after their arrests July 21. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Craig Carrigan, 47, of Portland, and Bobby Forte, 25, of Bronx, New York, were apprehended separately. Both face Class A charges for unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs. Carrigan was allegedly selling cocaine and oxycodone. Forte is allegedly […]
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Business manager for Topsham, Harpswell schools dies at 57
TOPSHAM — Steve Dyer, business manager of School Administrative District 75 since 2009, died unexpectedly July 20. Superintendent Brad Smith said the 57-year-old Greene resident apparently died overnight, and was found unresponsive the next morning. Calling Dyer “an integral part of our school district” in a statement July 21, Smith said Dyer’s involvement with the […]