PORTLAND — The School Department on Monday identified the two finalists for superintendent of schools. Xavier Botana, an associate superintendent in Indiana, and Teresa A. Lance, an assistant superintendent in Colorado, are the candidates selected after a nationwide search. The School Board hired Illinois-base BWP & Associates as the search firm in January. More than […]
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Falmouth Historical Society puts research, museum under 1 roof
FALMOUTH — Anyone passing by an old white house on Woods Road might not give it a second thought. But it’s not a house for a person. It’s a house for the town’s history. The house at 60 Woods Road is the Falmouth Historical Society’s research and museum space. The society has been working to […]
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Portland school budget referendum goes to voters May 10
PORTLAND — All polling places will be open May 10 for the annual school budget referendum. The $103.6 million budget for fiscal year 2017, which the City Council approved Monday and was unanimously recommended by the School Board at the end of March, is a 0.8 percent increase over the current budget, or about $826,000. The proposed […]
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Cape Elizabeth's only candidate for school chief drops out, board to seek interim superintendent
CAPE ELIZABETH — The only candidate for superintendent of schools has withdrawn from consideration, the School Board chairwoman announced Friday morning. The board will now try to hire an interim school chief for the 2016-2017 school year, Chairwoman Elizabeth Scifres said in an email. Craig King, superintendent of Regional School Unit 10 in Dixfield, withdrew after the […]
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Scarborough girds for another beach access dispute
SCARBOROUGH — A sandy Pine Point path that meanders through a grove of low shrubs and trees before opening up to a panoramic view of sky, sea grass and ocean is at the center of a new dispute over beach access. Charles Gendron wants the town to dissolve its ownership of the 50-foot right of way […]
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Brunswick church proposes $4.75M event center
BRUNSWICK — St. John the Baptist Catholic Church is proposing a $4.75 million, 14,700-square-foot event center. Although the idea for the project at 39 Pleasant St. has been around for about 10 years, according to parishioner Charlie Wiercinski, it went before the Planning Board for the first time Tuesday, April 26. The preliminary plans, submitted to the board […]
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Cape Elizabeth board defers on remaining school chief candidate
CAPE ELIZABETH — The School Board on Wednesday did not act after privately discussing the only remaining candidate for superintendent. Craig King, superintendent of Regional School Unit 10 in Dixfield, is the only finalist left from the search to replace Superintendent Meredith Nadeau, who is leaving at the end of the school year after leading […]
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UPDATE: Freeport restaurant fire blamed on overheated fan
FREEPORT — An overheated bathroom fan caused a fire that all but destroyed The Corsican Cafe & Chowder House early Wednesday morning. The downtown restaurant, at 9 Mechanic St., caught fire just after 3 a.m. April 27 and was under control by 4:30 a.m. According to Fire Chief Darrel Fournier, the state fire marshal found that […]
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Brunswick solar project gets green light
BRUNSWICK — A proposal for a 160-panel, 40 kilowatt solar array atop the Fort Andross Mill complex received a certificate of appropriateness from the Village Review Board Tuesday, April 26. Dan Jacques, a partner at Waterfront Maine, which owns the building at 14 Maine St., said at the meeting that the project is designed to meet […]
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Unlike last year, Cape Elizabeth school budget sails through council
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council this week moved the school budget forward without changes. The finance committee, made up of the entire council, met with the School Board Tuesday to review the proposed $24.3 million budget for fiscal 2017. The committee approved it unchanged by a vote of 6-1, and scheduled a May 9 public […]