FREEPORT — Alec Salisbury wasn’t seeing reports from the March 26 Hawaii Democratic caucuses, so he compiled the results himself – and ended up being the first to declare the winner. The Ithaca College junior, who graduated from Freeport High School in 2013, said it was late Saturday night and he was tired of waiting for […]
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State aid helps trim Portland school budget proposal
PORTLAND — The School Board on Tuesday was expected to recommend a proposed $103.6 million fiscal year 2017 budget to the City Council. The budget has been altered since it was unveiled at the board’s March 8 meeting. The board’s finance committee made amendments and unanimously recommended the changes to the board. The first proposed […]
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Yarmouth 4th-grader calm as a clam for Bananagrams championship
YARMOUTH — Fourth-grader Sebastien Martinez flipped Bananagrams tiles and made words on the table in front of him, biting his lip as he carefully considered where to place the next letter. The person he was trying to beat: fourth-grade teacher Rosie Lenehan. The Yarmouth Elementary School student and his teacher were practicing after Martinez made it […]
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Rivalries owner seeks to reduce Falmouth parking requirement
FALMOUTH — The debate over a sports-themed restaurant and bar on a Tidewater Village lot behind Wal-Mart could resume, several months after it seemed to have been resolved. The owner of Portland-based Rivalries, Falmouth resident Lance Meader, will return to the Planning Board on April 5 to try to remove requirements for shared parking on […]
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Portland school superintendent candidates narrowed to 6
PORTLAND — The School Board was schedule to hold an executive session Tuesday night to be presented six candidates for superintendent of schools. The job became available last July, when Emmanuel Caulk resigned to take over as superintendent of the Fayette County Public Schools district in Lexington, Kentucky. The board appointed Jeanne Crocker interim superintendent for […]
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‘Light bulbs are going off in their heads’: Yarmouth students take problem-solving challenge
YARMOUTH — On a typical weekend afternoon most kids are playing with friends or relaxing at home. Others, though, can be found working through problems and using math and science to come up with solutions. A group of third-graders and a group of fifth-graders have chosen the latter by participating in Destination Imagination, a project-based problem-solving […]
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Falmouth moves toward referendum on Route 100 overhaul
FALMOUTH — Town Councilors on Monday night set an April 25 public hearing for a referendum on redeveloping Route 100 in West Falmouth. Theo Holtwijk, the town’s director of long-range planning, told the council there are several key components to the project, ranging from intersection improvements, adding bicycle lanes from the Portland city line to […]
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Expansion begins at Tyler Technologies in Yarmouth
YARMOUTH — Site work for an expansion at Tyler Technologies has begun. The Plano, Texas-based software company is building a four-story addition with 94,500 square feet of space at its Tyler Drive location. The plan was approved by the Planning Board last December. Combined with offices on Route 1 in Falmouth, Tyler employs 550 people in Maine. […]
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Ferry negotiations in Portland will consider wider picture
PORTLAND — The resumption of ferry service between the city and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, may begin June 15. But a lease agreement with Bay Ferries Ltd. will have to take into account the city’s burgeoning cruise ship business and redevelopment of the eastern waterfront near Ocean Gateway Terminal, City Manager Jon Jennings said Monday. “This has […]
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Buyer hopes to bring movies back to Falmouth Route 1 shopping center
FALMOUTH — One of the largest properties along the Route 1 corridor is under new ownership. Falmouth Plaza, home to Wal-Mart and until 2012 the Regal Cinema movie theater, has been sold to Camden developer Matthew Orne. Orne on Friday, March 25, said he purchased the property as Foreside Place LLC, based on Milk Street […]