FALMOUTH — Technology is everywhere. Devices are on desks, in backpacks and pockets, and fairly regularly in people’s hands. For Norman Jewett, who manages technology for the Falmouth School Department, it became too much to handle when students started bringing their own devices to school four years ago. “There are 700 different devices (just in […]
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Yarmouth provides real-world experience for SMCC firefighters-to-be
YARMOUTH — For most students, summer means time off from school. For first-year fire science students at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland, summer is the time to prepare for their education. Of the 91 SMCC fire science students who live in fire stations in southern Maine while attending school, 34 are incoming freshmen […]
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Falmouth's Nathan Poore named Maine's outstanding town manager
FALMOUTH — The town’s top administrator has won his profession’s top statewide honor. Town Manager Nathan Poore was named the Linc Stackpole Manager of the Year Aug. 12 by the Maine Town, City and County Management Association. He received the award at the association’s annual meeting in Bethel. “I am deeply honored to receive such […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Strimling joins crowded field for Portland mayor
PORTLAND — Saying conversations with voters revealed they want more unified leadership at City Hall, former state Sen. Ethan Strimling announced his second candidacy for mayor Tuesday morning. “People feel they want to be united,” Strimling said at a press conference outside LearningWorks on Brackett Street, where he is executive director of the nonprofit that provides […]
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Longtime Topsham public servant Don Russell to retire from Board of Selectman
TOPSHAM — Don Russell’s nearly 50 years of public service are coming to an end, at least for now. Russell, 79, who has lived in the same Winter Street house since the age of 6 months, and served on the Board of Selectmen from 2002 to 2005, and again since 2009, has decided not to seek […]
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Reconstruction of Portland’s Spring Street approaches a milestone
PORTLAND — Initial changes along Spring Street are almost complete. Since early last month, crews from Shaw Brothers and the city Department of Public Services have been removing the concrete medians on Spring Street from High to the intersection of Middle, Temple, Union and Spring streets, and installing new natural gas mains. The removal of the […]
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North Yarmouth special election draws 2 selectman candidates
NORTH YARMOUTH — Next month’s special election to fill a Board of Selectmen vacancy has drawn two competitors: a former selectman, and a recent unsuccessful candidate for the board. Keith Thompson of Bryn Lane, who was narrowly defeated by Jeanne Chadbourne in the June Board of Selectmen election, is running again for the board. Opponent […]
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Strategic plan guides Cumberland, North Yarmouth when schools reopen
CUMBERLAND — A three-year strategic plan approved in June is guiding School Administrative District 51 when schools reopen next month. Most of the district’s new work and programming stems from the strategic plan, which runs through June 2018, Superintendent Jeff Porter said Aug. 12. As part of the plan, an ad-hoc group will look into […]
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Portland teacher ready to put sabbatical to good use
PORTLAND — When Stephanie Doane returns to Casco Bay High School next month, she will have been gone longer than just the summer. Doane spent last year on sabbatical with Street Law, a nonprofit organization that helps educate students about law, democracy and human rights. Although the organization is based in Silver Springs, Maryland, Doane […]
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Portland murder suspects remain in jail
PORTLAND — Three men accused of killing Cumberland Avenue resident Fred Akoa in his apartment Aug. 9 remained in Cumberland County Jail this week after making court appearances Aug. 14. Abil Teshome, 23, Mohamud Mohamed, 36, and Osman Sheikh, 31, entered no pleas while appearing in front of Justice Thomas Warren in the Cumberland County Unified Criminal […]