PORTLAND — Plans for replacing the aging Fred P. Hall Elementary School are on track for state approval in October. The Hall School Building Committee has met twice since the School Board on June 16 approved a plan to replace the school at 23 Orono Road. Replacing the school is expected to cost at least […]
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Work continues to identify, protect Portland's open space
PORTLAND — Belmeade Park sits across Baxter Boulevard from the Back Cove Trail, filling less than a city block. But size does not matter in the city Open Space Vision & Implementation Plan, which continued to take shape at an Aug. 5 City Hall meeting. “Portland parks are pretty good, we have good bones to build from. […]
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Portland School Board member Jenna Vendil pleads not guilty to OUI
PORTLAND — A School Board member charged with drunken driving has pleaded not guilty. Jenna Vendil, 30, of 38 Vesper St., was charged with operating under the influence on June 27 on the Interstate 295 Connector in Scarborough. Vendil, the District 1 representative on the School Board, pleaded not guilty to the charge on July […]
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Picture-perfect day for South Portland Art in the Park
Diane Hudson / For The ForecasterBill Kael, left, and Michelle Gregoire of Portland chat with artist Steven Hayes and Susan Gallant of Falmouth at the annual Art in the Park show at Mill Creek Park in South Portland on Saturday, Aug. 8.Works by South Portland public school students are an annual feature of Art in […]
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Maine high court: Bills LePage tried to veto are law
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage erred in his end-of-session veto gambit, and in so doing lost the ability to veto 65 bills that he opposed. In an advisory opinion released by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday, the justices said the bills in question became law without the governor’s signature, and that the Legislature […]
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Longtime South Portland city clerk to retire
SOUTH PORTLAND — Susan Mooney hasn’t had a summer free of work since she was 13. But that will change next year. Mooney, now 57, said she will retire in November from her position as city clerk, after working 39 years for the city. She said she agreed to stay through the upcoming general election. The […]
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Spurwink Rod & Gun Club in Cape Elizabeth gets grant for safety improvements
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Spurwink Rod & Gun Club has received a grant its leadership hopes will ultimately allow members to resume using live ammunition. The club on Wednesday announced it received $10,000 from Friends of NRA. Club President Tammy Walter said the club was informed it had won the grant on July 31. Live […]
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Long-running Cape Elizabeth Labor Day art show won't go on
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Engine One Company Labor Day Art Show at Fort Williams Park has been a town tradition for nearly 50 years. But the show has been canceled this year, and may be gone forever. The Engine One Company, a paid, on-call fire company housed at Cape Cottage Station on Shore Road, announced recently that […]
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Bath council OKs tax break for Huse School housing project
BATH — The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved an affordable housing tax increment financing district for a proposed rental housing project at the former John E.L. Huse Memorial School. The Portland-based Szanton Co. intends to develop nearly 60 mixed-income residential apartments in the 73-year-old Andrews Road building, with almost half in a new northeast […]