A stilt walker ambles down Exchange Street at the start of the Old Port Festival parade Sunday in Portland. A drummer leads the Shoestring Theater marching band down lower Exchange Street during the Old Port Festival parade Sunday in Portland. Jacquie Lee, a fifth-season contestant on national television show “The Voice,” performs classic soul songs […]
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Yarmouth man severly injured in crash with New Gloucester school bus
NEW GLOUCESTER — A 59-year-old Yarmouth man received life-threatening injuries June 10 when his car collided head-on with a school bus carrying 10 third- and fourth-grade students on Route 231. No students were injured in the crash, but Robert Doughty Jr. of Yarmouth was taken by LifeFlight of Maine helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center […]
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Portland picks South Portland's Jennings for city manager
PORTLAND — Jon Jennings, the assistant city manager in South Portland, has been selected to become Portland’s next city manager. “We are pleased that Jon has accepted our offer to be Portland’s next city manager. His unique background in both government and business will serve the City well,” Mayor Michael Brennan said in an email […]
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Trio indicted for attempted murders in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — Three teenagers have been indicted on attempted murder charges following a mid-March shooting and stabbing at Wainwright Recreation Complex. Zachary Swain, 19, of Cape Elizabeth, Essa Sayed, 18, of Portland, and 19-year-old Noah Sibole-Little, of Portland, were indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury earlier this month. An indictment is a finding […]
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South Portland city councilors embrace pesticide ban
SOUTH PORTLAND — Protect South Portland has set its sights on a new goal: eliminate the use of pesticides. City Council chambers were filled to maximum capacity by members of the grassroots group and others Monday night, many of whom spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting. After three presentations on the dangers of […]
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Cape Elizabeth, South Portland voters OK school budgets
CAPE ELIZABETH — Voters on June 9 overwhelmingly approved a $23.5 million school budget that doesn’t require a tax increase. Nearly 42 percent of those who responded to a separate advisory question on the ballot said the town should be spending more on schools. Eleven percent of the town’s registered voters went to the polls. […]
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Voters send Scarborough school budget back for more cuts
SCARBOROUGH — For the third consecutive year, voters on Tuesday rejected a school budget. The referendum on a fiscal 2016 budget of approximately $39 million failed by a vote of 1,719 to 1,408. The proposed budget represented an approximate 8 percent increase from this year. Combined with the municipal budget for a net of $59.3 million, […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
School chief: Brunswick the 'opt-out capital of Maine'
BRUNSWICK — More than a third of Brunswick High School 11th-graders opted out of standardized state tests this year, Superintendent Paul Perzanoski said Wednesday. If opt-outs remain that high in the future, he warned, Brunswick may lose federal funding. The newest Maine Educational Assessment was developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. This the test’s first […]
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Bath council OKs affordable housing funds, sewer overflow project
BATH — The City Council on Wednesday unanimously accepted grant funds for development of affordable housing, and a sewer overflow reduction project. The city applied earlier this year for a $500,000 housing assistance grant through the state Community Development Block Grant program, to help fund an affordable-housing apartment building on Tarbox Street. Up to 11 […]
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Family Fun Day returns Saturday in Cape Elizabeth
CAPE ELIZABETH — A full day, and night, of fun is scheduled for the annual Family Fun Day on Saturday, June 13, at Fort Williams Park. A traditional parade begins at 9 a.m. on Cottage Road at Preble Street, and privately funded fireworks are scheduled at 9 p.m. in the park. The day benefits nonprofits […]