PORTLAND — Social service provider Preble Street is conducting a first-ever count of homeless and runaway youth in Maine. The count, which began May 18 and will last a week, was funded by a $35,000 grant from the Butler Family Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based foundation that focuses on inequalities of homelessness and the criminal justice […]
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Falmouth teen pleads guilty to 3 charges, gets jail, probation
FALMOUTH — Logan Valle, the teenager police suspected of setting fire to his family’s home last November, has pleaded guilty to charges of theft, criminal mischief and trespassing. Valle, 18, was indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury in January on four charges, but not arson. On April 27, Valle pleaded guilty in Superior Court […]
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Cause of Scarborough house fire remains unknown
SCARBOROUGH — Firefighters on May 15 responded to a fire that did significant damage to a home at 2 Beaver Brook Road. The blaze was reported mid-morning at the corner of Beaver Brook and Lobos roads. No one was home at the time, and no injuries were reported. On Wednesday, May 20, the cause of the fire […]
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Lone suspect sought in Portland bank robbery
PORTLAND — Police continue to search for a suspect in connection with Thursday’s armed robbery at the University Credit Union at 1071 Brighton Ave. Portland Police Lt. James Sweatt said the robbery was reported at 2:47 p.m. after a lone suspect demanded money while displaying a black handgun. The suspect fled on Taft Avenue after […]
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In North Yarmouth, 2 on the ballot for Board of Selectmen seat
NORTH YARMOUTH — With nine-year Selectman Paul Napolitano not seeking re-election, two political newcomers are hoping to take his place. The race between Harold Stoddard of Smithwood Drive and Keith Thompson of Bryn Lane is the town’s only contested election on June 9. No one submitted nomination papers for two open Budget Committee seats. Richard […]
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Portland police seek 2 in Riverside Street armed robbery
PORTLAND — Police are looking for two men in connection with an armed robbery reported Wednesday night. Police Lt. James Sweatt said in a press release Thursday the robbery was reported at the Hannaford Bros. store parking lot at 787 Riverside St. around 10:20 p.m. Two victims said they were sitting in a vehicle when […]
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Scarborough continues to wrestle with cost of school technology
SCARBOROUGH — School Board members continued pleading their case Wednesday night to town councilors, insisting that laptop computers for each high school student is a step toward top-tier education. The school budget proposal presented at the joint board and Town Council meeting – approximately $44 million – is about $1.4 million less than the figure approved at […]
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Cape Elizabeth Town Council sticks to flat-tax school budget
CAPE ELIZABETH — A divided Town Council reduced the School Board’s proposed budget Monday by $110,000, avoiding a spending increase from the current year. The decision, over objections from School Board members and members of the public, followed an April 27 meeting of the council finance committee, comprised of the entire Town Council, which said it […]
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Cape Elizabeth educator named Cumberland County Teacher of the Year
CAPE ELIZABETH — Talya Edlund, a third-grade teacher at Pond Cove Elementary School, has been named Cumberland County Teacher of the Year. Edlund, who has worked at Pond Cove since 2004, was one of 300 nominees across all 16 Maine counties. She found out she won on May 1 after being nominated by a parent in […]
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Brunswick council, School Board find common ground on budget
BRUNSWICK — The School Department’s proposed budget received a positive reaction this week from the Town Council. In April, Superintendent of Schools Paul Perzanoski told the School Board that he had been advised by Town Manager John Eldridge to cut $750,000 from the nearly $37 million school budget. Perzanoski said the town manager had arrived at […]