FALMOUTH — The School Department is proposing a nearly 5 percent budget increase in the 2016 fiscal year, for a total of nearly $33.3 million. The projected impact on the school portion of town property taxes would be $68 for every $100,000 worth of assessed value. The School Board and staff spent nearly seven hours […]
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4 selectmen, School Committee seats open on Chebeague; Damon won't seek re-election
CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Selectman Donna Damon will not be seeking re-election in June. Nomination papers for the June 9 election are now available at the town office for four seats, two on the Board of Selectmen and two on the School Committee. They became available on Monday and are due back by Monday, April 27 […]
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Portland City Council approves homeless shelter task force
PORTLAND — The future of city homeless shelters will be examined and evaluated by a new task force created by a unanimous vote of city councilors Monday. Councilors also approved easements to allow installation of natural gas lines to the Portland Technology Park off Rand Road near the Maine Turnpike, but postponed signing a two-part […]
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Falmouth student is crowned U.S. bread champ
FALMOUTH — Parents pass a lot of things down to their children. For Jessica Grearson and her daughter Ellie Sapat, the inheritance includes a knack for winning cooking competitions. On March 10, Sapat was crowned U.S. youth champion at the National Festival of Breads. The biennial bake-off, hosted by the Kansas Wheat Commission, is the […]
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North Yarmouth school reuse may go to April 11 Town Meeting
NORTH YARMOUTH — Residents may decide at Town Meeting Saturday, April 11, whether to redevelop North Yarmouth Memorial School as a municipal and community campus. The proposal, recommended by the Board of Selectmen, has been the focus of a series of public informational meetings, the final two of which have been scheduled to be held […]
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Ambassadors in Portland praise possible maritime venture
PORTLAND — Thor Sigfusson admitted some reticence in speaking on Tuesday morning to a gathering at the U.S. Custom House on Commercial Street. “I would be better standing here with a bit of fish skin in my hands,” he said as he addressed Mayor Michael Brennan, U.S. Ambassador to Iceland Robert Barber, Icelandic Ambassador to […]
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Review of Portland school budget is underway
PORTLAND — The School Board Finance Committee will host a public hearing Wednesday on the proposed $102.8 million school budget for fiscal year 2016. The hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. in Portland High School’s Alumni Hall. The committee will also vote that night whether to recommend the budget to the full board. If referred, […]
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Portland's Reiche School feels growing pains
PORTLAND — Unlike most other schools in the district, enrollment at the Howard C. Reiche Community School is projected to increase in coming years. Concerned about possible classroom overcrowding, some parents have sought for the district to hire more teachers at Reiche. While the school’s Parent Teacher Organization is on board with the district’s proposed $102.8 […]
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Portland councilors respond to aid concerns
PORTLAND — While continuing strong rebuttals to state accusations of mismanagement in its General Assistance program, the city is preparing for possible administrative and financial changes to it. Members of two City Council committees discussed responses last week to a state Department of Health and Human Services audit that centered largely on the Oxford Street […]
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Greens ready to launch liveable wage drive in Portland
PORTLAND — A petition to create a minimum wage of $15 per hour in the city by 2019 should be ready for signatures by April 3, Portland Green Independent Committee Chairman Tom MacMillan said March 12. The proposed ordinance would require companies employing 500 or more people to start paying the wage July 1, 2016, […]