CAPE ELIZABETH — While updated graduation requirements won’t go into effect until 2021, there could be a policy change affecting junior class privileges as soon as this spring. The School Board policy committee met Jan. 13 to discuss graduation requirements and the state proficiency-based diploma system. The committee proposed that the proficiency-based system will take effect […]
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Brunswick School Board to reconsider decision to move 5th grade to junior high school
BRUNSWICK — The School Board intends to review its decision to move fifth-grade students to Brunswick Junior High School and could consider other options to ease overcrowding at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School. The decision followed a well-attended meeting Wednesday, where dozens of parents, school staff and others turned out to hear a presentation from […]
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South Portland moves closer to Knightville traffic study
SOUTH PORTLAND — Frustrated residents were placated Monday when the City Council agreed that a comprehensive traffic study is the best route toward resolving traffic and parking issues in Knightville. Discord began two years ago, when angled parking and one-way northbound traffic was created on the section of Ocean Street between E and D streets after […]
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Brunswick school bullying lawsuit on hold during settlement talks
BRUNSWICK — A lawsuit threatened against the School Department for allegedly allowing a student to be bullied is being delayed to give the parties a chance to negotiate an out-of-court settlement. On Jan. 12, attorneys representing the town, Maine Human Rights Commission and a former Brunswick Junior High School student and his mother signed an […]
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Brunswick historic building restoration needs study funding
BRUNSWICK — Months after receiving partial funding to look into the viability of restoring a historic Maine Street building, the team involved is still searching for money to get the project started. The Lemont Block, also called the Lemont/Wyler building, a stately brick structure at the corner of Maine and Pleasant streets, was originally owned by […]
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Next phase in Brunswick Landing project gets initial OK
BRUNSWICK — The Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a sketch plan for the next phase of a significant development near the main entrance of Brunswick Landing. The project, proposed by Topsham-based Priority Real Estate Group, includes three new two-story buildings. A 4,000-square-foot bank and a 10,000-square-foot office building are planned for Bath Road. A 15,000-square-foot […]
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Harpswell selectmen consider $4.5M budget
HARPSWELL — Selectmen are reviewing a proposed $4.5 million town budget. The fiscal 2015 spending plan includes $110,000 for a share of the legal fees from a court battle over Cedar Beach Road, more than $32,400 for employee pay increases, $9,000 to fund a public transit pilot project, and a $5,000 hike in the road commissioner’s […]
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State sets hearing on permit for Brunswick train barn
BRUNSWICK — The state Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled a late-March public hearing on a storm water permit for a proposed Amtrak passenger train layover facility. The facility was proposed by the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority in 2011, but has been delayed under intense pressure from residents who live near the property and […]
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Scarborough-based agency creates Maine Senior Games Hall of Fame
SCARBOROUGH — As a way to laud exemplary senior athletes who have competed in both the state and national Senior Games, the Southern Maine Agency on Aging has recently formed a Maine Senior Games Hall of Fame. Nearly 30 years old, the Maine Senior Games are held in the summer (June-September), eligible to anyone older than […]
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South Portland deadline looms for school chief applicants
SOUTH PORTLAND — With the application deadline for superintendent of schools candidates closing Friday, Jan. 16, the School Board and its ad hoc search committee are preparing to screen the candidates. “We have a very active interest in the position,” Chairman Dick Matthews at a Jan. 12 board meeting. Candidates will be vetted first by the […]