Drummer Jodi Ryan spins her mallets during a performance by Claddagh Mhor Pipe Band at the Portland Fire Museum on Spring Street. The museum held its 12th annual open house Saturday, Oct. 11, which coincided with National Fire Prevention Week. Eleanor Mateosian, 5, of Portland, pets a horse Saturday during an open house at the Portland […]
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MDOT hosts meeting on I-295 improvements
PORTLAND — Proposed improvements to the crosswalks at off- and on-ramps from Forest Avenue to Interstate 295 Exit 6 will be outlined at a 6 p.m. public meeting Tuesday, Oct. 14. Held at the rehearsal space in Merrill Auditorium at 18 Myrtle St., the meeting will review plans by the Maine Department of Transportation to […]
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Scarborough schools want time to change grad requirements
SCARBOROUGH — The School Department received the green light to apply for an extension in meeting the proficiency-based diploma requirements recently set by the state. Beginning in 2017, all high school students must demonstrate proficiency in order to graduate. The need to define “proficiency” and decide how to demonstrate it makes a two-year extension necessary, […]
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Scarborough's Gym Dandies wheel their way to NYC
SCARBOROUGH — Spectators at New York City’s Columbus Day Parade on Oct. 13 will get a break from the usual procession when they’re treated to a performance by 150 students on unicycles. The cyclists are members of the Gym Dandies, a circus troupe in which over 2,000 Scarborough students have participated since its inception in 1981. Children […]
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Candidates square off for 2 S.P. council seats
SOUTH PORTLAND — Two races for City Council positions are currently underway, with seats in District 1 and District 5 up for grabs. On the Nov. 4 ballot, Claude Morgan and incumbent Councilor Michael Pock will vie to represent District 1, which consists of the northeastern part of the city. The District 5 candidates consist of […]
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S.P. grants liquor license, sets refuse rules
SOUTH PORTLAND — Members of the City Council faced a difficult decision at an Oct. 6 meeting, after receiving an application for a liquor license from a former drunk-driving offender. The council ultimately decided to grant the license to the applicant, Peter J. Verrill Jr., of Falmouth, with the provision that the decision be re-evaluated in […]
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Scarborough River dredging to resume
SCARBOROUGH — After months on hold, dredging of the Scarborough River will resume in November under a $2.3 million contract. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has chosen a new contractor for the project, which was originally supposed to start last October. The job will now be completed by Southwind Construction Corp., of Evansville, Indiana, […]
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Brunswick High seniors ask board to up grad budget
BRUNSWICK — A group of Brunswick High School seniors on Wednesday petitioned the School Board to put more money towards funding high school graduation at Bowdoin College. In an appeal to board members, Sarah Judd, the treasurer for the BHS Class of 2015 and Lancelot Naipier-Kane, the student body treasurer, said the district should add […]
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Sirocki faces Ely in House District 28
SCARBOROUGH — The race to represent District 28 in the Maine House pits a two-term incumbent and supporter of Gov. Paul LePage against a political newcomer. Republican Rep. Heather Sirocki is seeking her third consecutive term in the House, where she serves on the Health and Human Services Committee. Democrat and former School Board member […]
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AG: Bath, Lewiston appliance store to file bankruptcy bid
BATH — A longtime appliance retailer that abruptly closed its Bath and Lewiston stores last month will file for bankruptcy protection, according to an examiner in the Maine attorney general’s office. Martha Currier, a complaint examiner in the AG’s Consumer Protection Division, said Wednesday that she has fielded 40 complaints after the Gediman’s Appliance stores […]