PORTLAND — The taps will flow Friday, Aug. 29, and Saturday, Aug. 30, at the Portland Company Complex at 58 Fore St. for the Portland Brew Festival. The fourth annual festival will feature about 40 brewers serving more than 120 beers, as well as a Maine beer and cheese pairing fundraiser for the Maine Brewer’s […]
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Registration open for pesticide collection
PORTLAND — Registration is open until Sept. 26 for the free collection in October of banned or unusable pesticides by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Collection will be conducted at four sites, including Portland and Augusta. Agriculture Department spokesman John Bott said registrants will be directed […]
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Catherine McAuley High School in Portland names new head of school
PORTLAND — Catherine McAuley High School has appointed a new head of school. Following a year-long national search, Kathryn Woodson Barr will be the fourth head of school in McAuley’s 45-year history. She replaces Deborah Kost, who had served as interim head of school for one year and is returning to Pennsylvania. Kost succeeded Margaret Downing, […]
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Class structure evolves at Scarborough Middle School
SCARBOROUGH — Call it a season of change at Scarborough Middle School, where the new school year began Thursday, Aug. 28. Based on school officials’ research on best practices at nearby and out-of-state schools, the middle school classroom structure and teacher development are changing dramatically, Principal Barbara Hathorn said. Students now belong to one of three […]
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Quarantine lifted, Coastal Humane shelter to reopen Saturday in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — Coastal Humane Society will reopen at noon Saturday, Aug. 23, after a quarantine ordered by the Maine Animal Welfare Program was lifted two weeks early. The shelter was forced to close Aug. 8 after ringworm, a fungal skin infection, was found on five dogs rescued from a kill shelter in Alabama. As a […]
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South Portland cafe to take its reality-TV bow
SOUTH PORTLAND — For two months, the Fogg family has had to keep quiet about what went on behind closed doors during a reality-TV makeover of Uncle Andy’s Diner. But on Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 10 p.m., they’ll relive the restaurant’s turbulent remodeling, along with a national Food Network audience. Owners Dennis and Tina Fogg will host […]
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Brunswick police, firefighters rescue woman who jumped from bridge
BRUNSWICK — Police pulled a woman from the Androscoggin River late Tuesday afternoon after she jumped from a bridge in an apparent suicide attempt. Maine State Police notified Brunswick police at 5:43 p.m. that a woman called 911 from the Androscoggin Swinging Bridge and told them she was going to jump, Sgt. Jonathan O’Connor said […]
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Scarborough council wants more time to discuss proposed skating rink
SCARBOROUGH — The Town Council put a temporary freeze Wednesday on plans for an indoor ice hockey rink at Oak Hill. Councilors also scheduled a workshop on whether to allow cellular phone towers in residential districts, approved a contract to provide dispatch services to Old Orchard Beach, and received the town’s property tax rate for the […]
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Harpswell rescue officials take hard line against possible management changes
HARPSWELL — The heads of the town’s fire and rescue departments are pushing back against recommendations of a working group tasked with evaluating emergency services. Chief among those recommendations are creation of a centralized, town-wide volunteer schedule, and a special committee to develop a “road map” for the future organization of the town’s emergency services. At […]
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Scarborough wrestles with rising cost of school sports, clubs
SCARBOROUGH — Athletic and activity fees didn’t have the School Board votes for an increase this year, but the School Department athletic director still believes something must be done to address shortfalls in funding for sports and clubs. The School Board voted 4-2 on Aug. 14, with Chairwoman Christine Massengill absent, against a proposal to increase participation […]