PORTLAND — Snow removal operations at the Portland International Jetport will get a $484,000 boost, according to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine. Pingree announced the grant from the Federal Aviation Administration in a news release last week. The grant is part of a larger package of $4 million in FAA grants given to airports in […]
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PHOTOS: Memorial Day Parade in Portland
The Honor Guard for Maine’s Department of Corrections marches past Preble Street on Monday during the Memorial Day parade on Congress Street in Portland. During a ceremony later, Mayor Michael Brennan called for greater support for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other ailments. Music teacher Gilbert Peltola conducts the Deering High School band […]
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G-o-o-d l-u-c-k, L-u-c-y
Eighth-grader Lucy Tumavicus receives a grand sendoff Friday, May 23, during a surprise assembly in the gymnasium at Lincoln Middle School in Portland. Tumavicus, who won this year’s Maine State Spelling Bee, is representing Maine this week in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland.
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Portland mobile shower company getting ready to roll
PORTLAND — Zach Schmesser has an idea that is all wet. The Libra Future Fund will help him splash it around. Schmesser, 28, is the coordinator of BikeMaine for the Bicycle Coalition of Maine. During last summer’s trek across the state with 250 riders, he noticed bicyclists in need of showers could quickly use up […]
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Labor Dept. to counsel former Newick's Lobster House employees
SOUTH PORTLAND — The Maine Department of Labor on Tuesday, May 27, at 1 p.m. will host a Rapid Response session for workers affected by the closing of Newick’s Lobster House in South Portland. The session, which will be held at the Portland CareerCenter, 185 Lancaster St., Portland, will help workers who have lost their […]
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State says 2nd South Portland school is failing
SOUTH PORTLAND — Skillin Elementary School dropped two letter grades to an F in the report card released last week by the state Department of Education. The school joins James O. Kaler Elementary School, which earned another F grade this year, on the state’s list of failing schools. “Blech,” Skillin Principal Lucretia Bagley groaned in an […]
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Cape Elizabeth residents oppose plan to make old water tower a cell tower
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Zoning Board of Appeals next week will decide whether to uphold a decision denying building permits for cellular phone service antennas and communications equipment on and around the Portland Water District’s decommissioned water tower on Avon Road. “They’re saying a federal law allows them to put up these antennas without regard […]
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Scarborough Town Council trims $138K from school budget
SCARBOROUGH — After voters narrowly rejected the proposed $42.3 million school budget on May 13, the Town Council on Wednesday approved the first reading of a budget reduced by another $138,000. The reduction, in response to voters’ indication that the proposed budget was too large, would produce a property tax increase of 3.25 percent in fiscal […]
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South Portland restricts where sex offenders can live
SOUTH PORTLAND — City Councilors on Monday unanimously approved new residency restrictions for sex offenders that will prevent them from living within 750 feet of city schools, parks and recreation centers. The council also approved the school budget, to be sent to a public referendum on June 10, and removed district representation requirements for boards and […]