Portland loses two out of three to the IceCaps.
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Harpswell Town Meeting OKs beach easement, without extra conditions
HARPSWELL — Town Meeting on March 15 approved a $4.58 million municipal budget for the 2014 calendar year. But there might be more costs ahead – and some legal questions – because of the body’s decision to accept a deeded easement for Cedar Beach, which is not currently accessible by a public road. The nearly six-hour meeting, […]
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Portland school earns 'High Performance Reward'
PORTLAND — The Maine Department of Education has named Presumpscot Elementary School a “High Performance Reward School” based on student performance and improvement. The school, in North Deering, is among 20 Maine schools in that category, which have “consistently demonstrated high progress or achieved great performance toward meeting state and federal accountability standards for English […]
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Cumberland County Civic Center to hold open house
PORTLAND — The renovated Cumberland County Civic Center will be open to the public from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, March 22, in an event featuring tours, performances by high school bands, and an appearance by Portland Pirates mascot Salty Pete. The tour will highlight new and expanded areas of the building. There will also be […]
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'Walk to Remember' at Portland's Back Cove
PORTLAND — The fourth annual Walk to Remember, a fundraiser for the Remembering Darien Foundation, will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 29, at Back Cove. South Portland native Darien Richardson was shot Jan. 8, 2010, at her Portland home, and died from her wounds Feb. 28, 2010. She was 25. After her death, […]
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Portland police probe vandalism of vehicles
PORTLAND — City police are investigating a vandalism spree that left eight vehicles with broken windows. Police Lt. James Sweatt said it appears a pellet or BB gun was used to shoot out windows facing the street. Five incidents were reported on Emery Street, two on Birchwood Drive and one on Spring Street. The vandalism […]
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Portland library hosts forum on youth, marijuana
PORTLAND — Police Chief Michael Sauschuck and state Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, will be part of a panel discussion on youth marijuana use on Wednesday, March 19, at 6:30 p.m. The forum, moderated by Shannon Moss, will be held in the Rines Auditorium at the Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Way. Sauschuck and Russell will […]
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Too-well-done remote control leads to Portland woman's arson indictment
PORTLAND — A woman prosecutors believe was angry at a guest at a downtown hotel allegedly started a fire that caused more than $2,700 in damage when she cooked a TV remote control in a hotel-room microwave oven. Kaylee Howland, 21, of 87 Cumberland Ave., was indicted on a Class A arson charge March 7 […]
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Reading aloud in Topsham
Carol Taylor Aderman of Abenaki Retirement Investment Services, a member of the Brunswick Rotary Club, reads to first-graders at Williams-Cone School in Topsham on March 3. She was one of 220 volunteers who read in classrooms and child-care centers in Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties, as well as Brunswick and Harpswell, as part of United Way […]
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Phyllis Schlafly fights nephew’s bid for beer trademark
A brewery started by Tom Schlafly decades ago wants the exclusive right to use the Schlafly name to sell craft beer.