NORTH YARMOUTH — With the town’s only school closing in June, the question remains about what to do with the 38-year-old building after it is turned over to the town. The School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors voted in December 2012 to close the North Yarmouth Memorial School at the end of the 2013-2014 […]
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Temporary home in Yarmouth library's future
YARMOUTH — Merrill Memorial Library will close on or around Feb. 1, 2014, and reopen a week or two later at a temporary location on Forest Falls Drive. The move is part of a $2.5 million renovation of the 108-year-old library. The board of trustees had hoped to keep the building open throughout a five-phase […]
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Career adds up to Presidential Award for Yarmouth teacher
YARMOUTH — A fifth-grade math teacher at Frank Harrison Middle School has received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the White House announced last month. Karen Jagolinzer, 48, a 20-year classroom veteran, is one of 102 educators nationwide to receive the annual award, which is given to at most one math […]
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After summons for OAS, Portland School Board member promises to be a better driver
PORTLAND — A spotty driving record has landed a newly elected School Board member in minor legal trouble. Pious Ali, 44, was issued a summons Dec. 20 in Falmouth on a charge of driving with a suspended license. The summons shed light on a driving record that includes three crashes in three years. Ali, who […]
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Portland seeks funds for intersection improvements
PORTLAND — A City Council committee is backing a request for federal and state funds that could bring changes to two key Portland intersections. The Transportation, Sustainability and Energy Committee on Dec. 18 endorsed an application for funds to overhaul the six-way intersection of Brighton and Deering avenues and Falmouth Street, near the University of […]
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Program lends an ear to Maine military veterans
PORTLAND — Art At Work, a national program started in Portland that engages government employees in art-making, is preparing to launch two major projects in 2014. But without financial help, they may never get off the ground. The program is relying on a crowd-funding campaign to raise $25,000, which will support “All the Way Home,” […]
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Too much or just right? Midtown housing-and-retail project polarizes Portland
PORTLAND — Two weeks before the Planning Board is scheduled to continue hearing public testimony – and, perhaps, to vote – on a proposed high-rise housing and retail complex in Bayside, opinion remains sharply divided about the Midtown project. The board on Jan. 14 will reconvene a hearing that began Dec. 10 with comments from […]
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Portland debut set for monster film project by Maine artists, students
PORTLAND — Figures of Speech Theatre’s film adaptation of “Frankenstein” should appeal to fans of silent cinema. And puppetry. And pen-and-ink illustration. And toy theater. And even thaumatropes, those Victorian-era, disk-and-string toys that spun to simulate motion in the days before animation. It’s a true mixed-media presentation. The ambitious project, the culmination of an 18-month […]
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Report finds right-to-know flaws, but 'no corruption' in Bath property sale
BATH — A former Maine Superior Court judge has concluded that while the city should have been more transparent about a property sale, there was no corruption involved. The city bought the Mid Coast Center for Higher Education, a former hospital, more than a decade ago for $1 and agreed to sell it to Robert […]
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Time-strapped panel tackles Scarborough animal control issues
SCARBOROUGH — Without much time to report on methods to protect wildlife and provide access to public properties for dogs, an ad hoc committee created to discuss revisions to the animal control ordinance meets for the first time Friday. Town Manager Tom Hall on Tuesday said the 5:15 p.m. meeting in his conference room on […]