PORTLAND — The Portland Pirates hockey team, playing in Lewiston after negotiations for a new lease at the Cumberland County Civic Center failed, has a new majority owner. Ron Cain, a co-owner of the Pirates’ practice facility in Saco who previously held a minority ownership in the team, has acquired additional shares of the team […]
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Portland-area students urged to login, learn code
PORTLAND — For an hour Monday, a math class at Lincoln Middle School was a cacophony of squawking birds and moaning zombies. Amid the noise, about 10 students leaned into their iPads and used computer codes to manipulate Angry Birds and the undead through a series of mazes as part of Hour of Code, a […]
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Bath business marks 35 years of natural food stores
BATH — The City of Ships has also been a city of health food for 35 years. Louanne and Mark Schoninger, the owners of Bath Natural Market, operate the third in a line of health food stores at 36 Centre St. Mark Schoninger has held the reins for nine years, and was joined by his […]
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State office decision leaves Portland out in the cold
PORTLAND — While opposition continues to the state’s recent decision to move the offices of two social service agencies from Bayside to South Portland, a look at Maine cities reveals contrasts in the way other offices have been situated. If the offices move to the new site, Portland will be the only major city in […]
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Portland marijuana law adds to enforcement haze
PORTLAND — The city’s new law legalizing the use of small amounts of marijuana took effect Friday, Dec. 6, but no one seems quite sure what the impact of the ordinance will be. Voters approved a citizens’ initiative on Nov. 5 allowing adults over age 21 to possess up to 2.5 ounces of the drug. […]
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Portland Symphony tuning music curriculum for Reiche students
PORTLAND — West End kindergarten students may become more tuneful next year, thanks to a budding partnership between Reiche Community School and the Portland Symphony Orchestra. The partnership, which was announced Tuesday, Dec. 3, during a regular meeting of the School Board, is meant to develop an expanded kindergarten curriculum that incorporates music into students’ […]
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Grand jury indicts 3 on drug, sex charges in Portland, Scarborough
PORTLAND — A Portland man facing charges for several sex crimes allegedly committed in Scarborough, and two people arrested in an October drug raid in Portland, were indicted Dec. 4 by a Cumberland County grand jury. Timothy M. Hunt, 28, of 991 Forest Ave., was scheduled to appear Tuesday in Cumberland County Superior Court after […]
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Portland-area Salvation Army kettles well short of full
PORTLAND — The Salvation Army’s annual holiday fundraising campaign, which last year assisted more than 4,600 Portland-area residents, is itself in need of assistance. The local Red Kettle Campaign has raised about $51,000, but that’s $14,000 short of the amount collected by this point in the 2012 drive, Maj. Steve Ditmer, the Salvation Army’s Portland […]
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Topsham town manager to leave job in March
TOPSHAM — Cornell Knight, who has been town manager since February 2011 and was named Maine’s manager of the year last year, has resigned, effective next March. Knight on Monday said he plans to move to Washington, D.C., where his wife works in the office of U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine. Knight, 57, announced his […]
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Voters to decide if Freeport will leave RSU 5
FREEPORT — Voters next week will determine whether the town begins the process of withdrawing from Regional School Unit 5 or remains part of the school district with Durham and Pownal. Withdrawal will require a simple majority. If it passes, a committee will immediately be formed to create a withdrawal plan. If it fails, business […]