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Staff shortage taking a toll on employees at Portland’s city-run long-term care facility
The Barron Center has 80 open jobs. Just over a third of its positions are unfilled.
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Faculty members say departure of new UMA president not enough to quell concerns; some call for system chancellor to resign
UMaine System board of trustees takes no action on Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy’s contract, which expires June 30, but expects to decide in the coming weeks whether to keep Malloy.
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Portland Meetings: May 25-June 1
Wed. 5/25 noon Mayor’s Monthly Zoom Wed. 5/25 5 p.m. Rent Board Wed. 5/25 6 p.m. Charter Commission Thur. 5/26 5 p.m. Finance Committee Tues. 5/31 5 p.m. Fish Pier Authority Tues. 5/31 6 p.m. Charter Commission Wed. 6/1 3:30 p.m. Creative Portland Wed. 6/1 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Board All meetings are remote unless […]
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UMaine System faculty lose faith in chancellor as his contract comes up for renewal
‘He doesn’t understand or want to understand the issues the faculty are raising,’ said a professor from the Augusta campus, the first school to declare no confidence in Chancellor Dannel Malloy.
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Board, parents seek answers about how Portland middle school protests went awry
Superintendent Xavier Botana said the district is still processing the protests at Lincoln and Lyman Moore middle schools last week. The school board plans to hold a workshop to discuss the matter at its June 7 meeting.
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Lane closures planned for the next five weeks at busy I-295 exit in Portland
Portland officials say some lanes need to be closed for paving work related to a massive sewer project in Back Cove.
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Portland City Council approves sending $133.1 million school budget to voters
The council approved the budget recommended by the school board after efforts to reduce the impact of school spending on the tax rate failed.
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Young New Mainers get a hand from those who’ve been there
A new Boys & Girls Club of Southern Maine afterschool program for asylum seekers is staffed in part by college students who also came to Maine from African countries.
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Portland’s Lincoln Middle School principal requests leave of absence after student protest
Lincoln Middle School’s interim principal, Robyn Bailey, also came under fire last fall for an email she wrote criticizing women of color on the city’s charter commission.