Fischer Skis promises $5,000 with a $2,500 match for the $10,000 project.
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Enrollment gap between Portland and Deering prompts new look at high school choice
School board members are considering whether to pursue options such as a 3-school lottery in future years to help even out the numbers.
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Maine schools report vandalism linked to social media trend
While most of the vandalism and thefts in Maine have been relatively minor, other school districts around the country have had more serious cases that led to criminal charges against students.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Section of I-295 in Portland to close for a weekend in October
The section of U.S. Route 1/Veranda Street that runs under the bridge will be closed for a week, from Oct. 18-25, as the new bridge is moved into place.
Posted inLocal & State
City Council deadlocks on indoor mask mandate in Portland
The 4-4 vote means the proposal does not pass, but it does not go away either.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Portland Forecaster
Fundraiser will help New Mainers, veterans in need furnish homes
Westbrook-based nonprofit Furniture Friends plans a virtual slumber party fundraiser to assist in its efforts to provide furniture to low-income residents in Greater Portland.
Posted inLocal & State
MaineHealth awarded $1 million to study COVID-19 testing in vulnerable communities
The funding will be used to study ways to make regular testing accessible and to increase testing usage among Maine’s immigrant, low-income and homeless populations.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Portland Meetings: Sept. 22-29
Visit portlandmaine.gov for Zoom information. To watch municipal meetings online, go to townhallstreams.com/towns/portland_maine. Wed. 9/22 5 p.m. Rent Board Wed. 9/22 5 p.m. Harbor Common Public Meeting Wed. 9/22 6 p.m. Charter Commission Governance Committee Thur. 9/23 4 p.m. METRO Board of Directors Thur. 9/23 4 p.m. Development Corporation Board Mon. 9/27 8 a.m. Broadband […]
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‘She didn’t just disappear’: Fifty years later, missing Portland teen’s family aches for answers
Cathy Moulton was 16 when she left home to run errands on Sept. 24, 1971, and never returned. Hers is one of the oldest active missing person cases in Maine and the United States.
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Doubts about plan for Maine’s first local mask mandate lead Portland council to delay vote
Businesses opposed the proposal and some councilors questioned whether a mandate would work without regional or state buy-in.