The city’s Police Citizen Review Subcommittee recommends expanding the type of complaints it evaluates and wants a citizen included during internal reviews of police use-of-force reports.
portland maine
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster
Crockett trending towards another term to represent Portland/Falmouth in Augusta
With no opposition in November, he’s likely to win a second term in the general election.
advertisement
Posted inLocal & State, Local Elections, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Portland voters show strong support for $120 million school budget
Portland Public Schools is still working to identify about $400,000 in reductions after meetings with the district’s 4 unions.
Posted inLocal & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
Partial vote count favors review of Portland’s city charter
Portland would form a commission to consider structural changes to city government, including to the mayor and city manager positions, for the second time in 12 years.
Posted inPortland Forecaster
Systemic racism committee to focus on Portland Police Department
The city council also approved a third-party review of police action at the June 1 Black Lives Matter protest and a new system to deal with complaints from that night.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Portland Forecaster
Fans have a (golf) ball at Hadlock Field
Inviting golfers to drive balls into painted targets in the outfield is one of the ways Sea Dogs staff is offering up Hadlock Field to fans in a different, but fun way during the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inPortland Forecaster
‘Heritage trees’ could be protected in Portland historic districts
The City Council will vote next month on rules that discourage the removal of mature trees on public and private property.
Posted inPortland Forecaster
Retired teacher: ‘Hugs and positive experiences every day’
Kathy St. Clair retired this year after close to 40 years as an elementary school teacher at Hall School/Rowe School.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Portland Meetings: July 15-22
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Superintendent’s Notebook: SRO decision the result of lessons learned
I fully support the Portland Board of Public Education’s recent decision to discontinue police school resource officers in our schools. That’s a statement I would not have made as recently as last fall, when we first started discussing the SRO issue. What started as a recommendation for SROs to wear body cameras evolved into a […]