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  • RSU 1 budget headed to 1st of 2 public votes

    BATH — Next year's Regional School Unit 1 budget goes to the first of two district-wide votes Tuesday, May 28. The $27.7 million spending plan, unanimously approved by the RSU 1 Board of Directors on May 6, will increase 6.66 percent over the current year if approved both times. ...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 3:20 pm

  • Taking aim at cancer in Brunswick

    Participants in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life at Brunswick High School parade around the school track on Friday, May 17, showing their determination to wipe out cancer. The overnight fundraiser was filled with honors for cancer victims and caregivers, and helped mark the society's 10...

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    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 3:00 pm

  • Current, past Portland schools being scrutinized

    PORTLAND — The School Board was scheduled to discuss recently presented plans for improving five city school buildings at a workshop Tuesday night. Last week, consultant Oak Point Associates unveiled its conceptual plans for replacing Hall Elementary School and renovating Presumpscot...

    William Hall • News •
    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 12:20 pm

  • Paving, construction projects to test Portland drivers

    PORTLAND — Expect to see road crews out in force over the coming months. Last week, the city's Department of Public Services began work on a $3 million effort to repave and make other improvements to 40 city streets, according to a City Hall press release. The streets include ...

    William Hall • News •
    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 11:30 am

  • Portland's Otto Pizza crossing the bridge to South Portland

    SOUTH PORTLAND — The city's restaurant scene has been expanding throughout the spring, but city councilors are not always as effusive as Councilor Linda Cohen was Monday night about one particular newcomer. “I know we are not supposed to have favorites, but I have fallen in lov...

    David Harry • News •
    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 11:00 am

  • Uncommon Custom: Future bright for restored Portland landmark

    PORTLAND — For more than a decade, one of Portland's greatest architectural treasures has been locked away, with few people able to access its vaults. Now, after being closed to the public in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks and undergoing a $2.3 million restoration over the past thr...

    William Hall • News •
    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 10:30 am

  • School Administrative District 51 board relents on security system purchase

    CUMBERLAND — After deadlocking earlier this month on paying for school security equipment that had already been installed, the School Administrative District 51 Board of Dir...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 10:10 am

  • Budget, bond issues divide Falmouth School Board candidates

    FALMOUTH — Four candidates are competing for two seats in the June 11 School Board election. The ballot has three first-time candidates – Clare Harrington, Caryn Bickerstaff and Susan Coughlin – and a repeat candidate from 2011, Michael Doyle. The candidates b...

    Will Graff • News •
    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 9:10 am

  • Memorial Day events around the region

    Parades and observations honoring America's war dead will take place from Scarborough to Bath on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27. Here is a roundup of events throughout the area: Bath Light refreshments at American Legion Hall, 200 Congress Ave., 7 a.m.; services at Oak Grove Cemeter...

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    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 9:00 am

  • Reopening of Falmouth Spur turnpike ramp delayed

    FALMOUTH — The reopening of the Exit 52 southbound on-ramp to the Maine Turnpike from the Falmouth Spur has been delayed until at least Friday. The delay is a result of more work required to lift the interchange bridge and increase clearance over the highway, according to a pres...

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    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 8:50 am
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