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Travel on new Portland-Falmouth bridge expected this year

PORTLAND — State transportation officials Monday presented their final design for the new Martin's Point bridge, including minor aesthetic tweaks to the $23.5 million project that is under construction between Portland and Falmouth. The presentation at City Hall was the final public ...

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 9:20 am
RSU 5 must replace special education director

FREEPORT — The special education director in Regional School Unit 5 is resigning to become superintendent of schools in Pittsfield, Burnham and Detroit. Dominic DePatsy, director of instructional support, was expected to resign at the RSU 5 School Board meeting Wednesday night. He is...

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 8:50 am
Forecaster columnist Delogu honored by Maine ACLU

PORTLAND — Orlando Delogu, a longtime professor at the University of Maine School of Law and a columnist for The Forecaster, was honored May 2 by the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine. Delogu, who was a founding member and former president of the Maine ACLU, accepted the group'...

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 8:30 am
Citizens by choice

Forty-five new American citizens from 21 countries and a variety of backgrounds are sworn in during a naturalization ceremony on Friday, May 3, at Portland High School. Tim Wilson, senior international advisor and director at Seeds of Peace addressed the group, touching on historical U.S. immigra...

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 8:30 am
Eat your heart out, Tiny Tim: Ukulele craze takes southern Maine

PORTLAND — Tiptoe through the tulips, indeed. From Peaks Island to Falmouth, in the city's library and in a city school, greater Portland-area residents are playing ukuleles in numbers that belie the instrument's small size. Last week, Ocean Avenue Elementary School received 2...

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 8:00 am
'I shot her': Psychiatric evaluation ordered for accused Falmouth murderer

FALMOUTH — Thomas Leighton, 71, returned home after taking his Labrador retriever for an hour-long walk shortly before 6 p.m. on May 3, presumably to let things settle after having an argument with his 46-year-old son, Andrew. Andrew, now sitting on the front steps of the home at 19 ...

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Monday, May 6, 2013 at 3:50 pm
Advertising, circulation losses sink The Island Times

PORTLAND — The Island Times, a 10-year-old, monthly community newspaper covering Peaks Island and other Casco Bay islands, is ceasing operation, publisher Kevin Attra announced last week. Shrinking ad revenue, distribution and readership accounted for Attra's decision to close, he wr...

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Monday, May 6, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Unsung Heroes: Scarborough Alzheimer's caregivers Tim Osgood, Kelly Labbe

SCARBOROUGH — Chances are you know someone with Alzheimer's disease. More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and one in eight older Americans has the disease. Indeed, Alzheimer’s is the only cause of death among the top 10 in the U.S. that canno...

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Monday, May 6, 2013 at 2:40 pm
UPDATE: Falmouth man accused of killing his mother

FALMOUTH — An Edgewater Drive man was taken into custody Friday night in connection with the shooting death of his mother earlier in the day. Andrew Leighton, 46, is facing a murder charge, according to Maine State Police. Leighton reportedly surrendered to police at 11 p.m. a...

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Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 8:10 am
South Portland elementary school in bottom 7 on state report card

SOUTH PORTLAND — James O. Kaler Elementary School on South Kelsey Street received an F grade and the seventh-lowest cumulative score in the state Wednesday as Gov. Paul LePage and Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen handed out the first-ever letter grades for Maine public schools....

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Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 11:10 am