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  • Renovations, fundraising, hiring remain for Portland charter school

    PORTLAND — After administrative turmoil and a slimming down of its original plans, the city's first charter school received final approval from the Maine Charter School Commission on May 7.

    Will Graff • News •
    Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 8:30 am

  • Portland elementary school gets new iPads, AppleTVs

    PORTLAND — Longfellow Elementary School has received nearly $4,500 for new technology. The money, awarded by the Anne Foss Computer Curriculum Fund, will purchase six iPads and Apple TVs for the school, according to a Portland Public Schools press release. The technology will be used...

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    Monday, May 13, 2013 at 3:30 pm

  • Portland motorcyclist dies in Ocean Ave. crash

    PORTLAND — A motorcyclist killed in a crash early Sunday was identified Monday as Mario Saravia, 27, of Portland. City Hall spokeswoman Nicole Clegg said Saravia died after the motorcycle he was operating eastbound on Ocean Avenue failed to negotiate a curve and went off the roadway ...

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    Monday, May 13, 2013 at 3:30 pm

  • Portland offers discounted compost supplies

    PORTLAND — The city is making it easier for residents to recycle organic waste, with the help of compost bins and other supplies being sold at discounts and delivered to residents' homes at their next trash collection. Besides the bins, the supplies include compost thermometers, comp...

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    Monday, May 13, 2013 at 3:30 pm

  • Traffic pattern changing on Spring Street in Portland

    PORTLAND — Starting next week and continuing into the fall, Spring Street in front of the Cumberland County Civic Center will be reduced to one lane in each direction. Vehicles traveling in both directions will be routed to the eastbound lanes (south side of the median), away from th...

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    Friday, May 10, 2013 at 11:00 am

  • Falmouth Spur turnpike ramps to close Monday

    FALMOUTH — The Maine Turnpike Authority will close both southbound ramps connecting to the Falmouth Spur on Monday, May 13, to continue rehabilitating the Exit 52 interchange bridge, which carries Falmouth Spur traffic over the turnpike. The MTA, in a press release Friday, said the c...

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    Friday, May 10, 2013 at 10:50 am

  • South Portland High School graduate remembered as kind, ambitious

    SOUTH PORTLAND — Kim Lim, a 2010 South Portland High School graduate and University of Southern Maine junior, died April 28 in a hiking accident in the Philippines. In a news release, USM President Theodora Kalikow said Lim, 20, was studying at Sogang University in South Korea. He we...

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 11:20 am

  • South Portland councilors call for 1st hearing on 'nuisance' properties

    SOUTH PORTLAND — A Thornton Heights homeowner said he is working hard to clean up his Wythburn Road yard and complete home renovations, but he will have to present his case to the City Council at a June 3 public hearing. Craig A. Patterson, 53, of 119 Wythburn Road, became the first ...

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 10:10 am

  • Kaler community responds: State grade 'blatantly not reflective' of South Portland school

    Kaler Elementary School fifth-grader Chelsea Morin explains an ecosystem food chain at "Kalerbration" last week in South Portland. The event highlighted the school's project-based learning methods, and coincided with the state's release of a public school report card that gave the school a failin...

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 9:30 am

  • Cape Elizabeth parents assail plan for all-day kindergarten

    CAPE ELIZABETH — Parents lashed out at school administrators at a meeting of the Pond Cove Parents Association Wednesday, continuing the debate over a proposed

    Noah Hurowitz • News •
    Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 9:10 am
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