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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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

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Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 9:10 am
Brunswick council hopes to cap tax hike at 7%

BRUNSWICK — After being asked to make cuts to their original budget proposal, School Board members Wednesday said they're willing to cut more than $772,000 from the proposed $35.7 million school budget. Superintendent of Schools Paul Perzanoski presented the School Board with differe...

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Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 8:40 am
Developer plans Brunswick center for at-risk teens

BRUNSWICK — If the school and judicial systems can't do enough for at-risk teenagers, where else can they get help? Thomas B. Wright hopes the answer will be a new center at Brunswick Landing, where he plans to base the mentoring organization, Seeds of Independence, along with other ...

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Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 8:00 am
Coastal Enterprises eyes Brunswick town properties for headquarters

BRUNSWICK — Coastal Enterprises Inc. has expressed interest in acquiring the Municipal Building, police station and town recreation center on Federal Street. The Wiscasset-based nonprofit business development agency would use the properties for its new headquarters. Town Manag...

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 4:10 pm