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  • South Portland school budget passes easily

    SOUTH PORTLAND — The $43.2 million fiscal year 2014 education budget was passed 591-189 by city voters Tuesday. Voter turnout was 4 percent for the election held at the Community Center, City Clerk Sue Mooney said. Voters also approved continuing the education budget referendums for ...

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    Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 9:00 pm

  • Portland man indicted on sexual assault charges

    PORTLAND — A 31-year-old Portland man was indicted by a grand jury Friday in Cumberland County District Court on two charges of gross sexual assault. Ryan Cook is accused of sexually assaulting an underage girl between January 2011 and February 2013. One charge he is facing is a Clas...

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    Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 12:10 pm

  • Portland's Downtown District director resigning

    PORTLAND — Janis Beitzer, executive director of business-improvement group Portland's Downtown District, will resign on Friday for personal reasons, according to a PDD press release. "Jan has been an extraordinary asset over the last eight years executing our mission," PDD President ...

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    Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 12:10 pm

  • Body of missing fisherman found under Portland wharf

    PORTLAND — The body of a missing fisherman was found under Custom House Wharf Tuesday morning, City Hall spokeswoman Nicole Clegg said. A body tentatively identified as that of George Manning, 66, was found by Portland and South Portland police divers at about 8 a.m. Manning was a lo...

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    Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 11:50 am

  • Affordable apartments open in Portland's Bayside neighborhood

    PORTLAND — The city's stock of affordable housing got a much-needed boost Monday with the opening of Pearl Place II, a complex of 54 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments at 184 Pearl St. in the Bayside neighborhood. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, Mayor Michael Brennan and sta...

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    Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 11:40 am

  • Portland building under scrutiny as bricks rain down

    PORTLAND — Work crews welded steel braces onto the side of the State Theatre building Monday afternoon after the aging facade came undone, raining brick and debris onto the street below on Sunday. The cause has not been determined. Representatives of Stone Coast Properties LLC, the c...

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    Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 10:20 am

  • Portland school transportation director to receive EPA award

    PORTLAND — The Portland Public Schools transportation director has won an award from the federal government for his work to reduce school-vehicle emissions. Kevin Mallory, the long-time transportation director, will receive the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Lifetime Achievem...

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    Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 10:10 am

  • Portland thrift shop supports a 'good cause'

    PORTLAND — The Good Cause Thrift Shop, on Forest Avenue near Congress Street, is where trendy meets reality. The shop is a treasure trove of carefully-used items, ranging from clothing and dinnerware to books and vinyl records. Profits from their sale go to support financial aid for ...

    Will Graff • News •
    Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 9:50 am

  • Fabulous 40th festival

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    Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 9:10 am
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