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Education secretary impressed by expeditionary learning in Portland

Aug 31, 2010 12:00 am

Student Keyly Martinez explains a student-led oral history project to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan during Duncan's visit to King Middle School in Portland on Tuesday. Awaiting their turns to speak are students Joanna Quinn and Mohamed Nur.

Portland ceremony to honor WWII vets

Sep 01, 2010 12:00 am

PORTLAND — A public ceremony is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, at Fort Allen Park on the Eastern Promenade to mark the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II. State Rep. Walter Wheeler, D-Kittery, and Portland resident Espen Christiansen will speak. Both are WWII veterans. According to Portland historian and state Rep. Herb Adams, D-Portland, there are nearly 260 names of soldiers who died in the war on a bronze plaque at City Hall.

Candidates challenged to back open government

Sep 01, 2010 12:00 am

PORTLAND — The Maine Freedom of Information Coalition sent pledge forms this week to every candidate for state office, asking them to support open government and public access. The MFOIC will post the names of candidates who sign the pledge at mfoic.org. The coalition, which is made up of media organizations, lawyers, academics, pubic policy groups and others, said in a press release this week that it will update its website through Election Day.

Veranda Street on-ramp shutdown extended

Sep 01, 2010 12:00 am

PORTLAND — The Veranda Street on-ramp to southbound Interstate 295, which was scheduled to reopen by Sept. 1, is now expected to be closed until early October. The ramp is closed for safety reasons during bridge work and lane closures on I-295. Alternate routes are the I-295 entrances at Washington Avenue in Portland and Bucknam Road (Exit 10) in Falmouth.

Portland schools receive nearly $6M in federal grants

Aug 31, 2010 10:30 am

PORTLAND — The School Department expects to receive $6 million in federal grants to begin the new school year. The department announced last week that it expects to receive a $2.6 million grant from the $26 billion federal jobs bill recently approved by the U.S. Congress. The state received $39 million of the $10 billion earmarked for education. Riverton Elementary School, meanwhile, was awarded a $3.4 million federal school improvement grant to help students struggling with reading and math.

Alleged robber leaves trail of video, coffee in Portland

Aug 31, 2010 10:20 am

PORTLAND — Police said a Standish man went on a crime spree through the West End in the early hours of Aug. 26, allegedly robbing convenience stores, trying to steal an ambulance and running away with a cash register. Paul Schlosser, 25, was arrested around 6 a.m. while allegedly attempting to enter a vehicle on Park Avenue. Officers, who had been looking for the former Portland resident, pursued Schlosser after allegedly seeing him running down St. John Street with a cash register.

Portland pier owner proposes 150-ft. expansion

Aug 31, 2010 10:00 am

PORTLAND — The owner of the Portland Regency Hotel has submitted plans to expand a waterfront pier at 68 Commercial St. A company called Great Maine Wharf, which is owned by Eric Cianchette, is looking to extend the existing 500-foot, concrete pier behind the Dry Dock restaurant by 150 feet. There are now two, two-story metal buildings on the 75-foot wide pier, which is between the Maine State Pier and Custom House Wharf. Tenants include Three Brothers Lobster, Morrison's Maine Course and the Chase Leavitt Chart Room.

Portland pier owners offer concessions on waterfront zoning

Aug 31, 2010 9:30 am

PORTLAND — Review of proposed waterfront zoning changes is expected to continue later this month, with several amendments aimed at making city officials and lobstermen more comfortable with pier owners' requests. A group of 11 pier owners have dropped their request to allow 50 more feet of non-commercial boat dockage along the piers. They have also reduced their requested allowance for non-marine tenants in ground-floor space from 50 percent of square footage to 45 percent.

Annual ALS walk Sept. 11 in Portland

Sep 01, 2010 12:00 am

PORTLAND — An annual walk to raise money to fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis will be held at the Baxter Boulevard entrance of Payson Park on Saturday, Sept. 11. Registration will be held from 9-10:30 a.m., followed by the walk at 10:30 a.m. ALS, known more commonly as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is an incurable, progressive neuromuscular condition that impacts 30,000 people each year. Life expectancy from the time of diagnosis is two to five years.

Portland's Back Cove residents get advice for quelling crime wave

Aug 30, 2010 3:20 pm

PORTLAND — Lock your doors, remove valuables from cars – and lock those, too – and don't leave items unattended outside. That was the advice for about 60 residents of the Back Cove neighborhood who gathered at Cheverus High School Aug. 26 to hear from City Councilor Cheryl Leeman and police Sgt. Bob Doherty about an increase in car and home burglaries this summer.

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