Sun, May 19, 2013 ●
Bath • Harpswell • Topsham • Brunswick • Cumberland • North Yarmouth • Falmouth • Freeport • Portland • Cape Elizabeth • Scarborough • South Portland • Chebeague Island • Yarmouth

News in Portland

King teacher nominated for statewide honor

PORTLAND — The nominees for 2014 Maine Teacher of the Year include a teacher from King Middle School. Karen MacDonald began working for Portland Public Schools in 1978 as an ed tech. She later moving to the gifted and talented programs at Longfellow Elementary School and Lincoln...

News •
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 11:50 am

Portland fuel company capitalizes on restaurant grease

PORTLAND — Call it McFuel. While activists, businesses and City Hall have recently clashed over the possibility of using tar-sands oil to heat buildings and power vehicles, a tiny Portland company is producing environment-friendly fuels from the grease found in fast-food hamburgers.

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 11:50 am

Partnership aims to bridge cultural health divide

PORTLAND — The University of New England is partnering with the Portland Community Health Cen...

Amber Cronin • News •
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 11:30 am

Attention turns to Portland's western waterfront

PORTLAND — "Huge." "Transformative." "A game-changer." Those are words officials used in reacting to the announcement last week that an Icelandic container shipping company, Eimskip,

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 11:30 am

New 'Survivor' season features Cumberland high school grad

CUMBERLAND — You may see someone familiar when you tune into "Survivor" this season. Michael Snow, who moved to Cumberland in the early 1970s with his family and graduated fr...

Alex Lear • News •
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 11:10 am

Budget curtailment lands on Portland schools

PORTLAND — In response to Gov. Paul Lepage's $12.6 million curtailment order for Maine public schools, the School Department has come up with a plan to cut just over $870,000 from its current-year operating budget. But the curtailment will also affect planning for the 2013-2014 ...

Amber Cronin • News •
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 10:40 am

With attention on pope, Maine diocese goes without bishop

PORTLAND — When Pope Benedict XVI steps down as pontiff on Feb. 28 – the first papal resignation in nearly 600 years – he'll leave 1.2 billion Roman Catholics around the world in search of a new leader. That's a familiar predicament for Catholics in Portland and throughou...

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 8:20 am

Portland lawmaker launches campaign to legalize, regulate pot

AUGUSTA — State Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, is launching a campaign Thursday to promote legislation that would regulate and tax marijuana use in Maine. In a statement issued early Tuesday, Russell announced a Statehouse news conference with the bill co-sponsors and other adv...

News •
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 8:00 am

Portland Meetings: Feb. 19-26

Wed.  2/20  4 p.m.  Islands Advisory Committee  Casco Bay Ferry Terminal Wed.  2/20  4 p.m.  Public Art Committee  PPL Wed.  2/20  5 p.m.  Historic Preservation Board  CH Wed.  2/20  5:30 p.m.  Transpo...

Community •
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Portland School Notebook

City teacher nominated for statewide award Karen McDonald, a language arts teacher at King Middle School since 1989, is one of 14 nominees for the Maine Teacher of the Year Award.  MacDonald has about 35 years experience in Portland schools, as an ed tech, in t...

Community •
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Read More . . . »