News in Portland

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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Portland Police Beat: Feb. 20

Arrests 2/8 at 10 p.m. Roy O. MacNeil, 22, of Portland, was arrested on Sherman Street by Officer Matthew Casagrande on a charge of assault. 2/10 at 2 a.m. Mohamed A. Abukar, 27, of Portland, was arrested on Eben Hill Drive by Officer Mathew Disse...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Norman Phillip Waite Sr., 94: Skilled craftsman, devoted to family

PORTLAND — Norman Phillip Waite Sr., 94, of Portland, died Feb. 14 at St. Joseph’s Rehabilitation & Residence with his family by his side. Waite was born Aug. 27, 1918 in Leeds, the son of Silas and Bertha Waite. He grew up on a farm in Leeds and graduated from Le...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Deneige Marie Pompeo, 98

PORTLAND — Deneige Marie Pompeo, 98, of Portland, died Feb. 11 after a short illness. She was born Jan. 13, 1915, in Westbrook to Medric and Roseanne Harvey. She grew up in Westbrook with three brothers and one sister, attending Westbrook schools. In June, 194...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

People and Business

Appointments William S. Harwood, a partner in Verrill Dana's Portland office, will serve as chairman for the 2013 Campaign for Justice. The campaign, now in its 10th year, is a fundraising effort of the Maine Bar Foundation and Maine State Bar Associa...

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Hotel parking, crosstown traffic on Portland committee's agenda

PORTLAND — The City Council's Transportation, Sustainability and Energy Committee meets Wednesday to discuss a range of issues including street parking around two planned Portland hotels. The committee will consider changes in the allotment of parking spaces along Maple and Commercia...

William Hall • News •

Monday, February 18, 2013 at 3:50 pm