News in Portland

Canco Woods group needs $35K

PORTLAND — A coalition of neighbors, conservation groups and the city is closing in on its goal of raising $400,000 to preserve an urban woodland along Canco Road, but more funds are needed. The coalition must still come up with $35,000 to meet the fundraising goal, Danielle Vay...

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Monday, November 19, 2012 at 9:00 am

Portland schools get USDA grant

PORTLAND — Students in city schools will be eating more local foods thanks to a grant from the Department of Agriculture. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, announced the $100,000 grant, which will support the district's farm-to-school progra...

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Monday, November 19, 2012 at 8:50 am

The Universal Notebook: Riding the rails

This morning at 6:20 a.m., just about the time the alarm would be going off, I flew past my own backyard at 65 mph. Now that Amtrak service has been extended from Portland to Brunswick, the Downeaster zooms past my garden shed six times a day, so I decided I’d take a ride just to see what&r...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, November 19, 2012

People and Business

Appointments The Maine Women’s Network recently announced its officers and board members which will include: Catherine Cleale, second vice president, of Portland; Judy Crosby, of Portland; and Marianne R...

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Monday, November 19, 2012

Letter: Frank column a minority opinion

I was interested to see Halsey Frank’s argument in favor of unlimited corporate spending on elections. From my perspective, he is wrong.

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Monday, November 19, 2012

Superintendent's Notebook: Portland’s elementary school buildings need your help

Portland students should have the same opportunity to attend schools with excellent facilities, whether they live in North Deering or Nason’s Corner, on the Western Promenade or on Munjoy Hill. Currently, that is not the case. We have three state-of-the-art elementary schools ...

Emmanuel Caulk • Opinion •

Monday, November 19, 2012

No Sugar Added: All aboard the gravy train

Thanksgiving is upon us, and food is on my mind. How much food can a teenage boy eat? I don’t think I truly want to know the answer to that question. When our children are born, we don’t really think about the fact that we will be feeding them for a good 18 years; 22&nbs...

Sandi Amorello • Opinion •

Monday, November 19, 2012

Student brings unloaded gun into Portland school

PORTLAND — Police will issue a summons to a 10-year-old boy who allegedly brought an unloaded handgun into Riverton Elementary School this morning. Officers responded to Riverton at 8:30 a.m. after another student reported seeing a gun to a teacher. The school was briefly locked...

Amber Cronin • News •

Friday, November 16, 2012 at 10:40 am

Traffic-stopper in Portland

A tractor-trailer donated by Shaw Brothers Construction makes its way up Congress Street in Portland Thursday morning with a 65-foot blue spruce donated by Alan Betters of South Portland. The tree was headed for Monument Square, where it will be decorated for the holidays with 3,000 LED lights that ...

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Friday, November 16, 2012 at 8:30 am

Jason R. Fowler, 31: an abiding passion for racing

SCARBOROUGH — Jason R. Fowler, 31, of Scarborough, died Nov.9 in Gorham as a result of an automobile accident. He was born in Portland, a son of Richard J. and Wendy L. Fowler. He grew up on the family farm on Pleasant Hill Road in Scarborough. He attended local schools and graduated...

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Friday, November 16, 2012