News in Portland

South Portland gym joins Portland Veterans Network

SOUTH PORTLAND — Phil Gouzie has set aside his cane and feels his strength returning to his upper body. John Bingler attends two 90-minute workouts each week to help stay mobile as he confronts Parkinson's disease. Both men are U.S. Navy veterans with health conditions not ass...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 11:00 am

Clifford School proposals to be aired

PORTLAND — The City Council's Housing and Community Development Committee will consider recommendations for the re-use of the Nathan Clifford Elementary School Wednesday night. A task force appointed by the council to consider new uses for the shuttered school finalized the recommend...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10:50 am

WENA underwrites Reiche swim lessons

PORTLAND — The West End Neighborhood Association is funding swimming lessons for some students at Reiche Elementary School. Thanks to money raised by WENA's WestFest last June, four...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10:30 am

12-vote margin uncontested in Peaks council election

PORTLAND — Official election results show Jimal Thundershield defeated Marjorie Phyfe by just a dozen votes in the Nov. 6 balloting for a seat on the Peaks Island Council, according to official results released by the city. According to results released Friday by the city clerk's off...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10:20 am

Scarborough man indicted for attempted murder in Portland

PORTLAND — A Scarborough man accused of a vicious beating in Portland in August made his first court appearance Tuesday after being indicted last Friday for attempted murder and other charges. Eric M. Gwaro, 28, was indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury on one count each of Clas...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 9:20 am

Mechanical energy: Portland group has 1st woman president, plans renovation of Congress Street landmark

PORTLAND — A 153-year-old landmark is about to get a face-lift, but most people who pass by on Congress Street probably haven't even noticed the wrinkles. Mechanics Hall, home of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, is a four-story, granite building at the corner of Congress an...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 8:00 am

More talks on sewage storage project

PORTLAND — The Department of Public Services will host a second public meeting Thursday to discuss a project to reduce sewage overflow released into Back Cove. The project includes installation of two underground conduits that will store waste water under Baxter Boulevard and Pa...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 7:40 am

Portland Police Beat: Nov. 14

Arrests 11/2 at 1 p.m. Richard Sneddon, 44, no address listed, was arrested on India Street by Office Matthew Morrison on a charge of public drinking. 11/3 at 1 a.m. Kristin E. Roberts, 39, of Portland, was arrested on Eben Hill Drive by Office Er...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

People and Business

Appointments Susan Adams and Michael Fallona recently joined the Northeast Hearing and Speech Board of Directors. Adams, a nutritionist and lactation counselor for the Women, Infants and Children Food Program at the Opport...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Virginia Mae Currier, 81: Cherished moments with friends, family

PORTLAND — Virginia Mae Currier, 81, died unexpectedly on Nov. 8 after a brief illness. Currier was born Virginia Mae Downs in Brewer on Aug. 10, 1931, to Percy James Downs and Hazel M. Kent Downs. She enjoyed lunch out and shopping on Saturdays with her daughters, grandchildren, and...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012