News in South Portland

South Portland council ready for a committee on committees

SOUTH PORTLAND — A land swap, an endowment fund for maintaining municipal properties and landmarks, and attracting residents to city committees filled the bill at a two-hour council workshop Monday night. Councilors, with Patti Smith absent, agreed to form a panel including School Bo...

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Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 10:10 am

South Portland High School principal mum about resignation

SOUTH PORTLAND — Parents and school staff said they were shocked by the resignation submitted Feb. 8 by high school Principal James Holland. Holland was hired ...

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Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 9:30 am

South Portland Police Beat: Feb. 15

Arrests 2/2 at 2:50 a.m. Daniel G. Tucker, 34, of Buxton, was arrested on Westbrook Street by Officer Michael Armstrong on charges of assault and violating conditions of release. 2/2 at 4:39 p.m. Ryan A. Gurney, 22, of South Portland, was arrested...

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

U.S. Senate confirms appointment of Cape Elizabeth lawyer to federal bench

PORTLAND — The appointment of lawyer and Cape Elizabeth resident William Kayatta Jr. to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit in Boston won overwhelming U.S. Senate approval Wednesday afternoon. Independent Maine Sen. Angus King and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, were a...

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 4:20 pm

Grand jury indicts South Portland, Saco residents

PORTLAND — A Cumberland County grand jury returned indictments against a Saco man who allegedly took illicit photographs of women in dressing rooms at the Scarborough Wal-Mart last July. A South Portland mother and daughter and two of their acquaintances were also indicted for an all...

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 11:50 am

Millett to hold office hours Saturday

CAPE ELIZABETH — State Sen. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth, will hold office hours from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Local Buzz, 327 Ocean House Road. Millett, chairwoman of the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, represents District 7, which includes Cape Eliz...

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 11:40 am

Hot for hotels: Room boom in Portland

PORTLAND — Work begins this week on construction of a 123-room hotel at Fore and Union streets, signaling the start of a new round of competition in the city's red-hot hotel market. How hot is it? If all goes as developers hope, the hotel construction boom will bring the city'...

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 8:40 am

Arts Calendar Feb. 13 - Feb. 26

Greater Portland Books & Authors Friday 2/22 Friday Local Author Series: Rick Halpern, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 723. ...

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

People and Business

Appointments The Susan L. Curtis Charitable Foundation and Camp Susan Curtis announced its new slate of officers for 2013. Auburn resident Don Foerster, senior manager of facilities planning and management for L.L. Bean, is the new chairman. Cape Elizabeth resident Se...

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Community Calendar Feb. 13 - Feb. 26

Greater Portland Bulletin Board Wednesday 2/13 Weathering Nights with Robert Griswold, 7 p.m., Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main St., Cumberland, 829-2215.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013