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  • Cumberland County Civic Center offices at new address

    PORTLAND — The Cumberland County Civic Center box office and administrative offices have moved down the block to 48 Free St., at Center Street. According to a press release, the offices will remain at the new address during the remainder of the Civic Center's renovation, which is now...

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    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 2:50 pm

  • Portland schools get $100K grant

    PORTLAND — Three public elementary schools will offer a summer learning program to a total of 135 students, thanks to a grant of nearly $100,000 from the John T. Gorman Foundation. The Hall, Lyseth and Reiche schools will offer the program free of charge to students with academic nee...

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    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 2:50 pm
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  • Loss of federal waiver could be 'lethal blow' to laptop computers for Portland high school students

    PORTLAND — City schools may not be able to participate in a statewide initiative to expand the laptop computer program to the city's 2,200 high school students.  Participation in the program depended on the district securing a waiver from federal education officials to allow use ...

    Randy Billings • News •
    Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 8:00 am

  • Portland hosts urban triathlon this weekend

    PORTLAND — The Zone Urban Epic Triathlon is set to happen this weekend, with an all-day festival afterwards. The waterfront triathlon, now in its third year, begins at 8:30 a.m. at East End Beach, were participants will – if enterococcus levels aren't too high – jump in for ...

    Kate Bucklin • News •
    Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 7:50 am

  • Maine joins regional coalition to lobby for Downeaster extension, faster speeds

    AUGUSTA — With the filing deadline to present rail projects qualifying for stimulus funding fast approaching, Gov. John Baldacci announced Monday that he has joined a coalition of New England governors to create a unified rail vision for the region. Six priority projects were iden... 1

    Steve Mistler • News •
    Monday, July 13, 2009 at 4:00 pm

  • Updated: Auburn developer confirms bid for Brunswick base housing

    BRUNSWICK — George Schott, the developer behind several commercial successes in Auburn, confirmed Friday that he is trying to purchase the 702 military housing units associated with Brunswick Naval Air Station.  Schott, who last summer purchased the former Atrium Inn & Convention...

    Steve Mistler • News •
    Friday, July 10, 2009 at 1:40 pm

  • Scarborough residents seek to buy former sludge dump

    SCARBOROUGH — A Tibbetts Road couple has expressed interest in buying a portion of a former sludge dumping ground owned by the town. Dennis and Susan Hall own 33 Tibbetts Road, the property that abuts the 69-acre lot that borders Saco. In a May 28 letter to the town, the Halls' attorn...

    Peggy Roberts • News •
    Friday, July 10, 2009

  • 233 years young

    A crowd gathered near the entrance to Bug Light Park last Saturday to hear John Kierstead, dressed as Ben Franklin, read the Declaration of Independence from the front porch of the restored headquarters of the South Portland Historical Society on the Fourth of July. (Rich Obrey photo)

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    Friday, July 10, 2009

  • 22 South Portland graduates get scholarships from grassroots group

    SOUTH PORTLAND — Twenty-two high school graduates who would have otherwise gone without scholarships this year received some financial assistance, thanks to a local initiative launched in 2007. Pro...

    Randy Billings • News •
    Friday, July 10, 2009

  • RSU 5 board cuts $86K from budget for Freeport, Pownal, Durham

    FREEPORT — Regional School Unit 5 directors trimmed their proposed operating budget by an additional $86,000 on Wednesday and sent the $23.4 million spending package to a second tri-town meeting on Tuesday, July 21. The School Board passed the slightly reduced budget 9-2, with Po...

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    Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 11:50 am
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