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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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  • Maine Red Claws announce Celtics affiliation for Portland

    PORTLAND — The Maine Red Claws NBA Development League team on Monday announced its not-unexpected affiliation with the Boston Celtics. The Red Claws will also be affiliated with the Charlotte Bobcats. Ever since a group of investors announced in December 2007 they were...

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    Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 8:50 am

  • Public art with a purpose: Peaks Island artists design bins for recycling

    PEAKS ISLAND — Island residents and visitors this summer have bright, new ways to recycle soda cans and water bottles. Six recycling barrels designed by island artists have been set out along the busiest sections of Island Avenue and Welch Street. The recycling project was the br...

    Kate Bucklin • News •
    Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 8:40 am

  • Fireworks return to Portland's Eastern Prom for Fourth of July

    PORTLAND — The city is expecting as many as 50,000 people to attend the annual July 4 fireworks show on the Eastern Promenade this weekend. Grucci's of New York, the same fireworks company that put on fireworks shows at the Beijing, Athens and Salt Lake City Olympics, is planning ...

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    Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 8:20 am

  • Free concert series in Portland's Monument Square to feature only local bands

    PORTLAND — Alive at Five, the outdoor summer concert series in Monument Square, is entering its seventh season with a different attitude. This year, there will be no thunderous sound system pumping out bass lines to be heard all the way up Congress Square. Nor will there will any ...

    Randy Billings • News •
    Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 8:10 am

  • Update: Casco Bay Lines general manager resigns; PUC reviews ticket price hike

    PORTLAND — Catherine Debo, general manager of Casco Bay Lines for the past 2 1/2 years, submitted her resignation last week. At the same time, the state is reviewing the ferry service's request to raise ticket prices. Donna Rockett, president of the Casco Bay Island T... 3

    Kate Bucklin • News •
    Tuesday, June 30, 2009

  • RSU 5 budget fails by 79 votes as Pownal, Durham voters balk

    FREEPORT — Voters rejected the Regional School Unit 5 budget by a 79-vote margin Thursday, 661-582. The budget validation referendum held in Freeport, Pownal and Durham on June 25 brought out about 11 percent of registered voters from all three towns. Almost 9 percent of voters ...

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    Friday, June 26, 2009

  • South Portland police to step up OUI enforcement

    SOUTH PORTLAND — The Police Department announced that it will increase sobriety checkpoints and patrols throughout the summer, starting this weekend. According to a June 23 press release, drivers with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent who are convicted of operating under the ...

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    Friday, June 26, 2009

  • Eating for a good cause

    David Turin, left, chef/owner of David's 388 on Cottage Road in South Portland and David's restaurant in Portland, offers ahi tuna tartar Napoleon with coconut chili, white truffle oil and sweet potato goufret at Taste of the Nation at Southern Maine Community College. The annual Share Our Strength ...

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    Friday, June 26, 2009
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