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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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  • Portland Parkside neighborhood launches crime watch program

    PORTLAND — Parkside residents, landowners and businesses are launching a neighborhood watch program. The initiative comes at the start of summer, when crime typically spike throughout the city, and as Portland welcomes a new police chief, James Craig, who has described community ...

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    Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 8:10 am

  • Nomination papers available Monday for Portland council, school board candidates

    PORTLAND — Nomination papers for the Nov. 3 city elections will be available Monday, June 29. Voters this fall will elect three city councilors, three School Committee members and two Peaks Island Council members. There will also be a one-year term available on the Portland Water ...

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    Tuesday, June 23, 2009

  • Corrected: South Portland pilot killed in N.H. crash

    SOUTH PORTLAND — Federal officials said it could take months to determine what caused the plane crash that killed a 50-year-old South Portland pilot. Stephen D. Cardelli Jr. was killed when his single-engine Cessna 177 crashed shortly after take-off from New Hampshire's Laconia A...

    Randy Billings • News •
    Friday, June 19, 2009 at 10:30 am

  • Long night's journey

    Tyler Graffam and Sophie Holbrook of Falmouth were two of nearly 1,000 participants who walked through the night to increase cancer awareness and raise money for cancer treatment and research during the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life at South Portland High School on June 12 and 13.

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    Friday, June 19, 2009

  • Class of 2009: Morse, Mt. Ararat

    It was standing room only after rain forced Morse High School graduation into the Bath Middle School gym on June 14. (Paul Cunningham photo) 1

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    Friday, June 19, 2009

  • Class of 2009: Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth

    Rain forced commencement inside, but did nothing to dampen the spirits of Cape Elizabeth High School senior Charles Colburn, who signals his pleasure as he makes his way up to receive his diploma on June 14 in the school gymnasium. (Diane Hudson photo)

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    Friday, June 19, 2009

  • Tall order: High-rise suggested for Portland newspaper property would face zoning hurdles

    PORTLAND — Two days after announcing the purchase of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram and other Maine newspapers, the new owner Thursday said there is a buyer for the company's downtown real estate. John Cacoulidis, a developer from New York who owns properties in M...

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    Friday, June 19, 2009

  • Bath museum exhibit highlights boom, bust of fin fisheries

    BATH — The Maine Maritime Museum's latest exhibit, running through Nov. 29, is dubbed "Net Worth: The Rise and Fall of Maine's Fin Fisheries." The 243 Washington St. institution's focus on fin fisheries differentiates its theme from lobstering, according to Chris Hall, ...

    Alex Lear • News •
    Friday, June 19, 2009
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