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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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  • PATHS graduation

    Automotive instructor Ervin Osborne addresses graduates, friends, family and faculty during the second of two graduation ceremonies at Portland Arts & Technology High School on May 15. (Michael Barriault photo)

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    Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 11:50 am

  • Thanks, mom

    Corey Saenz of Portland salutes to her mom at the conclusion of University of Southern Maine commencement ceremonies on May 16 at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland. (Michael Barriault photo)

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    Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 11:50 am

  • 1st graduating class at Portland's expeditionary high school sets a high standard

    PORTLAND — Seniors at Casco Bay High School are used to setting precedents. They were the first group of students to test an innovative expeditionary high school learning model for the city schools – a model that focuses on interdisciplinary, project-based learning that often o...

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    Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 10:50 am

  • Portland City Council approves $189M budget; police, fire jobs still in doubt

    PORTLAND — City residents will not see an increase in property taxes in the next fiscal year, although parking at a meter or getting a marriage license will cost more. There may also be fewer police officers and firefighters on the job, after the City Council on Monday passed a $1...

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    Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 10:40 am

  • Portland Harbor Museum finds new, temporary home in Arts District

    PORTLAND — About a year ago, the Portland Harbor Museum decided to open a special exhibition in an empty storefront on Congress Street in Portland as a trial run for moving its maritime history collection from its South Portland location. It eventually became apparent that the te...

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    Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 10:30 am

  • Seminar series seeks to create more frugal lobster fishermen

    PORTLAND — Today's lobstermen are confronted with a vastly different lobster business than the one enjoyed by their fathers and grandfathers. Gone are the days of socking money away beneath the mattress, or hoping that wealth accumulated in a savings account will be enough to get...

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    Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 10:20 am

  • State ready to begin widening Portland's Exit 7; activists want trail access

    PORTLAND — Widening of the northbound and southbound off ramps at Exit 7 of Interstate 295 should begin later this year, according to the Maine Department of Transportation. Work on the ramps at Franklin Arterial is intended to relieve traffic jams at the heavily used exit, MDOT p...

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    Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 9:40 am

  • Portland Public Library seeks new 'friends'

    PORTLAND — Friends of Portland Public Library launched a membership drive May 14. The new organization hopes to gain at least 400 members in its first year. Friends President Ted Spitzer, who is also a member of the library Board of Trustees, said this week that library officials ...

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    Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 9:30 am
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