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  • Freeport students qualify for Academic WorldQuest

    FREEPORT — A group of four high school students will compete against teams from 40 other states at the 2009 Academic WorldQuest next week in Washington, D.C.

    Amy Anderson • News •
    Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 12:54 pm

  • Dancing with Duson

    Portland Mayor Jill Duson leads members of the public in the Electric Slide on Tuesday morning at City Hall, part of a fundraising promotion for Community Television Network Channels 2 and 4. City Hall was Duson's last stop on a tour that included Lobsterman's Park, Hall School and the Casco Bay Fe...

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    Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 12:11 pm

  • Revised Yarmouth budget hikes taxes 1.9%

    YARMOUTH — Town Manager Nat Tupper tweaked the preliminary fiscal 2010 budget and will present a revised version in April that includes decreases in both municipal spending and revenues while increasing the property tax rate by nearly 1.9 percent. Although the school budget has no...

    Amy Anderson • News •
    Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 10:32 am

  • Food processor may move out of Portland

    PORTLAND — The head of a family-run food processing company that has been in Bayside for more than 80 years said the company will move out of the neighborhood unless it receives city funding to help upgrade the building it leases. Paul Dioli, chief executive officer of Schlotterbe...

    Kate Bucklin • News •
    Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 10:13 am

  • Federal plan could alter Portland-Brunswick rail upgrade funding

    Grant could replace state borrowing PORTLAND — Rail advocates are hoping the $35 million needed to upgrade tracks between Portland and Brunswick will qualify for grant funding under a new strategic plan being drafted by federal Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

    Steve Mistler • News •
    Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 10:07 am

  • Portland agencies, businesses plead for piece of federal funds

    PORTLAND — City Councilors listened to two hours of testimony Monday from representatives of social service agencies competing for federal Community Development Block Grant funds doled out annually by the city. A committee charged with reviewing applications and then ranking them ...

    Kate Bucklin • News •
    Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 8:50 am

  • Sheriff: Coach's escorted release from prison not a policy violation

    PORTLAND — An intake sergeant who helped a former Deering High School baseball coach avoid the news media when the coach was released from the Cumberland County Jail did not violate jail policy and did not provide special treatment to the prisoner, Sheriff Mark Dion said last week. ...

    Randy Billings • News •
    Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 8:45 am

  • Preliminary report says Portland schools are under-utilized

    Task force seeks more nuanced information PORTLAND — The group studying school facilities received a preliminary report on building capacities Monday night that suggests most schools are under capacity. However, members of the Comprehensive Use and Facilities Ta...

    Randy Billings • News •
    Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 6:49 am
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