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RSU 1 budget headed to 1st of 2 public votes

BATH — Next year's Regional School Unit 1 budget goes to the first of two district-wide votes Tuesday, May 28. The $27.7 million spending plan, unanimously approved by the RSU 1 Board of Directors on May 6, will increase 6.66 percent over the current year if approved both times. ...

Alex Lear • News •
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 3:20 pm
Taking aim at cancer in Brunswick

Participants in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life at Brunswick High School parade around the school track on Friday, May 17, showing their determination to wipe out cancer. The overnight fundraiser was filled with honors for cancer victims and caregivers, and helped mark the society's 10...

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 3:00 pm

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Man rescued from water near Ocean Gateway in Portland

PORTLAND — Police, firefighters and a taxi driver rescued a man who fell into the water near Ocean Gateway marine terminal along the Portland waterfront late Tuesday night, City Hall spokeswoman Nicole Clegg said Wednesday.

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Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 10:30 am
South Portland council gets School Board financial data

SOUTH PORTLAND — The data is in, and discussions about School Board finances will continue at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 9, at a joint City Council and School Board workshop at City Hall. Financial records back to 2010 were submitted Tuesday to City Manager Jim Gailey by School Board Chair...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 9:40 am
All-day kindergarten pilot plan draws fire in Cape Elizabeth

CAPE ELIZABETH — The School Board's proposal for a full-day kindergarten pilot program in the fiscal 2014 school budget is raising concerns about fairness with some parents, who say they may as a result reject the entire budget. The program would create two full-day kindergarten sess...

Will Graff • News •
Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 9:30 am
Scarborough Council OKs muni budget, trims school spending

SCARBOROUGH — Municipal spending for fiscal year 2014 was set Wednesday night when Town Councilors approved a $70.8 million budget by a 6-1 roll call vote. The final piece of the spending plan, a $40.4 million school budget, now goes to a May 14 referendum. The school budget, in...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 9:10 am
Despite assurances, Brunswick neighbors remain uneasy about train facility

BRUNSWICK — As construction plans progress for a train layover facility between Church Road and Stanwood Street, a neighborhood group remains opposed to the development...

Dylan Martin • News •
Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 9:00 am
Bath council moves toward moratorium on strip clubs

BATH — A proposal to open a strip club in the city prompted the City Council on Wednesday to support a moratorim that temporarily prohibits licenses and permits for so-called "adult-use establishments." The council voted 6-2 for the six-month ban, which requires a second vote later t...

Alex Lear • News •
Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 8:50 am
Mid-Coast school chiefs: State report cards an 'incomplete picture' of schools

BRUNSWICK — Public schools in Brunswick, School Administrative District 75 and Regional School Unit 1 received grades ranging from A-D in a new state report card system issued Wednesday. Superintendents from each district responded with various degrees of criticism for the new gradin...

Dylan Martin • News •
Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 8:40 am
You can't get there from here: Eastern Trail connection between South Portland, Scarborough remains elusive, expensive

SCARBOROUGH — If the "Bridge Out" sign is not enough, the drop down to the Nonesuch River from where a bridge used to cross the river is a vivid reminder of the obstacles blocking the off-road linkage of the Eastern Trail to South Portland. But as a $150,000 study funded by the Maine...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 2, 2013

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RSU 1 budget headed to 1st of 2 public votes

Taking aim at cancer in Brunswick

Man rescued from water near Ocean Gateway in Portland

South Portland council gets School Board financial data

All-day kindergarten pilot plan draws fire in Cape Elizabeth

Scarborough Council OKs muni budget, trims school spending

Despite assurances, Brunswick neighbors remain uneasy about train facility

Bath council moves toward moratorium on strip clubs

Mid-Coast school chiefs: State report cards an 'incomplete picture' of schools

You can't get there from here: Eastern Trail connection between South Portland, Scarborough remains elusive, expensive

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