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  • School budget cuts will be Scarborough Town Council's call

    SCARBOROUGH — As he prepared for Thursday night's special School Board meeting, Finance Committee Chairman Chris Caiazzo said the ultimate revision of the $39 million fiscal year budget rejected by voters on May 14 will come next week from town councilors. Councilors will hold a spec...

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 10:40 am

  • Cape Elizabeth to hold forums on Greenbelt plan

    CAPE ELIZABETH — The Conservation Commission has scheduled two public forums to discuss updates to the town's Greenbelt plan. Discussion at the first meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, May 30, at Town Hall, will center around possible recommendations and goals in the n...

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    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 10:00 am
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  • Travel on new Portland-Falmouth bridge expected this year

    PORTLAND — State transportation officials Monday presented their final design for the new Martin's Point bridge, including minor aesthetic tweaks to the $23.5 million project that is under construction between Portland and Falmouth. The presentation at City Hall was the final public ...

    Will Graff • News •
    Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 9:20 am

  • RSU 5 must replace special education director

    FREEPORT — The special education director in Regional School Unit 5 is resigning to become superintendent of schools in Pittsfield, Burnham and Detroit. Dominic DePatsy, director of instructional support, was expected to resign at the RSU 5 School Board meeting Wednesday night. He is...

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    Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 8:50 am

  • Forecaster columnist Delogu honored by Maine ACLU

    PORTLAND — Orlando Delogu, a longtime professor at the University of Maine School of Law and a columnist for The Forecaster, was honored May 2 by the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine. Delogu, who was a founding member and former president of the Maine ACLU, accepted the group'...

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    Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 8:30 am

  • Citizens by choice

    Forty-five new American citizens from 21 countries and a variety of backgrounds are sworn in during a naturalization ceremony on Friday, May 3, at Portland High School. Tim Wilson, senior international advisor and director at Seeds of Peace addressed the group, touching on historical U.S. immigra...

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    Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 8:30 am

  • Eat your heart out, Tiny Tim: Ukulele craze takes southern Maine

    PORTLAND — Tiptoe through the tulips, indeed. From Peaks Island to Falmouth, in the city's library and in a city school, greater Portland-area residents are playing ukuleles in numbers that belie the instrument's small size. Last week, Ocean Avenue Elementary School received 2...

    William Hall • News •
    Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 8:00 am

  • 'I shot her': Psychiatric evaluation ordered for accused Falmouth murderer

    FALMOUTH — Thomas Leighton, 71, returned home after taking his Labrador retriever for an hour-long walk shortly before 6 p.m. on May 3, presumably to let things settle after having an argument with his 46-year-old son, Andrew. Andrew, now sitting on the front steps of the home at 19 ...

    Will Graff • News •
    Monday, May 6, 2013 at 3:50 pm

  • Advertising, circulation losses sink The Island Times

    PORTLAND — The Island Times, a 10-year-old, monthly community newspaper covering Peaks Island and other Casco Bay islands, is ceasing operation, publisher Kevin Attra announced last week. Shrinking ad revenue, distribution and readership accounted for Attra's decision to close, he wr...

    William Hall • News •
    Monday, May 6, 2013 at 3:00 pm

  • Unsung Heroes: Scarborough Alzheimer's caregivers Tim Osgood, Kelly Labbe

    SCARBOROUGH — Chances are you know someone with Alzheimer's disease. More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and one in eight older Americans has the disease. Indeed, Alzheimer’s is the only cause of death among the top 10 in the U.S. that canno...

    David Treadwell • News •
    Monday, May 6, 2013 at 2:40 pm
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