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  • Ted Hellier, award-winning South Portland volunteer and coach, succumbs to cancer

    SOUTH PORTLAND — In a well-traveled and colorful life, three things stood out for Edward 'Ted" Hellier. "If he wasn't talking about his kids, it was lacrosse and solar," Susan Hellier said Tuesday, one day after her husband died of cancer at age 57. After an itinerant youth th...

    David Harry • News •
    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 3:40 pm

  • Sitting in with the band in Freeport

    Seven-month-old August Martelle sits in a guitar case while musicians Craig Hensley, left, and Jeff Raymond play a contra-style song at the Freeport Farmer's Market on Friday, June 14. Last week marked the first day of the season for the weekly market, which features 20 vendors from 1-5 p.m. ever...

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    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 3:00 pm
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  • Creech finds a good fit at Scarborough High School

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    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 1:20 pm

  • S.P. council to reconsider school iPad vote

    SOUTH PORTLAND — After about 25 minutes Monday, South Portland Councilor Jerry Jalbert said he would move next Monday to reconsider the June 3 vote that blocked the purchase of iPads for city high school students. His rapid reconsideration at a council workshop did not mean a cr...

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 1:10 pm

  • Farmers market moves indoors at Maine Mall

    SOUTH PORTLAND — At least five vendors will be on hand Friday as the second iteration of a farmers market at Maine Mall opens at 2 p.m. With a unanimous Planning Board decision Tuesday approving a special exception, the market will move indoors this year to the mall center where Sant...

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 12:40 pm

  • Squabble leads to indictments against S.P. tow-company brothers

    SOUTH PORTLAND — The part owner of a towing company facing perjury charges vowed Thursday to "aggressively fight" to clear his name. Vincent Maietta, 55, of 199 Elderberry Way, and his younger brother, Robert Maietta, 48, of 56 Winding Way, were each indicted on one Class C count of ...

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 12:40 pm

  • Scarborough, South Portland budgets may face change

    SOUTH PORTLAND  — Voter approval of fiscal year education budgets in the city and Scarborough came Tuesday, but state budget developments in Augusta could cloud local financial pictures in the next few weeks. The few South Portland voters casting ballots overwhelmingly approved ...

    David Harry • News •
    Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 12:20 pm

  • Cape council discusses budget impact, blasts NIMBYism

    CAPE ELIZABETH — The property tax rate could increase by an additional 16 cents per $1,000 if the latest state budget proposal is approved. The town is predicting a net loss of $215,500 in revenue from the state, Town Manager Michael McGovern said during a Town Council meeting on Mon...

    Ben McCanna • News •
    Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 12:00 pm

  • Harpswell band brings storied musician back to conducting spotlight

    HARPSWELL — The last time Robert Modr regularly conducted a band, he was a music teacher in Europe, under contract with the U.S. Department of Defense. Now he's returning to the conductor's spotlight on the other side of the world, in Harpswell, where his new Harpswell Concert Band w...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 9:40 am

  • Brunswick voters OK school budget in narrowest vote yet

    BRUNSWICK — Voters on Tuesday approved a $35 million school budget for fiscal year 2014. The budget was approved by 735-558 vote, or 56 percent of the votes cast, the lowest show of support since the school budget referendum process began in 2008. Voter turnout was about 8 per...

    Dylan Martin • News •
    Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 9:40 am
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