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Superintendent's Notebook: Tackling real-world problems makes learning come alive

When an eighth-grader sends you a hand-written letter asking you to donate blood, how can you refuse? Lyman Moore Middle School students used that brilliant strategy to recruit donors for a blood drive on Feb. 7. Moore’s eighth grade has spent the past several weeks learning about bl...

Emmanuel Caulk • Opinion •
Monday, February 18, 2013 at 11:20 am

Letter: Portland election a model for Maine

I am delighted to see that Will Graff is continuing to report on the important issue of ranked-choice voting as it is taken up by the Legisl...

• Opinion •
Monday, February 18, 2013 at 9:00 am

Letter: Beem is wrong about health-care competition

In his column "Nothing healthy about health insurance," Edgar Allem Beem pontificates that "health care, like education, ...

• Opinion •
Monday, February 18, 2013 at 8:40 am

Editorial: Information doesn't kill people

Every document and every meeting at all levels of Maine government – state, county and municipal – are public unless there is a specific exception written in statute that shields the document or makes a meeting confidential. If there’s no exception, the public h...

• Opinion •
Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 10:20 am

High Street traffic disrupted by sewer collapse

PORTLAND — The left lane of High Street between Spring and Congress streets is closed due to a sewer line collapse below the street. Portland Director of Communications Nicole Clegg made no estimate on when repairs might be completed, but advised commutors to seek alternate routes to...

News •
Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 11:50 am

Portland man arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot school kids

PORTLAND — Police arrested a Portland man Feb. 13 after he allegedly harassed and threatened to shoot a group of children on the playground at Reiche Community School. Police said Derek Weeks, 32, was on the school grounds at 166 Brackett St. with his own child at about 3 p.m. w...

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Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 7:50 am

U.S. Senate confirms appointment of Cape Elizabeth lawyer to federal bench

PORTLAND — The appointment of lawyer and Cape Elizabeth resident William Kayatta Jr. to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit in Boston won overwhelming U.S. Senate approval Wednesday afternoon. Independent Maine Sen. Angus King and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, were a...

David Harry • News •
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 4:20 pm

Falmouth man arrested in big cocaine bust

PORTLAND — A Falmouth man and his live-in girlfriend were arrested last week in what the state Drug Enforcement Agency called one of the largest cocaine seizures in recent memory. Adam White, 26, of Rockaway Drive, Falmouth, was charged with two counts of aggravated trafficking of co...

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 1:40 pm

Portland Sports Roundup

207Lacrosse announces March/April programs 207Lacrosse is offering several programs in March and April at the Riverside Athletic Center. Mondays and Thursdays at 5 p.m., Speed, Agility and Quickness Training. Mondays from 6 to 8, girls' high school elite league. Tuesdays at 5, boys' next...

Sports •
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Icelandic freight company to operate at Portland terminal

PORTLAND — An Icelandic shipping company has signed a contract to begin operations the International Marine Terminal, Gov. Paul LePage announced in a press release Tuesday. The company, Eimskip, operates a fleet of 16 cargo ships in the North Atlantic and will make port at the termin...

• News •
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 1:40 pm
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