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News in Portland

Albert F. Baldi, 80: Loved to volunteer

SOUTH PORTLAND — Albert F. Baldi, 80, of South Portland and formerly of Peaks Island, died Dec. 22 at his home, after a long illness. He was the husband of Judith (Kirk) Baldi. He was born in Chicago on Feb. 26, 1932, the son of the late Albert and Mary (Panozo) Baldi. He graduated f...

Jane Flint, 90

YARMOUTH — Jane (McCue) Flint, 90, died in her Yarmouth home on Dec. 23. She was born on July 19, 1922, in Portland, and was the second of three daughters born to Helen McLaughlin McCue and Jack Bernard McCue. Flint graduated from high school and secretarial school in Portland and wa...

Under close scrutiny, Maine school kitchens get passing grades

PORTLAND — One in six Americans – about 48 million people – get sick from foodborne diseases every year. Worse, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die. The most vulnerable population: children. Those statistics, the latest available from the U.S. Centers ...

Portland School Notebook

Destination: Toys Students from St. Brigid Catholic School, at 695 Stevens Ave. in Portland, recently helped fill Greater Portland METRO's Toy Bus with more than 800 donated toys, books and other gifts for children in need this holiday season. The bus also made stops Dec. 12 to pick up ...

Portland Police Beat: Dec. 26

Arrests 12/14 at 3 a.m. Wesley I. St. Pierre, 31, of Kittery Point, was arrested on Park Avenue by Officer Paul King on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and unlawful possession of scheduled drugs. 12/14 at 8 a.m. Kevin C. Young, 46, of Holli...

People and Business

Awards Christine Bearce, the physical education teacher and assistant principal at Longfellow Elementary School in Portland, has received the highest award for leadership given by the Maine Association for Health, Physical Education, Recre...

Annie Margaret Northrup, 85: Traveled widely, loved to sing

PORTLAND — Annie Margaret Northrup, 85, of Portland, died Dec. 16, after a long illness. She was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, on March 29,1927, the daughter of Cecilia (Curry) McInnis and Francis Walter McInnis.  A...

Canco Woods purchase finalized in Portland

PORTLAND — Canco Woods, the nearly 13-acre urban woodland near Canco Road and Read Street, has been purchased by the city and will be preserved as open space. A neighborhood group, Friends of Canco Woo...

King looks forward to next session of U.S. Senate

BRUNSWICK — Thirty down, 69 to go. Angus King has his work cut out for him. As you might expect, since his election to the U.S. Senate in November, King has been a busy guy. Last week, the former two-term, independent governor of Maine was counting up the number of other U.S. ...

Annual vigil marks heartbreaking year for Portland's homeless

PORTLAND — Friends and supporters of the city's homeless population gathered on the longest night of the year last Friday to read, one by one, the first names and last initials of the 30 Portland-area homeless people who died this year. This was one of the hardest years on record for...