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Legislator, ACLU: Maine's medical marijuana law falls short

FALMOUTH — Maine's medical marijuana law does not cover individuals who hope to use the drug for mental health or psychological disorders, but a bill to be introduced in the state Legislature by Rep. Mark Dion could change that. In a press conference Monday, Dion, a Portland Democrat...

Amber Cronin • News •
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 11:10 am

Tweaks fail to appease critics of Munjoy Hill theater proposal in Portland

PORTLAND — Nearly 100 people jammed a public meeting at East End Community School Monday to discuss plans for a 400-seat theater that would adjoin the St. Lawrence Arts Center on Munjoy Hill.

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 11:00 am

Homeless student transportation strains school budgets

PORTLAND — It's a scene vividly described last month by South Portland School Superintendent Suzanne Godin. "If you go out on I-295 between 7 and 7:15 a.m., you will see lines of school buses heading north," Godin said during a joint workshop of city councilors and school board membe...

David Harry • News •
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 10:20 am

Portland-Auburn passenger rail is subject of meeting

PORTLAND — The public will get a chance to learn more about a proposed Portland-to-Auburn passenger train line at a meeting Wednesday afternoon. Sponsored by the Maine Rail Transit Coalition and the Sierra Club of Maine, the meeting will focus on the long-studied transit link that wo...

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 8:00 am

Community Calendar: Dec. 12-23

Greater Portland Benefits Greely Hockey Boosters, raffle fundraiser, drawing Jan.1 at Dudley Cup Tournament, tickets $10 each or 3 for $20, 831-9014. Bulletin Board

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

People and Business

Awards

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Portland Meetings: Dec. 12-18

Wed.    12/12    5 p.m.    Historic Preservation    CH

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Portland School Notebook

Three Maine schools nominated for national distinction AUGUSTA—The Maine Department of Education nominated three schools to be 2013 National Blue Ribbon Schools: Longfellow Elementary School in Portland, Williams-Cone Elementary School in Topsham and Yarmouth El...

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Portland Police Beat: Dec. 12

Arrests 12/2 at 12 a.m. Kevin A. Maguire, 48, of Portland, was arrested on Oxford Street by Officer Thomas Reagan on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 12/2 at 8 a.m. Kirk Carlson, 48, of Old Orchard Beach, was arrested on Congress Street...

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Lillian Keating Peterson, 94

PORTLAND—Lillian Keating Peterson, 94, died Dec. 3 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice in Scarborough, surrounded by her family.

Obituaries •
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
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