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Snow removal rules back before Portland City Council

PORTLAND — At its meeting Wednesday night, the City Council will tackle snow removal requirements and changes in an agreement to sell a Bayside property to a private developer. Among the agenda items is a proposed amendment to the city code, defining exceptions to the requirement tha...

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 12:50 pm

Fire closes Hall Elementary School in Portland for at least this week

PORTLAND — Hall Elementary School will be closed through the end of the week due to an early morning fire Monday. School officials on Tuesday said they are looking into the possibility of moving students into an alternate learning center as early as Wednesday. They said t...

Amber Cronin • News •
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 12:40 pm

Police: Suspects stole IDs, drained bank accounts, read The Forecaster

LEWISTON — A man and a woman making their way down the Eastern Seaboard are draining bank accounts by stealing identities and bank information from motor vehicles, police said. Authorities in New Jersey traced the suspects to Maine after seeing the front page of The Forecaster weekly...

Christopher Williams, Sun Journal • News •
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 9:50 am

SMCC-USM deal aims to bolster Maine’s tourism workforce

SOUTH PORTLAND — Officials from Southern Maine Community College and the University of Southern Maine hope a new agreement aligning the schools’ hospitality and tourism programs will help build the workforce in Maine’s largest industry. “This is critical to the tour...

Seth Koenig, Bangor Daily News • News •
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 9:50 am

Portland residents say another USM-area intersection needs attention

PORTLAND — Just a block away from a notoriously dangerous six-way intersection in the city's Oakdale neighborhood, another intersection is threatening drivers and pedestrians, residents say. City Councilor David Marshall and city engineers met with them Sept. 12 to discuss ways of im...

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 9:10 am

South Portland artist helps bring outdoors in at Portland memory-care facility

PORTLAND — Inspired by her grandmother's experience, a South Portland artist will bring the outdoors inside for residents of a Merrymeeting Drive memory-care facility. Francine Schrock's grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and spent time in a facility like Fallbro...

Amber Cronin • News •
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 8:50 am

Another milestone for former Adams School property on Portland's Munjoy Hill

PORTLAND — City officials and neighborhood residents fondly recalled the Marada Adams Elementary School, but said they look forward to its replacement during a Sept. 13 ceremony on Munjoy Hill. The ceremony marked the groundbreaking for a complex of 16 affordable condominiums that wi...

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 8:30 am

Portland Ice Arena reopens after renovation

PORTLAND — After a four-month renovation, the Portland Ice Arena opened for the season Saturday by treating skaters of all ages to a free afternoon on the ice. City Councilor David Marshall and City Manager Mark Rees joined children and parents at the reopening celebration. Th...

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 8:20 am

Cumberland County Fair adds free parking to traditional lures

CUMBERLAND — Free parking this year joins the list of reasons to visit the 141st year of farm-centric fun at the Cumberland County Fair. The event runs Sunday, Sept. 23, through Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Cumberland Fairgrounds on Blanchard Road. After you've parked for free, ...

Alex Lear • News •
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 8:00 am

Portland Police Beat: Sept. 19

Arrests 9/7 at 9 p.m. Megan L. Coolbroth, 37, no address listed, was arrested on Popham Street by Officer Christian Stickney on a charge of criminal trespass. 9/7 at 9 p.m. Dexter G. Lord, 32, of South Portland, was arrested in Monu...

Police Beat •
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
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