The vote Wednesday came amid an effort to recall 3 board members and vocal support for high school Principal David Creech, who has resigned.
Kelley Bouchard
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Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, history, human rights, health and elder care, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Scarborough board, faced with opposition, approves revised school start times
The board responded to mounting objections to a pending plan that would have allowed high school students to start later but required younger students to start earlier.
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Scarborough group submits petitions seeking removal of 3 school board members
Besides the recall effort, the group hopes to pressure the superintendent to step down over her role in the resignation of high school Principal David Creech.
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Maine Maple Sunday celebrates hard work, sweet treats
Nearly 100 maple producers across Maine open their sugarhouses to the public to promote the official sweetener with a statewide economic impact of $48.7 million annually.
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Heavy recruiting shows Toys R Us workers won’t wait for new jobs
The South Portland store will likely stay open three more months, but Maine’s labor market is so tight that other retailers are already poaching its employees.
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Scarborough superintendent says she didn’t intend to infringe on students’ rights
Julie Kukenberger defends halting a student voter registration drive by saying she wanted to protect students who were feeling pressured to join an effort to unseat school board members.
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Scarborough superintendent tries to halt student voter registration drive
Senior class officers complete their effort to register 18-year-old students and sign petitions to recall 3 school board members.
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South Portland sets date to reconsider short-term rental rules
Residents continue the argument over Airbnb-style home rentals as the City Council takes action on a successful referendum petition.
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Budgets plowed under as municipalities deal with season heavy on the ice and snow
Whether paying for wages, sand or salt, costs exceed spending expectations as the wicked winter fades – and a new storm looms.
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Seeing the signs: Renowned USM professor reflects on life-changing language discovery
Decades after documenting sign language created ‘out of nothing’ in Nicaragua, Judy Shepard-Kegl firmly believes she was right not to influence it.