High school Principal David Creech says he appreciates the outpouring of community support but offers no explanation for his decision, which follows school board approval of later starting times for classes.
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 High principal resigns suddenly amid controversy
The reason David Creech tendered his resignation Friday is unclear, but parents are linking it to a community dispute over new school start times.
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Snowies and their admirers causing problems at Portland Jetport
Driven south by the changing climate and a population boom, the owls are drawing birders who sometimes park illegally to get a good look.
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Jittery yet joyful, teen enters new stage in the life of a drag princess
Joey Harrigan, a senior at Portland High School, makes his professional debut as ‘Famine’ at a fundraiser to benefit programs to create safer schools for LGBT youths.
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Cape Elizabeth homeowners file lawsuit claiming ownership of seaside ‘paper street’
The lawsuit comes one week before the town is set to hold community meetings to try to resolve a heated neighborhood dispute over public waterfront access on an undeveloped right of way.
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Hundreds at Portland’s Martin Luther King dinner renew call to achieve his vision
A King Middle School seventh-grader energizes the crowd with her poem, and nine religious leaders arrested for protesting at Sen. Susan Collins’ office also draw cheers from the audience.
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Deep freeze may reduce some insect populations in Maine
For the tree-killing winter moth in particular, the long stretch of cold has ‘disrupted’ about half of its mating season.
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With less than a day to rebound from blizzard, Maine gets yet another arctic blast
The snow piles aren’t even dirty yet, but emergency management agencies turn their attention to temperatures well below zero.
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Fire forces evacuation of Brunswick hotel
Guests were evacuated when a bathroom vent in a first-floor room at Americas Best Value Inn caught fire, an official says.
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Record low temperatures putting strain on Mainers and their machines
Portland sets a new record low for Jan. 1.