James Dlugos, of New Jersey, will take over as leader of the 100-year-old Standish school.
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Container services run into problems at Portland terminal
PORTLAND — Harry Turgeon is still waiting for the delivery of two snow tractors from Germany. The tractors are parked on a container ship that has been stranded in Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia since the shipping company that operated the vessel shut down last week.
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Container ship service runs into problems in Portland
PORTLAND — Harry Turgeon is still waiting for the delivery of two snow tractors from Germany. The tractors are parked on a container ship that has been stranded in Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia since the shipping company that operated the vessel shut down last week.
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U.S. maritime chief touts new barge design as Portland solution
PORTLAND — The nation’s top federal maritime official today said he believes that the moribund container service in Portland can be revived with the development of a new kind of hybrid vessel that the government has designed. David Matsuda, who heads the U.S. Maritime Administration, spoke about the vessel during a tour of the International […]
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Portland school district to beef up online filters
PORTLAND — Over the next two weeks, Portland’s school district will install filtering software on laptops issued to high school students, in order to block access to pornography, social networking sites and video streaming sites when the laptops are at home.
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Adults happy, teens dubious on new laws
PORTLAND — Jerrold Mason’s 16-year-old daughter, Rebecca, was killed in January in a crash in West Paris that police say involved an 18-year-old driver who had been drinking alcohol and texting with friends.
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Parents, teens say driving bill would have an immediate effect
PORTLAND — Jerrold Mason’s 16-year-old daughter, Rebecca, was killed in January in a crash in West Paris that police say involved an 18-year-old driver who had been drinking alcohol and texting with friends.
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Grieving dad: This puts ‘teeth into the law’
A West Paris man who lost his daughter in a crash involving a teen driver supports the changes.
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Report: Brewery sewage fee lapse was human error, not misconduct
An outside investigator finds no evidence that Shipyard Brewing Co. misled anyone about its use of water since 1996. Nor did he find evidence of public corruption.
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Sanctuary sought by many
PORTLAND — Just over two years ago, Alain Jean Claude Nahimana, 41, was a wealthy and influential man in Burundi, a tiny nation in central Africa. The son of the country’s former ambassador to Switzerland, he owned a public relations firm and had been a leader in the ruling political party.