PORTLAND — The University of Southern Maine no longer plans to eliminate its recreation and leisure studies program, according to a statement released by university officials on Friday. Instead, the program will become part of USM’s School of Nursing until January of 2015. It is yet to be determined what will happen to the program […]
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Tickets available for annual Sea Dogs ‘Welcome Back’ dinner
PORTLAND — The annual Portland Sea Dogs ‘Welcome Back Dinner’ to benefit the Opportunity Alliance is set for Tuesday, April 1 at the Portland Expo. Tickets for the event, which begins at 5:30 p.m., are now on sale and are $20 for adults and $15 for children up to age 14. They can be purchased […]
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Red Sox: Butterfield back for seconds at third
PORTLAND — If homecomings always played out perfectly as the one Brian Butterfield experienced in 2013, life would be a lot less complex. And everybody would be doing it. Deep into a career that has occupied a portion of five different decades, having spent time with the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks and Toronto Blue […]
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Pirates get back to work, trip Sound Tigers
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The Portland Pirates won their first game after an eight-day layoff Sunday, defeating the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 4-2 behind three special teams goals. Randy Jones got the shorthanded game-winner for the Pirates, while Jordan Szwarz and Lucas Lessio each had power play tallies. Louis Domingue made 24 saves to win his second […]
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Ex-Maine coach accused of soliciting teenage fan
PORTLAND (AP) — A former assistant hockey coach for the Portland Pirates has been charged with soliciting sex from a 13-year-old fan and sending her a lewd photo. Mike Minard, 37, of Falmouth, has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of solicitation of a child to commit a prohibited act and sexual misconduct with a […]
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USM students, faculty protest proposed budget cuts, layoffs
PORTLAND — University of Southern Maine students and faculty chanted, yelled and, in one case, stretched out on the floor of the hallway outside the office of Provost Michael R. Stevenson to protest during meetings Friday morning at which 15 full-time faculty members in nine departments were laid off. The layoffs are in addition to […]
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Portland poison center is on health care’s front lines
PORTLAND — At first glance, the Northern New England Poison Center looks much like any other call center, its cubicles tucked into a nondescript building off Washington Avenue in Portland. But the posters of poisonous mushrooms and glittered skull and crossbones decorations belie the life-saving, parent-soothing work taking place under its roof. On a recent […]
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Scouts to conduct food drive
LEWISTON — The Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts of America will participate in the annual scouting for food event. The scouts in the Abnaki district will distribute door hangers with the information about the food drive on Saturday, March 22, and Sunday, March 23. They will return to the homes they left the door hangers […]
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Foes delay Portland vote on plastic foam ban, bag fee
PORTLAND (AP) — A vote on whether to ban plastic foam and assess a dime fee on paper and plastic shopping bags in Portland has been postponed because of heavy opposition from business owners and industry groups. During a public hearing at City Hall on Wednesday, opponents of the ban and the disposable bag fee […]
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Portland considers raising minimum wage
PORTLAND (AP) — The mayor of the Maine city of Portland is discussing setting a citywide wage. Mayor Michael Brennan said he will hold the first of several meetings on Thursday to examine the city having its own minimum wage. He first raised the idea during his state of the city address in January. The […]