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Shoppers Help Stock Good Shepherd Food Bank

They were stuffing trucks Saturday for the Good Shepherd Food Bank. The trucks were loaded at the Maine Mall in South Portland.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

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South Portland School Board appointment raises questions about oversight, superintendent's role

The South Portland City Council appointed Jerald McQueeney to the District 3 School Board seat on Monday night.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Forecaster

South Portland councilors fired up about wood-to-energy power plant

SOUTH PORTLAND a ' A trip to Vermont by two city councilors seems to have swayed their support for a wood-fueled power plant near Rigby Yard.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Modesto Bee

Fort Carson honors 15 troops killed in Afghanistan

Fort Carson paid somber tribute Wednesday to 15 of its soldiers killed in Afghanistan last month, the worst single month for combat deaths the post has endured since the Vietnam War.

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Few drivers comment on plan to close turnpike entrance in Falmouth

The Maine Turnpike Authority plans to close the northbound on-ramp from the Falmouth spur at Exit 52 for a year during reconstruction of a bridge that spans the Presumscot River.Bob Driscoll, of project designer HNTB Corp.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

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Superintendent's Notebook: Budget season begins early for Portland schools

Superintendent's Notebook: Budget season begins early for Portland schools Published: Nov 16, 2009 12:00 pm - By James C. Morse Sr.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

MaineToday

Discounters crop up near Maine Mall

The recession is changing the face of the Maine Mall, the state's major shopping mecca.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Fluoride News Tracker

South Portland Cape Elizabeth NextSentry: Worth the wait: Promise of...

South Portland Cape Elizabeth NextSentry: Worth the wait: Promise of free dental treatment draws hundreds to area clinics Promise of free dental treatment draws hundreds to area clinics : "A lot of people a oeopened widea in southern Maine last Friday.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Forecaster

Crowd honors veterans at military museum's new South Portland annex

Lee Humiston, center, speaks with Maj. Gen. John Libby, left, World War II veteran Arthur Mills and Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war Charlie Crafts, far right, in South Portland on Tuesday night.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Forecaster

Police seek help catching man who robbed South Portland bank

Police are asking for help identifying this man, seen in a surveillance video, who allegedly robbed the Gorham Savings Bank in South Portland on Monday afternoon.

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Recount reaffirms Livingston the winner of South Portland School Board race

Ballots were hand-counted at City Hall in South Portland. SOUTH PORTLAND a ' A recount of the Nov.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Seattle Times

E.J. Dionne / Syndicated columnist | Disrupting the Tea Party: Why...

Here's a story you may have missed because it flies in the face of the dreary conventional wisdom: When advocates of public programs take on the right-wing anti-government crowd directly, the government-haters lose.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

Cryptomundo

If We Build It, They Will Come

Loren Coleman on November 2nd, 2009 People did come. What a day! What a success! Yesterday, after getting up at some incredibly post-setting-the-clocks-back time, I went downtown to finish the placing of the diorama in the front window of the International Cryptozoology Museum.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Forecaster

Pact with South Portland firefighters contains no-layoff clause,...

Published: Nov 05, 2009 6:10 am - By Randy Billings SOUTH PORTLAND a ' The City Council on Monday night unanimously approved a two-year contract with firefighters, who will not receive across-the-board raises, but gained a no-layoff clause.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

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South Portland Police Beat: Nov. 5

10/29 at 10:26 p.m. Pressley Neil, 41, was arrested on a warrant on Anthoine Street by Officer Jeffrey Pooler.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

WBUR-AM Boston

Gay Marriage Backers Vow To Keep Up Fight In Maine

Supporters of a gay marriage law rejected by voters took heart Wednesday in the 47 percent they received in a referendum that drew a turnout close to what's seen in a presidential election year.

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WCSH 6 Portland

South Portland Parents Hit The Streets

Its smack dab in the middle of four of the busiest roads in South Portland, and for years parents say students at Brown Elementary School have taken their lives in their hands going to and from school.

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Boston.com

Voters in Maine city reject dog ban at beach

Pet owners in South Portland can continue taking their dogs to a local beach after voters rejected a proposal that would have banned dogs there for much of the year.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

WCSH-TV Portland

Share Willard Beach Holds "Howloween" Campaign Event

Saturday was Howl-o-ween for dogs and their owners at Willard Beach in South Portland.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

WCSH-TV Portland

Final Push On Question One

More than one hundred No On One volunteers gathered in a basement on Commercial Street Saturday morning to prepare for a long day.

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