South Portland moves toward tobacco ban at beaches, parks
In other South Portland business ...South Portland city councilors on Monday night also:
• Approved a proposal to allow a group of Willard Square residents to close parts of Preble, Willow, Thompson and Lowell streets on July 16 for "WillardFest," which organizers say will feature music, games, food and crafts.
• Allowed City Manager Jim Gailey to apply for a $100,000 grant to fund the rehabilitation of the exterior of the former Maine National Guard Armory. The outlay will be matched by $100,000 in revenue from the Hannaford Tax-Increment Finance Zone.
• Approved a zoning change requested by the South Portland Housing Authority to expand the higher-density residential zone made for the Ridgeland Estates to a neighboring property at 0 Huntress Avenue. The SPHA plans to build a 44-unit affordable housing complex for senior citizens.
• Approved a plan to close the portions of Waterman Drive and Ocean Street closest to Thomas Knight Park from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. to accommodate the upcoming Farmers' Market , which will run this year from July 14 until no later than Thanksgiving.
• Approved spending $57,000 on iPads for a pilot program to provide tablet computers to half the sixth-graders at Mahoney Middle School, and the purchase of 23 SmartBoards for use throughout the school district at a cost of nearly $103,000.
— Mario Moretto SOUTH PORTLAND — Smoke 'em if you must – but not in any of South Portland's public parks and beaches. Councilors on Monday took preliminary action to impose a ban on tobacco products at or within 25 feet of all parks, beaches and other outdoor recreation facilities owned or maintained by the city. People found in violation of the ordinance could be fined up to $500. The ordinance was crafted and promoted – with the help of Mayor Rosemarie De Angelis – by members of South Portland High School's Interact Club, who told councilors why the ban is necessary. "When people go outside, we want to make sure they can enjoy Maine's fresh air," said Conor Beck, a junior at SPHS. "I've gone to Willard beach and had my time disrupted by someone passing by who smokes. You can try not to breathe for a second, but I think I have the right to not suffer the health consequences of second-hand smoke." The students displayed a plastic jug full of 1,011 cigarette butts they said they collected in about an hour at Willard Beach.
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Approved spending $57000 on iPads for a pilot program to provide tablet computers to half the sixth-graders at Mahoney Middle School, and the purchase of 23 SmartBoards for use throughout the school district at a cost of nearly $103000.
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ASBURY PARK — With school board president Remond Palmer and his new board attorneys, Schwartz Simon Edelstein Celso of Morristown, finally in power, a legal battle is developing between the board majority and the state Department of Education,
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School is out for the summer for nearly all Whatcom County schools. And for dozens of teachers and school district employees across the county, school is out forever.
Below is a brief look at a handful of longtime employees who are retiring from Whatcom County's public school districts.
Gayle O'Malley - She has been with Bellingham School District for 44 years, her entire teaching career. She started in the district in 1967, and in 1969 joined Columbia Elementary School, where she has taught ever since. She originally taught elementary special education, then taught second grade. For the past 23 years, she has taught first grade.
Susan Peterson - She was with Bellingham School District her entire 41-year, public-education career when she retired in October 2010. She began in Bellingham in 1969 as a kindergarten teacher at Birchwood Elementary. During her four decades, she taught both elementary and middle school students, and was principal of Lowell Elementary from 1993 through 2002. Her final position with the district was director of federal and special programs.
Aileen Cleary - The Bellingham High principal secretary is leaving the school district after 39 years. She has also worked as the secretary at Alderwood and Larrabee elementary schools and as the principal secretary at Sehome High. She was named Classified Staff Member of the Year by the Washington Education Association in 1983, and in 1995 she received the Christa McAuliffe Award for her volunteer participation. She was president of the Bellingham Association of School Employees 10 times.
Richard Long - He has been with Bellingham School District for the last 30 years, after receiving his bachelor's and master's degrees from Western Washington University. Long started in 1981 as a special education teacher at Shuksan Middle School. The next year he transferred to Parkview Elementary, where he worked as a special education teacher through 1996, at which point he transferred to Carl Cozier Elementary. He taught second and third grade there until his retirement.
Judy McCourt - She has been with Meridian School District for 38 years. She was a sixth-grade teacher at Meridian Middle School, a counselor at Irene Reither Primary School, the district's extended learning coordinator, a student learning plan coordinator for the Meridian Parent Partnership Program, and she taught certification courses to other educators.
Donald "Don" Lotze - He has been with Blaine School District since 1983, teaching science at Blaine High. That is only about half of his teaching career, which spans 40 years and includes time teaching in Nigeria and China.
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