While they say rumors about several incidents led to a drop in enrollment, they admit there’s room for improvement.
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More students opt for Portland High over Deering, perceiving safety issues
Superintendent Xavier Botana attributes the enrollment shift to ‘a number of high-profile incidents.’
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Family disputes police finding of no crime in stabbing death of Portland man
The family of the 22-year-old Portland man who died of a stab wound shortly after crashing his car on Brighton Avenue said Tuesday they disagree with the police conclusion that no crime was committed. Patrick Lobor died Saturday afternoon after his car struck a vehicle that had stopped for a red light at Brighton and […]
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Former Deering athlete who died after crash had stab wound in his chest
PORTLAND — A 22-year-old man who collapsed on Brighton Avenue after crashing his car Saturday afternoon died of a stab wound to the chest, Portland police said Monday. Patrick Lobor, a former Deering High School basketball player, was driving one of three vehicles involved in a crash Saturday afternoon on Brighton Avenue. Police said Lobor […]
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Deering student sues after poetry contest says the asylum-seeker can’t participate
A Deering High School student is suing the National Endowment for the Arts because he’s banned from participating in a national poetry contest due to his immigration status. A complaint filed Wednesday on behalf of 17-year-old junior Allan Monga, an asylum-seeker from Zambia, asks that he be allowed to compete in the Poetry Out Loud […]
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Father sues Deering High principal over decision not to let his son play baseball
The father of a Deering High School sophomore has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the school’s principal has arbitrarily denied his son “the right to play varsity baseball.” The lawsuit states that Princehoward Yee, a resident of Falmouth who had been home-schooled, enrolled as a full-time student at Deering on Jan. 25 believing that […]
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Sporty hijabs encourage Muslim girls to hit field of play
In this May 24, 2017, photo Fadumo Adan, a lacrosse player at Deering High School, wears a sports hijab provided by the school during practice in Portland. Deering High School is providing sport hijabs with the goal of making Muslim girls comfortable and boosting their participation in sports. Tennis co-captains Liva Pierce and Anaise Manikunda […]
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Philip E. O’Brion
AUGUSTA — Philip “Phil” Edward O’Brion, 81, of Jay, died Saturday evening, April 1, at the Togus VA Hospital in Augusta, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Jan. 19, 1936, in Portland, the son of William E. and Bertha V. (Bean) O’Brion. He graduated in 1954 from Deering High School and following one […]
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Vivian Kaul
1935 – 2015 ORRINGTON — Vivian (Nelson) Kaul, 79, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 25, in the arms of her daughter after an extremely long battle with frontotemporal dementia. Vivian graduated from Deering High School in Portland, Class of 1953. She married Jerome C. Kaul on Aug. 29, 1957. Vivian worked as secretary, mostly […]
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Rangeley District game warden Reggie Hammond retires after 25 years
DALLAS PLANTATION — Turning off more than two decades of tenacious back-country detective work protecting Maine’s fish and wildlife resources is going to be tough for Reggie Hammond. The Maine game warden who had an uncanny knack for catching lawbreakers in his nearly 400-square-mile Rangeley District, retired on March 31 after a 25-year career. “Pretty […]