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By -- In a normal year, we would tell you who we support for office and let you to decide if there was anyone you wanted to vote against. But this is not a normal year.

By KELLEY BOUCHARD Staff Writer -- A Portland School Committee member wants to give parents the power to keep their children from participating in a controversial new plan to make prescription birth control available to students at King Middle School.

By KELLEY BOUCHARD Staff Writer Five candidates are running for two at-large seats on the Portland School Committee in the Nov. 6 election.

By KELLEY BOUCHARD Staff Writer In her new role as interim superintendent, Jeanne Whynot-Vickers says she plans to restore financial security and public trust in Portland schools, and she knows she can't do it alone.