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Deqa Dhalac was formally seated Monday as the top elected leader of Maine's fourth largest city.

Dhalac was first elected to the South Portland City Council three years ago, but has long worked in community-building roles: as an activist, social worker, and currently, as the family engagement and cultural responsiveness specialist for the Maine Department of Education.

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine official who is believed to be the first Muslim elected to the South Portland City Council is now the city's mayor. Deqa Dhalac was scheduled to become mayor of the state's fourth-largest city on Monday.

South Portland breaks ground on new middle school Construction has started on the state-funded school, which is expected to be completed in 2023. Share Future students of the new middle school in South Portland from Skillin Elementary School at the groundbreaking ceremony on June 3. They are accompanied by Michael Johanning, architect for WBRC. The school is expected to be completed in the fall of 2023.  Catherine Bart photo SOUTH PORTLAND — After 15 years of organizing and planning, construction on the new South Portland middle school has begun, with Skillin Elementary students, future a...

Simone Grimes named chief financial officer at Acadia Insurance Simone Grimes Simone Grimes has been appointed chief financial officer of Acadia Insurance in Westbrook. She succeeds Charlie Hamblen, who will retire later this year. Grimes has diverse senior leadership experience in the worlds of finance and insurance, previously working at PricewaterhouseCoopers, then as a regional vice president at a national insurance carrier and most recently serving as the deputy chief operating officer and senior strategy executive at the Federal Housing Finance Agency in Washington, DC. Eric Rasmussen ...