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and the Marada Adams School. Jack was found to be contaminated with mold, and was closed and demolished. Its students were relocated to other city schools pending the construction of a unified East End School to replace both Jack and Adams. The East End School opened to students in
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553:"Greater Portland Landmarks - The Portland Observatory"
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540:Insiders' Guide to Portland, Maine
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893:. New York: Macmillan.
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