CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Approximately 20 people came out Monday for the first of two Department of Marine Resources aquaculture hearings on a three-year experimental lease of waters off the coast of Chebeague and Jewell islands for two kelp farms. After the hearings, the DMR has 60 days to decide whether to grant the leases. The […]

PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday approved a plan to restrict parking on three one-way streets on the peninsula. Parking along Crescent, Dow and Gilman streets will be restricted to the right-hand side Public Services Director Michael Bobinsky said the changes are needed along the narrow, one-way streets to aid snow plowing. Bobinsky said […]

PORTLAND — Operators of the Amtrak Downeaster must look elsewhere for $20 million to fund projects associated with its northbound expansion to Brunswick. The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority applied in October for federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grants to help fund three projects, totalling $25 million. But when the grants were announced […]