Vandals destroy tomato plants, part of a carrot bed and an irrigation system.
2011
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Al-Jazeera invite prompts Rockland backlash
ROCKLAND — Some people are angry that an Arabic news network journalist will deliver the keynote address at a fundraiser for a museum honoring an American Revolutionary War hero in Maine. Ellen Dyer, executive director of the General Henry Knox Museum, said the museum saw an opportunity for a timely discussion of what’s going on […]
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Rotary pitches winter festival, skating shelter for South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — Mill Creek Park will be home to southern Maine’s newest winter carnival next year, if local Rotarians have anything to do with it. Dan Mooers, a volunteer from the Rotary Club of South Portland-Cape Elizabeth, pitched the idea for two days of snowy festivities to city councilors on Monday. “I really think […]
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Freeport council cans proposal for pay-per-bag trash disposal
FREEPORT — Residents will not have to purchase specific bags to dispose of trash after the Town Council on Tuesday night ended discussions about pay-per-bag pick-up. The Solid Waste and Recycling Committee has been working on a proposal since last September, after the council asked it to investigate options for reducing solid waste disposal costs. […]
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Brunswick to consider proactive fire inspections
Neighbors concerned about condition of burned building BRUNSWICK — Residents are urging the town to improve its fire inspection program, and to make the owner of a recently burned building clean it up or tear it down. Neighbors are concerned that the apartment building at 16-18 Oak St. still looks the same as it did […]
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American Legion gives unofficial Topsham war memorial a permanent home
TOPSHAM — A privately maintained war memorial has a new home after the Board of Selectmen unanimously supported moving the commemorative site from town property on Route 196 to the local American Legion post. Gordon Kinney of Tedford Road created the memorial on what was then state property, without permission from the state or town. […]
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Business buffer shot down as South Portland enacts smoking ban
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland City Council has adopted a smoking ban, deemed by at least one citizen to be “the most idiotic thing ever passed.” “You people that drove here tonight inside your cars put more pollution in my air than if I smoked 200 cartons of cigarettes,” Ray Lee told the council. […]
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Business buffer shot down as South Portland enacts smoking ban
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland City Council has adopted a smoking ban, deemed by at least one citizen to be “the most idiotic thing ever passed.” “You people that drove here tonight inside your cars put more pollution in my air than if I smoked 200 cartons of cigarettes,” Ray Lee told the council. […]
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3D images, price tag for Wentworth school plan in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH – In the months leading up to last week’s unveiling of a price tag to replace Scarborough’s Wentworth Intermediate School, the building committee’s chairman, Paul Koziell, promised over and over again it would ring up less than a similar proposal presented to voters in 2006. True to his word, the dollar figure quoted at […]
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Cape Elizabeth police log – 7/14
Summonses Tuesday, June 28 Christine Brzoska, 29, of Portland, on Ocean House Road at 12:15 a.m., for operating a motor vehicle after license suspension. Ian Raymond, 19, of South Portland, at the Purpoodock Club at 12:40 a.m., for possession of alcohol by a minor. Christopher Harle, 19, of South Portland, at the Purpoodock Club at […]