Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen and other ventures help cut the commercial vacancy rate to 12.6 percent.
2011
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Pingree, Sussman wed
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, married S. Donald Sussman, a Wall Street financier and philanthropist, Saturday in a private ceremony at the couple’s home in North Haven, according to her office. The Rev. Dave Macy, the island minister, performed the wedding ceremony. The topic of Pingree’s engagement to Sussman became public fodder during the 2010 […]
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Gwilym, Rapolla top athletes
PORTLAND – They didn’t plan it, because they hadn’t met until Sunday afternoon, but Mia Rapolla’s blouse and Peter Gwilym’s purple tie complemented each other perfectly when they posed for photographs as the Maine high school Athletes of the Year. In similar fashion, both competed in high school sports outside their area of greatest accomplishment, […]
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Chelsea to vote after official’s arrest
Residents will choose between a fresh face and a native to replace an accused selectman.
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Still in the dark aboutRam Island Ledge Light
What inspires a brain surgeon, who lives in a house in the woods and reportedly doesn’t even own a boat, to plunk down $190,000 at auction for a lighthouse in Portland Harbor?
Dr. Jeffrey Florman has the answer, but nine months after he placed the winning bid, he’s keeping a low public profile.
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School district to provide free lunches over summer
OAKLAND – Classes will soon be out in Regional School Unit 18, but lunch will still be served. For the second summer, the district will provide free lunch to kids 18 and younger from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, from June 27 through Aug. 12, at Williams Elementary School. Janice Moreau, RSU […]
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Park ranger takes care of stuff postcards don’t show
Maine at Work: On the upside, the Fort Williams Park job involves talking with visitors from around the world.
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People & EntertainmentMiss California wins Miss USA crown
LAS VEGAS — A 21-year-old auburn-haired California girl has won the Miss USA crown in Las Vegas and will represent the nation in this year’s Miss Universe pageant. Alyssa Campanella of Los Angeles topped a field of 51 to take the title Sunday night at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Campanella won after strutting […]
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Minister is voice for prisoners’ families
Stan Moody says families of prisoners are often seen as co-conspirators in their relatives’ crimes.
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Floodwaters rise in northern Missouri counties
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Several levees in northern Missouri were failing Sunday to hold back the surge of water being released from upstream dams. Authorities said water began pouring over levees Saturday night and Sunday morning in Holt and Atchison counties, flooding farmland and numerous homes and cabins. A hole in the side of a […]