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2011
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Portland council nominates Finnigan as acting city manager
PORTLAND — The City Council on Wednesday, Jan. 16, will vote to appoint Assistant City Manager Patricia Finnigan as the acting city manager. Finnigan, who started as assistant manager in 2007 after being Auburn’s city manager for 13 years, will take over from City Manager Joe Gray, whose previously announced retirement is effective Feb. 11. […]
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South Portland power project sparks interest
SOUTH PORTLAND – With the New Year just begun, Erik Carson, assistant South Portland city manager and economic development director, is putting the final touches on a progress report about creating a municipal energy company. “What we are trying to do is establish a South Portland energy company to supply resident, business and industrial users […]
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Fairchild to cut 120 staffers in South Portland
A spokeswoman says the decision to cut staff was made by local managers after an evaluation of the plant’s expected 2011 output.
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Consent decree filed against Portland Shellfish
Meat at its plants was found to be contaminated by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenese, which causes listeriorsis, a potentially fatal disease.
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Brunswick legislators to hold office hours
BRUNSWICK — Local legislators will hold office hours at the Little Dog Coffee Shop on Maine Street from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 8. People can speak with Brunswick Democrats Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, Rep. Charlie Priest and Rep. Alex Cornell du Houx, and Rep. Peter Kent, D-Woolwich, before the 125th Legislature convenes in Augusta. […]
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Scarborough police log – 1/6
Arrests Dec. 29 A juvenile, 17, at Mussey Road and Gorham Road on charges of operating a vehicle without a license. Dec. 31 Erin Noelle Crommie, 34, of Scarborough, on Payne Road on a charge of operating under the influence. Jan. 1 Kristopher D. Burgess, 24, of Westbrook, at Gorham Road and New Road on […]
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Finnigan selected as Portland’s acting manager
Patricia Finnigan, Portland’s assistant manager, will become acting manager next month.
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Harpswell eyes proposed budget of more than $4M
Initial committee changes to budget requests in Harpswell showed little overall increase in the municipal budget this year. Treasurer Marguerite Kelly said an overall increase of nearly $39,000 resulted in an LD1-compliant budget with about a 2 percent increase in salaries, meeting the Board of Selectmen’s two requests to the committee. Kelly said municipal department […]
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Bank robber nabbed in South Portland after two-year investigation
SOUTH PORTLAND – South Portland police have solved what Sgt. Steve Webster called the only unsolved bank robbery in South Portland in recent years. On Jan. 5 police arrested 29-year-old Michael LaFollette of Portland in connection to the Nov. 9, 2009 bank robbery of the Gorham Savings Bank on Gorham Road in the west side […]