BRUNSWICK — Nearly two years after a fire destroyed the Unitarian Universalist Church, the congregation has been authorized to rebuild on Pleasant Street. The Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously approved the church’s application for a nearly 8,700-square-foot building at 15 Pleasant St. and 5 Middle St. The board also unanimously approved the church’s request to demolish […]
2013
Posted inLife & Culture, News
Portland Children’s Film Festival selects 28 student films
In all, 49 films produced by160 Portland area students were submitted to the festival for consideration.
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Posted inBusiness, News
Portland business continues fight over paper mill case
A Portland company led by energy consultant Richard Silkman says the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s market manipulation case against Rumford Paper Co. “will not hold up to scrutiny in a fair, judicial setting.”
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Health-care costs add to SAD 75 tax bite
HARPSWELL — A larger-than-expected hike in health insurance costs has increased the total proposed tax increase in School Administrative District 75 to nearly $720,000. The tax increase for the district’s four communities, to cover a gap between revenues and expenses in fiscal year 2014, was previously estimated at nearly $500,000. SAD 75 Superintendent Brad Smith […]
Posted inBusiness
Panera expands pay-what-you-want experiment
The new idea experiments with a single menu item, Turkey Chili in a Bread Bowl, available at each St. Louis-area store for whatever the customer chooses to pay.
Posted inNation & World, News
High court skeptical of federal marriage act
Justice Anthony Kennedy, often the decisive vote in close cases, joins the four more liberal justices in raising questions about denying married gay couples from receiving federal marriage benefits.
Posted inBusiness, News
Calif. city uses ‘smart’ meters to offer free Wi-Fi
The new meters send electricity and water usage reports via a wireless network, but in Santa Clara they also have a separate channel that provides free, outdoor Internet.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath turf field nears funding goal, heads to council
BATH — An artificial turf field planned for several years could become a reality this summer at the Edward J. McMann Outdoor Athletic Complex. Fields for Our Future, the group raising money to install the surface, has about $50,000 left before it reaches its $580,000 goal. Kay Beveridge, who chairs the group with Lu Lozano, […]
Posted inNews
Maine bottle redemption fraud conviction upheld
A man found guilty of redemption fraud in 2011 appealed his conviction to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Posted inThe Maine Forecast
Some snow in the forecast, sorta
Clouds are on the increase today and the sky will look quite wintry later this afternoon. Yesterday I had a several people ask about the snowstorm for today. While there is the word “snow” in the forecast, there isn’t a snowstorm on the way. One of the problems with the internet, and there are many, […]