Amid promises to tackle the budget, the new legislative session kicks off with meetings.
2013
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Smoking ban heads to full council
A Portland committee backs a plan to prohibit lighting up in city-owned parks and public places.
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Pirates put on a show
Portland, which will soon be losing some players to the NHL, wipes out a two-goal deficit to wallop Worcester.
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Memories of a loss spur Stags to a win
Girls’ basketball: In three overtimes, Cheverus tops Scarborough and makes up for a heartbreak.
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Freeport seeking volume knob on train whistles
Councilors vote to designate the town a quiet zone, in a step toward stopping the high-decibel blasts.
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Bulger tries to get judge booted off
– The Associated Press BOSTON – A lawyer for mobster James “Whitey” Bulger on Tuesday framed an attempt to get the presiding judge kicked off his client’s murder case as an effort to protect the court’s integrity. “I’m not really representing James Bulger,” J.W. Carney Jr. told a 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel. […]
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Boys’ Roundup: Waynflete pulls away to beat OOB
PORTLAND – Serge Nyirikamba had 25 points and 11 rebounds Tuesday to lead Waynflete to a 61-50 victory against Old Orchard Beach in a Western Maine Conference schoolboy basketball game. Paul Runyambo added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Flyers (8-1), who led 40-21 at halftime. Jack Cutler scored 12 and Max Belleau 10 […]
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Girls’ Roundup: Lakers put dent in York’s record
YORK – Tiana-Jo Carter and CeCe Hancock each scored 11 points as Lake Region handed York its first loss of the season, a 37-30 win in a Western Maine Conference girls’ basketball game Tuesday night. The Lakers (8-1) held a small lead through most of the second half in the defensive battle and pulled ahead […]
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Gorham public safety center up to voters
The latest plan would spend $6.3 million to renovate a former school to house police and fire departments.
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Steve Solloway: Hard to thaw a frosty feeling
PORTLAND – The NHL lockout is done. After 113 days, its owners and players association made peace. Victor Morrison heard the announcement and Tuesday had one of his own. “I won’t spend one dollar on the NHL this year,” said Morrison, leaving his seat behind the Portland Pirates’ bench to take a walk between periods […]