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South Portland moves closer to Knightville traffic study

SOUTH PORTLAND — Frustrated residents were placated Monday when the City Council agreed that a comprehensive traffic study is the best route toward resolving traffic and parking issues in Knightville. Discord began two years ago, when angled parking and one-way northbound traffic was created on the section of Ocean Street between E and D streets after […]

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We Love To Eat: 1/15/2015

Community meal – Thursday, Jan. 15, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Smothered beef, $5. Public chowder luncheon – Friday, Jan. 16, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of haddock chowder with crackers, or lobster roll lunch with chips, $8; cup of chowder, $5. Combination lobster roll […]

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Arts Calendar: 1/15/2015

Theater Saturdays, Jan. 17, 24, 31 “Play Me a Story: Frozen Fables,” presented by Portland Stage Theater for Kids, 10:30 a.m. Portland Stage Company, 25AForest Avenue. Theater workshop, performance. $15 one child with adult. www.portlandstage.org or email [email protected]. Saturday, Jan. 17 “Sister Act,” presented by Portland Ovations, 3 and 8 p.m., Merrill Auditorium, Portland. www.PortTIX.com […]

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Seniors settle in again

The local group, spending the winter at a Gorham church, hopes to return to the newly redone Little Falls Activity Center by spring. Members of the well-traveled Lakes Region Senior Center are comfy in their temporary winter quarters in a North Gorham Church, but will have to pack it up again in about 10 weeks. […]

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Seniors settle in again

The local group, spending the winter at a Gorham church, hopes to return to the newly redone Little Falls Activity Center by spring. Members of the well-traveled Lakes Region Senior Center are comfy in their temporary winter quarters in a North Gorham Church, but will have to pack it up again in about 10 weeks. […]

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Gorham Notes: 1/15/2015

Gorham reps named to committee positions Gorham Democratice state Rep. Andrew McLean has been appointed House chairman of the Transportation Committee, according to a press release from the House Democratic Majority Office. He previously served as a member of the committee, which oversees policy relating to the Department of Transportation, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles […]

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Packed Saccarappa school faces expansion questions

With Saccarappa Elementary School over capacity and growing, Westbrook school officials have launched a campaign for a renovation project that would be funded entirely by city taxpayers. The work began Monday, when 40 residents and School Committee members gathered in the “cafegymitorium” of Saccarappa for an informational meeting. The room, built with the rest of […]