SOUTH PORTLAND – As expected the South Portland City Council has given initial approval to a moratorium that would temporarily ban a new liquid propane distribution facility from going in at the Rigby Rail Yard. In a 4-3 vote on Monday, Dec. 21, the council passed the moratorium on first reading, which now sends the […]
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Temporary ban on propane project gets initial okay in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – As expected the South Portland City Council has given initial approval to a moratorium that would temporarily ban a new liquid propane distribution facility from going in at the Rigby Rail Yard. In a 4-3 vote on Monday, Dec. 21, the council passed the moratorium on first reading, which now sends the […]
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Portland school chief search firm still unknown
PORTLAND — The School Board held a fourth executive session Tuesday in the search for a firm to help find the next superintendent of schools. The board’s superintendent search committee held executive sessions Nov. 16 and 23 to conduct interviews with the firms that reached out. On Dec. 15, the full board had an executive […]
Posted inMaine, News
Fire destroys Lebanon home; 2 occupants escape safely
Crews from several towns battled a fire that engulfed the home on Creamery Hill Road early this morning.
Posted inNation & World, News
Poll: Support for legal abortion at highest level in 2 years
Nearly six in 10 Americans – 58 percent – now think abortion should be legal in most or all cases, up from 51 percent who said so at the beginning of the year.
Posted inBusiness, On the Job
On the Job: Ice-cream seller gets in some extra licks
Robyn Parlin owns and operates Robyn’s Ice Cream, an ice cream truck she drives all over southern Maine.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. troop deaths show Afghanistan end not near
The war that President Obama had pledged to end before leaving office increasingly looks endless.
Posted inMaine, News
Snowless in southern Maine, gladness at public works departments
Savings mount and plow crews catch up on projects as the area experiences the third-latest start of the snow season in a century.
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Craft brewers: Getting hands on 16-ounce cans is one tall order
The growing demand strains Pennsylvania-based Crown Holdings, a primary supplier.
Posted inMaine, News
Central Maine project the first to receive Land for Maine’s Future funds
The central Maine project benefits after new funding is released for the land conservation program.