AUGUSTA — Harpswell, Cape Elizabeth and South Portland will be able to move forward with environmental projects after being awarded Coastal Community Planning Grants by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The department allocated nearly $167,000 to support six projects that help preserve the coastal economy and provide natural hazard prevention. Harpswell was […]
2017
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
South Portland planners OK $13M Avesta Housing project
SOUTH PORTLAND — A $13 million, 64-unit mixed-income housing project approved for Westbrook Street could be on track to have tenants move in by September 2019. The Planning Board Tuesday night unanimously approved the final plan application from Avesta Housing for the five-story, mixed-use project at 586-600 Westbrook St. Design plans include four floors of […]
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Posted inMaine, News
Accusations fly as Boothbay ruling puts botanical gardens expansion in legal limbo
The proposed $30 million expansion of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens could now be headed for a protracted court battle.
Posted inMaine
Remembering some notable Mainers who died in 2017
Related: 2017 deaths: Remembering some of our favorite celebrities Read the stories: Dahlov Ipcar Daniel G. Lilley Robert Pirsig Dr. Henry F. Ryan Frank Anicetti DeWitt Hardy Dick MacPherson Alan Hutchinson Ed Phillips Dave Cloutier Linda Abromson
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Fatal blaze in Lebanon was arson, police say
A man’s body was found Wednesday inside the 2-story home.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Home sales rise 11.5% in Maine
November’s median price increased 4.2% to $200,000 from the same month in 2016.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Sen. Collins says votes promised on bills to stabilize ACA won’t happen until 2018
She had said passage of the two bills was critical to her supporting tax reform, so she’s ‘not happy’ that her party won’t take them up this year. Critics say ‘she got played, or … (is) playing us.’
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Cannabis Report, News
Scant crowd weighs in on Old Orchard Beach retail pot ban
That measure, or a moratorium, is likely to come before councilors in January.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Brunswick Town Council votes to discontinue Pine Street
BRUNSWICK — The Town Council voted to discontinue a portion of Pine Street to make way for Bowdoin College’s construction of a 9,000-square-foot athletic facility. The Dec. 18 vote was 7-1, with Councilor Steven Walker opposed and Councilor John Perrault absent. The action came after the council held a Nov. 20 public hearing to discuss the […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Brunswick Town Council votes to discontinue Pine Street
BRUNSWICK — The Town Council voted to discontinue a portion of Pine Street to make way for Bowdoin College’s construction of a 9,000-square-foot athletic facility. The Dec. 18 vote was 7-1, with Councilor Steven Walker opposed and Councilor John Perrault absent. The action came after the council held a Nov. 20 public hearing to discuss the […]