YARMOUTH — Aging in Place will host a free workshop on economic security on Saturday, March 17. The workshop, Make a Plan While You Can, will be held at the First Parish Church at 116 Main St. from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., with a free lunch included. Presenters will discuss the basics of economic security, including food, […]
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Artist's former Freeport home, gallery now an inn, cafe
FREEPORT — While spending most of his career in construction and sales, Bill Hamlen never considered working in hospitality. But it only took a real estate listing to provide inspiration. The listing was for an 1840s farmhouse on 5 acres along Route 1, previously owned by painter Tom Crotty, who died in 2015. “I was looking […]
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In a Trump district, surging Democrat takes House race down to the wire
The outcome in Pennsylvania’s 18th District carries major implications for the president and congressional Republicans fighting to hold onto their majority in November’s midterm elections.
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Portland Planning Board to review Thompson's Point hotel plan
PORTLAND — A long-planned hotel that is part of the redevelopment of Thompson’s Point is headed for a Planning Board workshop. The workshop was supposed to be held Tuesday, but the blizzard anticipated for Tuesday and into Wednesday postponed the meeting until March 22, city spokeswoman Jessica Grondin announced Monday. The five-story, 148-room hotel will […]
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Portland poised to sell last of its Bayside properties
PORTLAND — The final parcel of city-owned Bayside land on the market since last spring could soon have a buyer. On March 6, the City Council Economic Development Committee unanimously recommended the full council approve the sale, at just less than $1.3 million, of 44 Hanover St. to local property owner and manager Tom Watson. Before […]
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Freeport's Coastal Studies for Girls lives on at Portland all-girls academy
PORTLAND — The Maine Girls’ Academy has added the marine science and leadership-based curriculum developed by the former Coastal Studies for Girls in Freeport. The Maine Girls’ Academy is investing in “strengthening (and) innovating our school,” Amy Jolly, head of the academy, said this week. With MGA’s commitment to science, technology, engineering and math – or STEM […]
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Trump fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by tweet, replaces him with CIA director
The change puts Mike Pompeo, an ardent foe of the Iran nuclear deal, in charge of U.S. diplomacy as the president decides whether to withdraw the U.S. from that agreement.
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Dick’s shares take a hit on disappointing holiday sales
The sporting goods giant’s sales fell 2 percent.
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Some say proposed Portland school budget isn’t affordable
PORTLAND — Superintendent of Schools Xavier Botana is not shy about saying that his proposed $113 million budget would “require a significant commitment from the Portland community.” During his fiscal 2019 budget presentation to the School Board last week, he said the spending measure, which represents an increase of more than $7 million, is needed to […]
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North Yarmouth forecasts 1.66% town budget bump
NORTH YARMOUTH — The proposed fiscal year 2019 municipal budget, which goes to Town Meeting for a vote April 28, is currently due to increase 1.66 percent to $2.6 million, or just less than $43,000, over this year. That number includes a nearly $337,000 assessment from Cumberland County, up about 3 percent, but does not […]