Greg Sargent recently wrote in the Washington Post: “For years after Deng Xiaoping’s decisive turn toward modernization in the late 1970s, U.S. business executives and diplomats supported not only opening the U.S. market to Chinese goods, but also a range of academic, cultural and even military contacts, on the theory that including China in a U.S.-led […]
2019
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Brunswick alley’s new owners hope to bowl over patrons with Tex-Mex menu
BRUNSWICK — Two residents have stepped in and added a unique twist to a historic venue, reopening a bowling alley that closed last year following almost 80 years in business. Bolos, previously the Bowling Bowl on Dunlap Street, was reopened on Jan.1 by Joe O’Neil and Michael Jerome, co-owners of the neighboring Portland Pie on Maine […]
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Scarborough Police Beat: Jan. 11
Arrests 1/1 at 3:15 p.m. Michelle L. Choate, 23, of Bradford Lane, was arrested on Bradford Lane by Officer Breagh Macaulay on a charge of violating condition of release. 1/2 at 3:13 p.m. Andrew D. Flanders, 44, of West Pownal Road, North Yarmouth, was arrested on Payne Road by Officer Ben Landry on charges of unlawful possession […]
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Southern Meetings: Jan. 11-17
Cape Elizabeth Mon. 1/14 7 p.m. Town Council TH Wed. 1/16 7 p.m. Town Council Workshop TH Thur. 1/17 6:30 p.m. Thomas Memorial Library Committee TML Thur. 1/17 7 p.m. Fort Williams Park Committee CECC Scarborough Fri. 1/11 3:30 p.m. Rules & Policies Committee MB Sat. 1/12 8 a.m. Planning Board Site Visit 5 Dorado Dr. […]
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Winter Wisdom available weekly at Brunswick library
BRUNSWICK — Midcoast Senior College for 16 years has been bridging the gap between fall and spring semesters, while feeding minds and bodies. The Wednesday afternoon Winter Wisdom program, which runs through Feb. 20, provides “an intellectual venue that people can enjoy during their luncheon breaks,” program committee member Stu Gillespie said in an interview […]
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Habitat’s Scarborough housing development nears completion
SCARBOROUGH — Three years after it started, Habitat for Humanity is wrapping up its largest project ever in greater Portland. Construction of the 13-home Carpenter Court mixed-income neighborhood Carpenter Court began in December 2015. The 20-acre parcel of land off Broadturn Road includes 15 acres of conservation land. Eight of the single-family homes are Habitat program homes, […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: Jan. 11
Arrests 1/2 at 6:48 p.m. Sheri L. Mathison, 52, of Paul Street, was arrested at Federal Street and Bath Road by Sgt. Edward Yurek on a charge of operating under the influence. 1/2 at 11:45 p.m. Bryon V. Sullivan, 46, of Old Pennellville Road, was arrested at Admiral Fitch Avenue and Pegasus Road by Officer Joshua Bernier on a charge of operating […]
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South Portland in no rush to accept Whitney Avenue
SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council Tuesday opted to “kick the can down the road” and buy more time to decide what to do with Whitney Avenue, a so-called paper street that connects Main Street and Huntress Avenue. Paper streets are roads that were laid out in subdivisions, but never built or accepted by the city as […]
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Bath Police Beat: Jan. 11
Arrests 1/4 at 1:15 a.m. Kieontae Taesuwan, 23, of Bath, was arrested on a warrant by Cpl. Garrett Olson at an undisclosed location. Summonses 12/31 Zachary Cooper, 31, of Galveston, Texas, was issued a summons by Officer John Dietlin on High Street on a charge of operating an unregistered motor vehicle more than 150 days. Fire […]
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