After years of hearing concerns from local fishermen, Brunswick is considering a piecemeal approach to a pesticide ordinance. On March 3, the public will have a chance to voice their stance.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Trump’s order halting offshore wind disrupts Maine’s efforts to build an industry
Commercial-scale leases in the Gulf of Maine, a state research project and plans for a turbine-assembly port will be affected by one of the new president’s first executive orders.
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Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
Celebrity book signing at Biddeford library to benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
This is a story where community crosses all kinds of lines and partnerships are formed to benefit the greater good; a story that could only take place in New England, which often feels like a small town itself. Biddeford resident Jessica Johnson has been continuing her mother Dorothy’s legacy and honoring her wishes since 2002. […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
Business students develop marketing plans for Biddeford-based buoyancy manufacturer
The University of New England, with a campus in Biddeford, has for the second year partnered with DeepWater Buoyancy — a Biddeford-based manufacturer of subsea buoyancy products used in offshore energy, oceanographic research, and other industries — to provide students in its burgeoning College of Business with hands-on, global marketing experiences, according to a university […]
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
A Window on the Past: Albert J. McLean of South Portland Heights and Thornton Heights
Well known in South Portland in the early 1900s, Albert J. McLean was born in Richmond, Quebec, in 1861. After his mother died in 1879 and his father in 1882, McLean immigrated to the United States in 1883, arriving in the Portland area about 1887. In his first appearances in local directories, about 1889, McLean […]
Posted inBoys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Sports, Travis Lazarczyk, Varsity Maine
High school basketball classification proposal is a winner
The plan reviewed by the MPA’s classification committee last week should be given a chance, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine, News
Maine’s only Cracker Barrel closes in South Portland
The Southern-style comfort food chain had a location on Maine Mall Road for nearly 15 years.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Elon Musk’s straight-arm gesture embraced by right-wing extremists, regardless of what he meant
Many social media users noticed that the gesture looked like a Nazi salute, and Musk only fanned the flames by not explicitly denying those claims.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
Craft beer shop Brew England opens in Biddeford
The store specializes in Maine and New England beers.
Posted inNation & World
Frigid storm drops rare snow on Houston and New Orleans as Florida readies plows in the Panhandle
As heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain hit parts of the Deep South, a blast of Arctic air plunged much of the Midwest and the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.