The developer who created the Gateway Shoppes project anchored around the newly opened Cabela’s has announced two new planned developments in Scarborough, one of which could become home to South Portland’s Fairchild Semiconductor. Connecticut-based developer Gene Beaudoin said he has submitted plans for preliminary review by the Scarborough Planning Board for Phase 2 of the […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of June 20, 2008
The developer who created the Gateway Shoppes project anchored around the newly opened Cabela’s has announced two new planned developments in Scarborough, one of which could become home to South Portland’s Fairchild Semiconductor. Connecticut-based developer Gene Beaudoin said he has submitted plans for preliminary review by the Scarborough Planning Board for Phase 2 of the […]
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Current calendar – 6/19
Thursday, June 20 South Portland Summer Farmers Market, 3-7 p.m., on Hinckley Drive next to Mill Creek Park. 799-7743 or [email protected]. Friday, June 21 The Farmers Market at the Maine Mall, 2-6 p.m., at the Maine Mall, center court. Food demonstration, jamming. Friends of Scarborough Library used book sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 48 Gorham Road, […]
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Petition submitted to block tar sands
SOUTH PORTLAND – A South Portland citizens group has submitted more than four times the signatures needed to put an ordinance on the November ballot that promises to block export of so-called “tar sands” oil from the Portland Pipe Line terminal fronting Casco Bay. Concerned Citizens of South Portland submitted 3,779 signatures to City Clerk […]
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Cape Elizabeth to consider vendors at Fort Williams
CAPE ELIZABETH – Anyone who thinks the advent of food vendors these past two summers has violated the sanctity of Fort Williams Park may want to make time to attend the July 8 meeting of the Cape Elizabeth Town Council. At that session, a public hearing will be held that promises to pit the town […]
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Grieving Scarborough family speaks out
SCARBOROUGH – Ashley Johnston was, her friends say, their rock – that particular person each and every one of them could always count on to be there with a smile, a small gift, or a bit of sass – whatever it took to pry them out of their doldrums. But on May 24, at the […]
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EDITORIAL: Small businesses need support of communities
June 17-21 is National Small Business Week, an observance first marked 50 years ago by President John F. Kennedy. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration – the agency led by Maine resident Karen Mills – half of the American workforce either owns or is employed by one of the country’s 28 million small businesses. […]
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State cuts raise Cape tax bills
CAPE ELIZABETH – While South Portland was able to incorporate the impact of the biennial state budget into its municipal spending plans, annual budgets in Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth already were set by the time the state Legislature completed its work last week. Neither town had incorporated cuts in state revenue sharing into its budgeting […]
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South Portland sets $88.93M budget
SOUTH PORTLAND – Just in time for the July 1 start of the new fiscal year, the South Portland City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve an $88.93 million spending plan that is expected to drive local property taxes up 2.12 percent. After other revenues, the need from taxes will rise $1.17 million, or 2.1 […]
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South Portland sets $88.93M budget
SOUTH PORTLAND – Just in time for the July 1 start of the new fiscal year, the South Portland City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve an $88.93 million spending plan that is expected to drive local property taxes up 2.12 percent. After other revenues, the need from taxes will rise $1.17 million, or 2.1 […]