PORTLAND — Public opinion flowed for and against a proposed storm water fee Thursday, Oct. 23 at a hearing at Casco Bay High School. “I really feel you are completely out of touch. You need to stop and think about the average taxpayer,” Tess Nappi told members of the City Council Finance Committee after learning […]
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Portland city manager search committee gets proposals
PORTLAND — Whichever firm leads the search for a new city manager, it will have the comfort and confidence of the search committee led by Mayor Michael Brennan. Whether Augusta-based Eaton Peabody or Municipal Resources Inc. of Meredith, New Hampshire, gets the nod will not be determined for another month, after representatives of both firms […]
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Former Baxter School hears a new calling
FALMOUTH — To some, the former Baxter School for the Deaf might seem as remote as its island location. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. The Mackworth Island campus, once a last resort for children with hearing disabilities – and the subject of a sex abuse scandal in the 1980s – now has a […]
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7 is lucky number for Portland art museum
PORTLAND — A new exhibit will be coming to the Portland Museum of Art, and patrons won’t even have to walk through museum doors to see it. As part of First Friday Art Walk, Nov. 7, PMA officials will unveil a giant sculpted numeral in Congress Square. The outdoor sculpture, “Seven,” by Robert Indiana, will remain […]
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Spring Street plans get public preview
PORTLAND — Correcting the course on “a 45-year-old mistake” will begin in early 2015 as Spring Street is narrowed to one lane in each direction, from High to Temple and Union streets. But the ultimate scope of the redesign remains undetermined after being discussed at a two-hour Oct. 22 meeting, led by city Bicycle and […]
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Widgery Wharf owner hauls his last traps
PORTLAND — Old habits die hard. In David MacVane’s case, they don’t even retire. “I got a built-in clock, I wake at up three o’clock,” MacVane said Oct. 24, as he nibbled a breakfast croissant at Cia Cafe in the Knightville neighborhood of South Portland. MacVane, 81, is a Cliff Island native, one of three […]
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Portland gets $50K grant to feed kids
PORTLAND — City after-school and summer meal programs for children recently got a boost with a $50,000 grant from the National League of Cities, Mayor Michael Brennan announced Friday, Oct. 24. Awarded to the city Health and Human Services Department, the grant is part of a league effort funded by the Wal-Mart Foundation in partnership […]
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People and Business
Giving Back The Milestone Foundation recently received a $15,000 grant from the John T. Gorman Foundation to support the Homeless Outreach & Mobile Engagement Team. A collaboration between Milestone, the city of Portland and Portland’s Downtown District, the HOME Team provides outreach and community support to people with chronic health, mental health and substance abuse […]
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Ecomaine awards $1 million in rebates
PORTLAND — With a windfall of $199,120, Portland heads the list of communities receiving rebates from ecomaine, according to an Oct. 21 press release from the regional waste-to-energy company. The company, owned by 20 Cumberland and York county communities, also set aside $500,000 to help offset any future downturns in the market for recyclable items. Ecomaine […]
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Where to vote Nov. 4
PORTLAND — An “off-year” election on Tuesday, Nov. 4, may seem anything but that, as city voters will be asked to choose a governor, a U.S. senator, the U.S. 1st District representative, two members of the state Senate, eight members of the state House of Representatives, two City Council members and three School Board members. […]