WESTBROOK – Deering dropped in on Gorham on Friday evening, Dec. 30, emerging triumphant on both the boys’ and girls’ sides of the action. Jasper Sommer, Nicole Whipkey and others spearheaded the team’s efforts, pushing Deering to a 176 combined score – substantially out front of Gorham’s 114. The Deering girls outpaced their hostesses 95-74, […]
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Falmouth, Cape Elizabeth legislators hope to reduce speeds on part of I-295
FALMOUTH — Two state legislators have proposed a bill that would reduce the speed limit on Interstate 295 between Falmouth and Brunswick to 60 mph. Sen. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth, and Rep. Teresa Pierce, D-Falmouth, said they commute northbound to Augusta on I-295 several times a week, and both have watched the traffic worsen and the […]
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Portland Police Beat: Dec. 28
Arrests 12/18 at 3:35 a.m. Debra Eastman, 32, of Biddeford, was arrested on Allen Avenue by Officer Zahra Abu on charges of criminal mischief and violating conditions of release. 12/18 at 8:52 p.m. William Brennan, 45, of Portland, was arrested on Congress Street by Officer Brian Truax on a charge of aggravated assault. 12/18 at […]
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Smaller Portland Housing Committee still working on short-term rentals
PORTLAND — The City Council Housing Committee begins 2017 reduced in size, with one new member, and a vexing question. The committee was reduced from five to three members this year, with Councilors Belinda Ray, Spencer Thibodeau and Nick Mavodones Jr. no longer taking part. Yet it is work from Ray and Thibodeau on how the […]
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Portland panel seeks input on $61M school construction plan
PORTLAND — A public hearing on a nearly $61 million plan to upgrade and modernize four elementary schools will likely be held next month. At its meeting on Dec. 22, the School Facilities Ad Hoc Committee agreed to move forward on a proposal that calls for spending the money to substantially renovate and update Longfellow, […]
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Yarmouth company signs pact to digitize Maine court records
YARMOUTH — The Maine Judicial Branch has signed a $16.8 million deal with Tyler Technologies to digitize paperwork for the court system. Tyler’s Odyssey software will move the court system to an electronic system and away from keeping records on paper. The 10-year deal was announced Dec. 20. “For 200 years, the Maine Judicial Branch has […]
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Portland Water District projects nearly 2% rate hike
PORTLAND — Customers can expect a rate increase of about 32 cents per month next year when a $42 million operating budget goes into effect for the Portland Water District. PWD announced passage of the budget by its Board of Trustees Dec. 22. The actual rate increase, projected at 1.67 percent, will not be determined until […]
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Portland companion dog program makes a difference for military veterans
WESTBROOK — Bob Charest never leaves the house without his faithful friend, Maggie, by his side. Maggie has a job to do when the two are out and about: keeping Charest calm, centered and able to cope with being in public. Maggie is a dog; she and Charest were one of the first matches made […]
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Portland opponents vow to fight 'Miami-type' waterfront development
PORTLAND — From the viewpoint of Portlanders for Responsible Development, the view above 58 Fore St. should remain unobscured. “Certainly, it would be a terrible loss, similar to what we had with the Portland House,” attorney Peter Murray said Dec. 22, two days after the city Planning Board unanimously approved a master development plan for the […]
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Portland landlord contests conviction from deadly 2014 fire
PORTLAND — The owner of the 20-24 Noyes St. building where six people died in a Nov. 1, 2014, fire is appealing his conviction for a code violation. In a Dec. 19 motion, attorneys for landlord Gregory Nisbet asked Cumberland County Superior Court Justice Thomas Warren to grant a new trial or dismiss the conviction. […]