PORTLAND — A woman prosecutors believe was angry at a guest at a downtown hotel allegedly started a fire that caused more than $2,700 in damage when she cooked a TV remote control in a hotel-room microwave oven. Kaylee Howland, 21, of 87 Cumberland Ave., was indicted on a Class A arson charge March 7 […]
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Phyllis Schlafly fights nephew’s bid for beer trademark
A brewery started by Tom Schlafly decades ago wants the exclusive right to use the Schlafly name to sell craft beer.
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Portland police: Pedestrian who was struck by car dies
PORTLAND — Police on Thursday said a city resident who was struck by a car on Forest Avenue last weekend has died. Elliot Burton, 74, died Tuesday at Maine Medical Center, according to Lt. James Sweatt. Burton had been hospitalized since Saturday, when he was struck while trying to cross Forest Avenue near Pitt Street […]
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Portland Planning Board gets Thompson's Point parking data
PORTLAND — Parking calculations headed the list of topics for renewed Planning Board discussion Tuesday about the Forefront at Thompson’s Point. New data supplied by Randy Dunton of Gray-based Gorrill-Palmer Consulting Engineers better quantified how many vehicles could use the site during peak and evening hours, and revised calculations of how many parking spaces will […]
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Man hit, killed by train in Old Orchard Beach
Police suspect suicide after witnesses say he walked in front of a Downeaster.
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Grand jury indicts Portland housecleaner
PORTLAND — A housecleaner was indicted last week by a Cumberland County grand jury for allegedly stealing prescription drugs. Kathy A. Vargas, 45, of Portland, was arrested in January and charged with a felony after she allegedly stole oxycodone and hydromorphone from an elderly client’s home in Falmouth. Indictments are findings that enough evidence exists […]
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Portland City Council readies its own parks ordinance
PORTLAND — City councilors are preparing to put an ordinance designed to protect city parks on a fast track to enactment by April 14. Elements of the ordinance were discussed at a council workshop Monday night, and the full text is expected to be discussed at a March 24 council workshop that will also involve […]
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Downeaster service topic of Portland meeting
PORTLAND — Future improvements for the Amtrak Downeaster will be discussed at a 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, meeting in the State of Maine Room at City Hall. The two-hour meeting is hosted by the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, which expects to complete a service development plan on existing and new rail services […]
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Man in critical condition after Forest Ave. accident
PORTLAND — A city resident remains in critical condition at Maine Medical Center after being struck by a car on Forest Avenue on Saturday evening. Police said Elliot Burton, 74, was trying to cross Forest Avenue at Pitt Street around 6:40 p.m. when he was struck by a 2006 Toyota Camry driven by Falmouth resident […]
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LePage touts zones where Maine workers would not be required to pay union fees
BRUNSWICK — Gov. Paul LePage on Monday made his latest pitch to shrink the power of labor unions in Maine when he offered details about the “Open for Business zones” proposal he introduced last month in his State of the State address. LePage laid out his vision for the zones during a presentation at Brunswick […]