BRUNSWICK — Lonnie Hackett was on top of the world in the spring of 2011. He had gotten off to a strong start in his first year at Bowdoin College, excelling in the classroom, on the football field and on the track. He planned to enter medical school after graduation and pursue a career in […]
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South Portland council set to select tar sands committee
SOUTH PORTLAND — A former state senator, a former city Planning Board member, and a former U.S. Senate staffer are among the 12 applicants to serve on the committee that will try to draft an ordinance banning tar sands oil from the city. More than half the applicants introduced themselves at a City Council workshop […]
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SMAA launches veteran assistance program
SCARBOROUGH — Older, disabled and home-bound military veterans in need of assistance in Cumberland and York counties will be able to get help from younger veterans through a new program launched by the Southern Maine Agency on Aging. The Veterans Helping Veterans program under development by VISTA volunteer Susan Gold seeks to match younger veterans […]
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Portland Planning Board approves Midtown project
PORTLAND — In a nearly seven-hour meeting that drew testimony from more than 40 members of the public, the Planning Board on Tuesday approved the $150 million Midtown housing-and-retail complex that could ultimately bring four high-rise towers to the Bayside neighborhood. Despite expressing concerns about the project, board members decided in a series of votes, […]
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METRO to get new buses, may expand north, south
PORTLAND — The Greater Portland Transit District, which operates the METRO bus service, will receive a $2 million federal grant to replace five aging members of its fleet, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said Monday. The Federal Transit Administration grant will pay for 35-foot buses that run on compressed natural gas and emit less air […]
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Planned expansion of Portland's Casco Bay High School is an inside job
PORTLAND — Alan Kuniholm graduated from high school in 1972, but this fall he briefly attended classes at Casco Bay High School. It was an “embedment strategy,” the 59-year-old architect said. His goal was to study students in their setting, within the halls and classrooms of their building. Kuniholm is principal at Portland-based PDT Architects […]
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Reapportionment shakes up Cumberland County districts
PORTLAND — The nomination process for the next Cumberland County commissioner from District 3 began this month, two years ahead of schedule. Last spring, when state legislators reshaped Maine’s House and Senate districts in response to the 2010 U.S. Census, they also reconfigured the state’s county districts and changed the terms of the commissioners who […]
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Cohen headlines Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in Portland
PORTLAND — The city is preparing to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with gospel music, a public forum on issues of social inequality, and the traditional community-wide breakfast, where former U.S. Defense Secretary and former U.S. Sen. William Cohen, R-Maine, will speak. The annual celebration is sponsored by the city, the NAACP Portland Branch […]
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Portland clinic to provide free legal aid to homeless
PORTLAND — People who are homeless will soon not have to also be lawyer-less. Volunteer attorneys, in partnership with Preble Street, are launching a free legal clinic for homeless individuals. The Maine Homeless Legal Project, announced at a press conference Jan. 9, is expected to be serving clients by April. Lawyers will meet with the […]
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Frigid weather no match for Portland-Falmouth bridge builders
PORTLAND — A $24 million project to construct a new bridge between Portland and Falmouth is on budget and on schedule. The new Martin’s Point Bridge, which has been under construction for more than a year, is on track to open in May, thanks to the efforts of a crew that works year-round, despite unusually […]