PORTLAND — Advocates said they were baffled when one of the first serious attempts at improving fishing industry safety was stripped down in an annual act passed quietly last month. The U.S. Coast Guard Re-authorization Act of 2010 provision requiring all commercial fishing vessels operating more than three miles from the coast to have dockside inspections […]
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Yarmouth legislators push statewide ranked-choice voting
AUGUSTA — So long, spoilers. That’s the message two Yarmouth legislators hope to send with legislation aimed at eliminating the chances of electing statewide candidates with less than a majority vote. Freshman Rep. Janice Cooper, D-Yarmouth, and veteran legislator Sen. Dick Woodbury, U-Yarmouth, have submitted draft legislation for ranked-choice voting to the Legal and Veterans […]
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Maine radio news legend (and lousy car salesman) Mike Audet signs off
SCARBOROUGH — Mike Audet took a simple view of his career in broadcasting. “I went to work, I did my job, I came home,” he said upon retiring last month after more than 50 years on the air in Maine, Arizona and Connecticut. A Waterville native, Audet, 70, first stepped to the microphone as a high […]
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Parking remains a hurdle for proposed Portland restaurant
PORTLAND — Developers of a restaurant proposed at 227 York St. suggested they aren’t ready to give up after their plan failed to receive a variance from the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals on Jan. 3. Neil Reiter hopes to build a restaurant in the dilapidated house that occupies the property. But first he needed […]
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Portland Meetings Jan. 9-15
Wed. 1/9 5 p.m. Historic Preservation CHWed. 1/9 5:30 p.m. Housing and Community Development Committee CHWed. 1/9 6 p.m. Police Citizen Review Sub Committee Annual Meeting CHWed. 1/10 12 p.m. CDBG Allocation Committee CHThu. 1/10 4 p.m. Spring Street/Free Street Streetscape Committee CHThu. 1/10 6 p.m. Board of Harbor Commissioners Public Hearing CHThu. 1/10 […]
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Gene Sturgeon, 84: Navy veteran, hall of fame member
PORTLAND — Gene Sturgeon, 84, died Dec. 27 at Maine Medical Center after a brief illness. Sturgeon was born at Goodall Hospital in Sanford on Aug. 27, 1928. He was the only child of Vinar “Red” and Pauline Sturgeon. He attended Portland schools and graduated from Deering High School in 1946. While at Deering, Sturgeon lettered […]
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People and Business
Awards Avesta Housing was recently awarded a $100,000 affordable housing grant through the TD Charitable Foundation’s Housing for Everyone grant competition. The grant will be used to fund accessibility retrofits at Logan Place, allowing residents with physical disabilities to live as independently as possible. Since 2005, Logan Place has provided 30 chronically homeless individuals with […]
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Portland Police Beat: Jan. 9
Arrests 12/28 at 8 a.m. Jeffrey Curran, 35, of Portland, was arrested on Washington Avenue by Officer Kristan Steele on a charge of assault. 12/28 at 9 a.m. Daniel P. Fleming, 32, no address listed, was arrested on Riverside Street by Officer John Cunniff on an outstanding warrant from another agency and a charge of […]
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Portland charter school accepts applications
PORTLAND — Baxter Academy for Technology & Science is accepting applications for the 2013-2014 school year. The school, which is the third public charter school approved in Maine, is accepting applications for students entering grades 9 and 10. Enrollment will be capped at 160 students to ensure smaller class sizes. Tuition is free to any student […]
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Regional planning study includes Portland's India Street neighborhood
PORTLAND — The city’s India Street neighborhood is one of 10 areas in southern Maine selected for a pilot study in a regional planning project. The Sustain Southern Maine project will look at ways to attract residential and commercial growth to the neighborhood while preserving its character and livability, according to a City Hall press […]