PORTLAND — Certain there are people who know who shot and killed their daughter 2 1/2 years ago, the parents of a South Portland woman Monday offered a $10,000 reward for the arrest and indictment of anyone responsible for the homicide. Wayne and Judi Richardson said the money was raised by relatives and friends of […]
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Unsung Hero: Sarah Asch of Portland, listening to those in need
Sarah Asch, surrounded by animals and toys in the entrance of the Center For Grieving Children on Forest Avenue in Portland, where she has been volunteering for seven years. “This is actually an incredibly uplifting place,” she said. “I feel so fortunate to be working here.” PORTLAND — Sarah Asch’s father was a doctor, and […]
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Portland Police Beat: July 23, 2012
Arrests: 7/13 at 2 a.m. Jesse L. Doiron, 31, of East Waterboro, was arrested on Congress Street by Officer Christopher Shinay on a charge of criminal trespass. 7/13 at 11 a.m. Martin J. Gorham, 45, of Westbrook, was arrested on Weymouth Street by Officer David Argitis on a charge of engaging a prostitute. 7/13 at […]
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Letter: South Portland councilor will miss Moretto
I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the fine work of Mario Moretto, former reporter for The Forecaster, who previously covered South Portland. I serve on the City Council, and I always found Mario to be polite, cooperative, thorough and, most importantly, accurate. He took time to listen, asked meaningful questions and seemed […]
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Baxter Academy charter school opening in Portland delayed for a year
PORTLAND — Proposed charter school Baxter Academy of Technology and Science has received conditional approval from the state to open in September 2013 – a year later than originally planned. In a 6-0 vote, the Maine Charter School Commission gave the school conditional approval at a Tuesday meeting in Augusta. The approval requires Baxter to revise […]
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Inspection provides up-close look at historic Portland dam
Portland officials inspected the Stroudwater Dam off Westbrook Street Monday to determine how to maintain the dam and fix its damaged sluice gate. PORTLAND — The floodgate opened, and the Stroudwater River poured forth Monday, rushing out at a pace rarely seen. Within hours, the small tributary of the Fore River was reduced to a […]
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'Last one standing wins': Portland-area photo shops in slow race to extinction
PORTLAND — It’s difficult to get around in Photo Market, the camera store at 945 Forest Ave. The place isn’t large, and what space there is is packed with boxes of photo and printer paper stacked near shelves full of camera bags and precariously perched tripods, with a quartet of digital imaging stations squeezed in […]
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After court's rebuke, Maine PUC slates hearing on 'smart meter' health questions
PORTLAND — The Maine Public Utilities Commission will take a fresh look next week at a portion of a consumer complaint about wireless electric meters installed by Central Maine Power Co. PUC Chairman Thomas Welch and Commissioners David Littell and Mark Vannoy will re-examine the possible health hazards associated radio frequency waves used to transmit […]
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Panhandling restrictions fail to get Portland City Council support
PORTLAND — An ordinance that would have corralled panhandling, but billed as a public safety measure, spurred a debate about poverty and homelessness before being defeated Monday night by the City Council. “Simply put this is a pedestrian safety ordinance brought by request of the police,” Councilor Ed Suslovic, chairman of the Public Safety, Health, […]
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Portland City Council gives food trucks a green light
PORTLAND — No longer will food trucks have to be contestants in a nationally televised reality show to ply city streets. A unanimous City Council vote Monday night established the regulatory framework for licensing and operation of the mobile food vendors. Although councilors voted as a unified bloc to approve the recommendations that originated with […]