SCARBOROUGH — Hospice of Southern Maine is gearing up to launch a $4.5 million Home Hospice Care capital campaign to support plans for a 15,000-square-foot center at 390 Route 1. The new space is expected to cost almost $5.8 million and will replace buildings HSM has been leasing at 136 and 180 Route 1. HSM […]
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South Portland picks Seattle company to track short-term rentals
SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council on Tuesday voted 4-2 to hire the Seattle-based company that Portland uses to help identify, monitor and ensure code compliance of short-term rentals. After ordinance amendments that prohibit unhosted short-term rentals in the city’s residential areas were passed by voters last month, city officials began looking into monitoring software that will help code […]
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South Portland's Bennett is top assistant principal
SOUTH PORTLAND — Kimberlee Bennett, assistant principal of South Portland High School, was named Maine’s National Association of Secondary School Principals Assistant Principal of the Year by the Maine Principal’s Association. Bennett began her educational career in 1997 as a special education teacher in Fryeburg and then went on to Gorham Middle School as a special education […]
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South Portland to light ’em up
South Portland will celebrate the holiday season with the city’s annual Holiday Fest and tree lighting in Mill Creek Park on Friday, Dec. 7. The event will begin at 4:30 p.m. with visits from Santa at City Hall, horse-drawn carriage rides, carolling and festive refreshments, and conclude at 6 p.m. with the lighting of the […]
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Work begins in Scarborough to replace turnpike bridge
SCARBOROUGH — A $14 million, 2 1/2-year replacement of the aging Cummings Road bridge over the Maine Turnpike began last week. The overpass will be demolished and a new three-span steel girder will be erected in its place. CPM Constructors, of Freeport, is using a phased approach to construction to maintain traffic flow. During Phase 1, which is […]
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Big Babe's takes big step toward June 2019 opening in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — Construction has begun on what will be Big Babe’s Tavern and owner Ginger Cote said she’s “never been more happy to see earth move around and concrete poured.” Cote is redeveloping the former Griffin Club property at 62 Ocean St. in Knightville as a tavern with a small inn. She said the project […]
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Scarborough lab engages next generation of scientists
SCARBOROUGH — Maine Medical Center Research Institute hopes to inspire a new generation to consider careers in biomedicine by introducing high school students to scientists engaged in lifesaving research. And, by all accounts, the effort is working. This academic year, 30 students from Casco Bay and Deering high schools in Portland, and Scarborough and South Portland […]
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‘Exceptional’ Dow Farm restoration honored
STANDISH — Donald Essman first saw the Dow Farm at age 23 and set out to restore it after decades of decay. Forty-two years and a lot of work later, the 18th century farmstead has been recognized by Maine Preservation for Essman’s “exceptional” restoration. The Dow Farm was named this month as one of 14 recipients […]
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Farmers: Buy local, buy ugly
NEW GLOUCESTER — Local farmers urged the public at an agricultural economy forum this week to accept the distasteful aspects of farming and less-than-perfect produce, saying a crooked cucumber is just as good as a straight one. The New Gloucester Economic Development Committee hosted the forum Monday to better understand, promote and protect local farms and […]
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Inside Raymond
Befriend Arts Alliance Explore what it means to be a Friend of the Raymond Arts Alliance and find out what the organization is all about at a planning meeting Saturday, Dec. 1. Your ideas, input and imagination will be welcomed as the group moves into the second year of building connections, collaborations and just plain […]