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New Portland flower show to provide ‘taste of spring’

PORTLAND — Spring really is coming, and members of the Maine Landscape & Nursery Association want local gardeners to be ready. That’s why they are launching a new Maine Flower Show. The inaugural show will be held March 29-April 2 at Thompson’s Point, and will be the first event to be showcased in the newly renovated Brick […]

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Speed limit to be reduced on I-295 from Falmouth-Topsham

AUGUSTA — The speed limit on Interstate 295 between Falmouth and Topsham will be reduced next month from 70 mph to 65 mph. The Maine Department of Transportation said Wednesday that crashes along the corridor had increased 29 percent since the limit rose from 65 mph to 70 mph in 2014. Traffic volume also increased […]

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10K turn out for Women’s Walk Portland

Women’s Walk Portland from Sun Media on Vimeo. (Dan D’Ippolito / For The Forecaster) Marchers line up along the Eastern Promenade on Munjoy Hill Saturday, Jan. 21, at the start of the Women’s Walk Portland, one of many marches around the country held in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington to support causes expected […]

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Marching in D.C.: Maine women ready to stand for rights for all

PORTLAND — Hundreds of thousands of women are expected to descend on the nation’s capitol this week to take part in the Women’s March on Washington, which is scheduled for the morning of Jan. 21. Among them will be several thousand women from Maine, including a variety of area residents who say their participation is […]