FREEPORT — The town is looking at a combined municipal budget of $4.85 million that largely maintains services in fiscal 2014 while balancing potentially massive state revenue losses. The Town Council adopted the capital spending program Tuesday and received the operating budget from town staff. While the Regional School Unit 5 budget is still being […]
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Broadway water main to be replaced in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — Portland Water District will begin replacing 1,500 feet of a 12-inch water main next Monday on a stretch of Broadway between Dawson and Hobart streets. The affected area is in the western side of the city near Wescott Road. Spokeswoman Michelle Clements said crews will work from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. […]
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Falmouth finalizes funding plan for Route 1 makeover
FALMOUTH — The Town Council finalized several referendum questions Monday night and heard public comment on the zoning portion of the Route 1 improvement plan. Because the town received final approval on a tax increment financing extension for the Route 1 infrastructure improvement project, Town Manager Nathan Poore asked councilors to approve an amendment to a […]
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Maine Audubon seeks frog trackers
FALMOUTH — Maine Audubon Society is looking for help tracking amphibians across the state this spring. Susan Gallo, wildlife biologist for the organization, said the 17-year-old Lend an Ear program is looking for volunteers to travel established routes to listen for different species of frogs across the state. “(Volunteers) go out three times,” Gallo said. “Once […]
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Portland's East Bayside on a roll: Bagel shop, others see growing appeal
PORTLAND — Sandwiched between the heights of Munjoy Hill and potentially lofty towers of the proposed Midtown development in Bayside, the East Bayside neighborhood is seeing a small but steady influx of new residents and businesses. One of the newest is Union Bagel Co., which is now preparing to open its doors at 147 Cumberland […]
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Police arrest South Portland bank robbery suspect
SOUTH PORTLAND — Joseph Morrill, 23, of South Portland, was arrested Monday night and charged with Class A robbery in connection with an armed robbery earlier in the day of the TD Bank at 9 Market St. Police Sgt. Steven Webster said Morrill was arrested at 231 Broadway at 10:50 p.m. He said Morrill was […]
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Turn in expired prescriptions on Saturday
SCARBOROUGH — Residents of Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth and South Portland are invited to drop off unwanted and expired prescription medications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27, as part of the National Prescription Drug Take-Back. Coordinated by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency, collections will made free of charge at the South Portland Community Center, […]
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Portland City Council OKs zoning change for Bayside towers
PORTLAND — The City Council on Monday unanimously approved zoning changes that will allow plans for a complex of high-rise apartment towers, parking garages and retail shops to move forward. The “Midtown” project, being proposed by Miami-based Federated Cos., would construct four 165-foot towers and two parking garages on 3.25 acres of former scrap yards […]
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Summer program seeks entrepreneurial Maine kids
PORTLAND — Three years ago, Kate Gooding had kids around the state selling lemonade for a day as a way to teach them how to run a business. But she found the program too limiting. So last year, the former marketing executive from Falmouth transformed the lemonade stand program into one where entrepreneurial Maine students could […]
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Civic Center, Pirates reach 'only deal to be made'
PORTLAND — It wasn’t a power play, but both the Cumberland County Civic Center and its anchor tenant, the Portland Pirates professional hockey team, “lit the light” when they struck a leasing deal last week. After more than 20 meetings, the Civic Center and the Pirates announced April 17 that an agreement on the lease […]