Falmouth High School sophomore Mary Johnson and other volunteer carolers sing a Christmas song Thursday during the 27th annual Falmouth Community Tree Lighting at Village Park. The event also featured cookie decorating and a visit from Santa Claus, who arrived in a fire truck. Falmouth resident Mallory Kerr, 8, shares her Christmas wishes with Santa […]
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Bath Iron Works to lay off 118 workers
BATH — A Bath Iron Works spokesman on Thursday confirmed that the shipyard will lay off 118 workers effective Dec. 20. The layoffs, which will include 50 preservation technicians (painters), 27 pipefitters, and 41 shipfitters, were announced to Dan Dowling, president of Local S6 of the Machinists union, just after noon Thursday. Dowling said approximately […]
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Game on: Retro arcade coming to South Portland's Knightville neighborhood
SOUTH PORTLAND — His family was crowned the “First Family of Classic Arcade Gaming,” and now the heir apparent is coming to Knightville. That’s where arcade aficionado David Demers will open Portland Arcade with his former high school teacher, Chris Perks, as the business manager. The arcade is tentatively scheduled to open the beginning of […]
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Kestrel Aircraft remains behind on Brunswick Landing rent
BRUNSWICK — Kestrel Aircraft Co., a major tenant of the former naval air station, remains several months behind in lease payments to the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority. The aviation startup has been waiting for financing to continue toward its goal of manufacturing a new turboprop single-engine plane. Steve Levesque, MRRA’s executive director, confirmed on Tuesday that Kestrel […]
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Audubon report says wind turbines, wildlife can coexist in Maine
FALMOUTH — One of Maine’s top wildlife advocacy groups says there’s plenty of room in the state to accommodate animal habitat and wind energy development. In a report released Wednesday night, Maine Audubon found that of the 1.1 million acres in the state where there’s enough wind to justify turbines, 933,000 acres don’t overlap with […]
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South Portland council to look at church redevelopment
SOUTH PORTLAND — A City Council workshop Dec. 9 on the status of city-owned land at the corner of Westbrook and Main streets may center on the future development of St. John the Evangelist Church at 611 Main St. The church property could become a Dunkin’ Donuts, according to development plans shared with neighbors by […]
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Scarborough Town Council to appoint committee on dog issues after overwhelming repeal of leash law
SCARBOROUGH — Town councilors Wednesday agreed to form an ad-hoc committee to consider animal control issues after the overwhelming repeal Tuesday of the town-wide leash law they enacted Oct. 2. At a Wednesday workshop convened less than 24 hours after the law was repealed by a vote of 2,880 to 1,059, councilors reached a consensus that […]
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Md. company to dredge Scarborough River
SCARBOROUGH — North American Landscaping, Construction and Dredging Co., of Ellicott City, Md., was awarded a $1.7 million bid Monday to dredge the Scarborough River channel from its mouth to beyond the Pine Point Pier. The dredged sand will be used to replenish Ferry and Western beaches. The work needs to be finished by March, according […]
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Legislators to host health-care forum in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — State legislators representing the city, Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth will host a forum on the Affordable Care Act at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 11, at City Hall. City Democratic Reps. Terry Morrison, Bryan Kaenrath and Scott Hamann, and Cape Elizabeth Democratic Rep. Kim Monaghan-Derrig will be joined by state Sen. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape […]
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Bath City Council elects Eosco as first chairwoman
BATH — In its annual organizational meeting Wednesday, the City Council unanimously elected Councilor Mari Eosco as chairwoman. Eosco, who was council vice chairwoman, is believed by city officials to be the panel’s first woman to lead the council. Born and raised in Bath, she completed the term of the late Councilor Jack Hart in […]