TOPSHAM — The former U.S. Navy commissary building, left vacant for two years due to the closure of Brunswick Naval Air Station, is on the verge of major redevelopment pending signatures on leases with two companies that hope to create a “local food hub.” Wicked Joe Coffee, now on Water Street in Brunswick, and Maine […]
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Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Architects: Sea-level rise will wash away $46.4M worth of Portland’s Commercial Street properties by 2100
PORTLAND — Nearly $33 million in damage will be done to buildings along Portland’s low-lying – and high-traffic – Commercial Street area by 2050 because of steady sea level rise, a city architects group announced Tuesday. That figure jumps to about $111 million by 2100. By that year, parcels where $46.4 million worth of buildings stand today […]
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
South Portland waterfront ordinance: Tar sands shield, or oil industry silver bullet?
SOUTH PORTLAND — Standing at the corner of Henley and High streets in Ferry Village on Tuesday, Cathy Chapman wondered if she could continue to live in South Portland. Across town last month, at the Sprague Energy distribution facility on Main Street, company vice president Burt Russell wondered if his business operations will be able […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Former S.P. school draws trio of bids for housing projects
SOUTH PORTLAND — City councilors are expected to discuss and possibly act Nov. 4 on three bids for the former Roosevelt School on Pine Street. City Manager Jim Gailey opened the bids Oct. 17 at City Hall. The offers ranged from a low of $24,000 from Portland-based Hardypond Construction to $525,000 from the South Portland […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Perjury charge from South Portland towing dispute dropped
SOUTH PORTLAND — A week before his scheduled court appearance in Portland, a perjury charge against local businessman Robert Maietta was dropped Oct. 16 for lack of evidence. Maietta, 49, of Winding Way, was scheduled to appear Thursday in Cumberland County Superior Court, seeking dismissal of the charge stemming from a spring conflict with South […]
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South Portland concert venue proposal could be firm by January
SOUTH PORTLAND — The city’s economic development director says he is already receiving calls asking about concert tickets at Bug Light next summer. But plans for what could be a 10,000-seat outdoor arena on land already leased from Portland Pipe Line Co. are preliminary at best, Jon Jennings said Tuesday. “The only way we would move […]
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Decision expected on new principal for Brunswick High School
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick High School could have a new principal lined up by Saturday morning. That’s when the School Board is expected to make a hiring decision after interviewing a finalist nominated by Superintendent of Schools Paul Perzanoski. “I have interviewed the candidate and spent time with references discussing this person’s qualities, performance, preparation and […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
December referendum likely on Scarborough leash law
SCARBOROUGH — A voter referendum could be held Dec. 3 on repeal of the town-wide leash law, after Town Clerk Tody Justice certified almost 2,500 petition signatures. A Nov. 6 public hearing has been scheduled by the Town Council, and the election must be held no more than 30 days after the hearing. Absentee ballots […]
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South Portland voters face $14M question on Public Works headquarters
SOUTH PORTLAND — Colchester Road resident Albert DiMillo Jr. loves decorating his yard for Halloween. But amid the chainsaw-wielding maniac, caged skeleton and undead creatures surfacing from his lawn, DiMillo pointed to a homemade placard expressing his opposing a $14 million bond for a new municipal services facility. “The scariest thing on this lawn is […]
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Bureau of Motor Vehicles office moving from South Portland to Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH — Almost two years after announcing a search for new space, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles is moving its South Portland branch from the Maine Mall to 200 Expedition Drive, where it will open for business on Monday, Oct. 28. In a press release Wednesday, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap cited a lack of […]