PORTLAND — If you build it, will they come? Officials hoped so at a Sept. 18 ribbon-cutting for the first city-owned business park. Portland Technology Park, a 26-acre site off Rand Road, is intended to lure businesses in the state’s growing life-sciences industry. But whether the park will attract them remains to be seen. After […]
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Giant pumpkin sets Cumberland County Fair record
CUMBERLAND — Opening day at the Cumberland County Fair went from a feared washout to a confirmed winner. Although wet conditions early Sunday morning threatened to keep things quiet, the emergence of the sun as the day progressed brought the crowds in, which made Fair President Mike Timmons pretty happy. “When that beautiful sun came […]
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Year-long restoration to begin for Portland's Fort Allen Park
PORTLAND — Work could begin as soon as this week on a long-anticipated restoration of Fort Allen Park, the historic, five-acre open space adjoining the Eastern Promenade. Plans approved last year by the city’s Historic Preservation Board call for removing most of the park’s evergreen and crabapple trees, which were not included in its construction […]
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UPDATE: South Portland waterfront ordinance backers dismiss industry claims of job, earnings losses
SOUTH PORTLAND — Proponents of the proposed Waterfront Protection Ordinance say claims of 5,600 fewer jobs and $252 million in lost earnings over the next decade from petroleum industry closures are false and misleading. Robert Sellin, who heads the Protect South Portland political action committee, which is working to pass the Nov. 5 citizen initiative, […]
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Unsung Hero: Marilyn McDowell of Portland, sharing sight and insight
PORTLAND — Marilyn McDowell, a volunteer for the Iris Network, often gets insensitive questions like “Why would a blind person want to go bowling or attend a baseball game?” Her response: “Why wouldn’t they?” McDowell, a Portland resident who works at the University of Southern Maine library, began her association with the Iris Network in […]
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Maine supreme court Justice Levy nominated to federal bench
PORTLAND — A Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice was nominated Thursday by President Barack Obama to be a U.S. District Court judge, the White House announced. Justice Jon David Levy has been an associate justice of the state’s highest court since 2002. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Levy, 59 of Portland, will replace U.S. […]
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Mind matters: Scarborough seniors learning to exercise their brains
SCARBOROUGH — Take a white piece of paper. Add a drop of black ink. Fold and press. Then tell the group what it looks like. Although residents of Scarborough Terrace might seem unlikely candidates for inkblot tests, the session was part of a “Brain Fitness” program that will resume and possibly expand in November. “I […]
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Kotzschmar's return: Portland City Hall organ hits high note in restoration
PORTLAND — The city’s Kotzschmar Organ, at one time the second-largest musical instrument in the world and today the country’s oldest municipal organ, is getting a second wind – literally. Installed at City Hall in 1912, the organ began a $2.5 million restoration last year. Now more than 50 percent of the work is done, […]
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Scarborough delays decision on dogs at beaches
SCARBOROUGH — Amid what Chairman Ron Ahlquist called “active negotiations” with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over a fine against the town for the death of a protected bird, the Town Council on Wednesday night delayed a decision on whether to tighten restrictions on unleashed dogs at town beaches. With Councilors Richard Sullivan and […]
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South Portland seeks 'clarification' of high court ruling
SOUTH PORTLAND — The city will not appeal a recent court ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the debate over whether city employees may run for the School Board isn’t entirely over. During an executive session Monday, Sept. 16, the City Council decided to ask the Maine Supreme Judicial Court reconsider its ruling against […]