SOUTH PORTLAND — The city’s restaurant scene has been expanding throughout the spring, but city councilors are not always as effusive as Councilor Linda Cohen was Monday night about one particular newcomer. “I know we are not supposed to have favorites, but I have fallen in love with Otto Pizza,” Cohen said as she moved […]
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Uncommon Custom: Future bright for restored Portland landmark
PORTLAND — For more than a decade, one of Portland’s greatest architectural treasures has been locked away, with few people able to access its vaults. Now, after being closed to the public in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks and undergoing a $2.3 million restoration over the past three years, the U.S. Custom House […]
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School Administrative District 51 board relents on security system purchase
CUMBERLAND — After deadlocking earlier this month on paying for school security equipment that had already been installed, the School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors approved the purchase Monday in a second vote. The School Board voted 7-1 to authorize the full project payment of nearly $276,000 to Surveillance Specialties, or SURV, a Westbrook […]
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Budget, bond issues divide Falmouth School Board candidates
FALMOUTH — Four candidates are competing for two seats in the June 11 School Board election. The ballot has three first-time candidates – Clare Harrington, Caryn Bickerstaff and Susan Coughlin – and a repeat candidate from 2011, Michael Doyle. The candidates bring a range of experiences and will vie for seats being vacated by Chris Murry […]
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Memorial Day events around the region
Parades and observations honoring America’s war dead will take place from Scarborough to Bath on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27. Here is a roundup of events throughout the area: Bath Light refreshments at American Legion Hall, 200 Congress Ave., 7 a.m.; services at Oak Grove Cemetery, 8 a.m.; ceremony at Waterfront Park, 9:30 a.m.; parade […]
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Reopening of Falmouth Spur turnpike ramp delayed
FALMOUTH — The reopening of the Exit 52 southbound on-ramp to the Maine Turnpike from the Falmouth Spur has been delayed until at least Friday. The delay is a result of more work required to lift the interchange bridge and increase clearance over the highway, according to a press release from the Maine Turnpike Authority. The […]
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Falmouth Town Council candidates back Route 1 redesign
FALMOUTH — Voters in the June 11 Town Council election won’t have many options, with three candidates seeking the three available seats. Russ Anderson, David Goldberg and Claudia King are the candidates in the uncontested election. Goldberg, a Falmouth resident since 2000, is a public relations and marketing executive who co-founded the Portland-based firm Kemp […]
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Portland City Council retreats from tar sands opposition
PORTLAND — After nearly two hours of public testimony, after protests and petitions, and after a rejected attempt four months ago to ban the city’s use of fuel made from it, a City Council vote Monday against piping “tar sands” oil seemed to hinge on a single word. The council voted 7-2 to approve a […]
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Cruise ship visits begin in Portland next week
PORTLAND — The city’s cruise ship season begins with the June 1 arrival of the 98-passenger Independence, the first of 58 ships scheduled to call this year, according to City Hall spokeswoman Nicole Clegg. That’s one less ship than last year. But while the city welcomed 61,100 cruise-ship passengers in 2012, more than 71,200 passengers […]
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6 Maine companies earn annual Family Business awards
BRUNSWICK — The Institute for Family-Owned Business, in partnership with the law firm Verrill Dana, announced winners of the annual Maine Family Business Awards on May 13 at the Marriott at Sable Oaks in South Portland. The event was hosted by WGME-TV co-anchor Gregg Lagerquist, who was joined by speaker Richard Stephenson, founder of family-owned Cancer […]